Latest Flankers Stories
Russian Su-27 Collided With U.S. MQ-9 Over Black Sea (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Mar 14, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Su-34 Fullback Goes Down In Flames Over Donetsk
By Howard Altman / Updated Mar 3, 2023
Russian Aerial Bomb With Mysterious Wing Kit Strapped To It Surfaces
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 4, 2023
Mock Attack On U.S. Navy Vessels Underway During Chinese Fighter’s ‘Unsafe Intercept’
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 30, 2022
Pentagon Releases Video Of Chinese J-11 Fighter Making ‘Unsafe Intercept’ On U.S. Jet
By Oliver Parken / Updated Dec 29, 2022
Our First Detailed Look At Russian Su-27 Flanker Jets In The Ukraine War
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 7, 2022
China’s J-15 Naval Fighter Is Now Powered By Locally Made Engines
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 23, 2022
Russian Su-30 Flanker Nosedives Into Residential Area (Updated)
By Howard Altman / Updated Oct 23, 2022
Russian Su-27 Released Missile During Intercept Of British RC-135 Spy Plane
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 20, 2022
Russian Su-34 Fullback Jet Slams Into Apartment Building In A Ball Of Fire (Updated)
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Oct 17, 2022
Ukraine’s Su-27s Appear To Be Wielding Anti-Radiation Missiles Now Too
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 9, 2022
Russian-Iranian Deal For Su-35 Fighters Could Be On
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 6, 2022
Chinese Airbase Right Across From Taiwan Operating Again After Major Upgrades
By detresfa_ / Updated Jul 26, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Appears To Shoot Down Its Own Su-34 Strike Fighter
By Dan Parsons / Updated Jul 18, 2022
‘Crowdfunded’ Aid For Russian Jet Squadron Looks Like Someone Raided A Home Depot
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 7, 2022
Ukraine Strikes Back: Su-27s Bomb Occupied Snake Island In Daring Raid
By Stetson Payne / Updated May 7, 2022
Area 51 Test Pilot Died During Heroic Su-27 Flight: Report
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 7, 2022
All The Crazy Quirks And Features On Russia’s Su-34 Fullback Strike Fighter
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 23, 2022
Russia’s Su-34 Fullback Strike Jet Is The King Of Hauling Gas
By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 10, 2022
Watch These Russian Su-30 Fighter Jets Fire Eight Air-To-Air Missiles Simultaneously
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 4, 2022
Indian Su-30 Flankers To Dogfight Japanese Fighters Later This Year
By Michael Peck / Updated Sep 30, 2021
Russian Knights Aerobatic Jet Team Launches Live Missile
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 6, 2021
New Images Of China’s Elusive Catapult-Capable J-15T Carrier Fighter Emerge
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 18, 2020
Russian Flanker Fighter Reportedly Downs Another With Its Cannon By Accident
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 23, 2020
Pentagon Releases Terrifying Video Of Russian Su-27 Turning Directly In Front Of A B-52
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 31, 2020
Here Are The First Photos Of Egypt’s New Su-35 “Super Flankers”
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Jul 23, 2020
People Are Freaking Out Over Video Of Su-35 Practicing For Moscow Air Show
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 5, 2020
B-52 Bomber Made Run Straight At Crimea During Long Range Mission
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 15, 2020
This Massive Desert Base Is China’s Version Of America’s Nellis Air Force Base
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 15, 2020
Watch These Russian Su-30 And Su-34 Jets Do Touch-and-Gos on a Highway
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
Missile Laden Su-27 Gets Between NATO F-16 And Russian Defense Minister’s Jet
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
This Russian Su-27 Pulled Off The Ultimate Photo Bomb On U.S. Bombers
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Video Surfaces Of Russian Su-27 Making Aggressive Turn Into U.S. F-15 During Intercept
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 31, 2019
China Looks To Replace Its J-15 Carrier Fighter Jets Amid Reports Of Crashes
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 5, 2018
Russian Su-30SM Fighter Jet Crashed Off The Syrian Coast Killing Its Crew
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 3, 2018
Navy Releases Video Of Russian Flanker Buzzing EP-3E Aries II Spy Plane
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 30, 2018
Su-30s Acted As Infrared “Heat Traps” For Putin’s Arrival In Syria Aboard A Tu-214PU
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 21, 2017
Watch This Russian Flanker Buzz Another At High Altitude In This Crazy Cockpit Video
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 11, 2017
Russia Scooped Up Wrecks Of Its Crashed Naval Fighters Off The Seafloor Near Syria
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 27, 2017
Report Claims Famed Russian Test Pilot Warned USAF Pilot Before Fatal Crash Near Area 51
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 17, 2017
Russia’s Air Base In Syria Is Now Filled With Advanced Multi-Role Fighters
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 1, 2017
New Flight Ops Video From China’s Carrier Features Loaded Up J-15 Fighters
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2017
Chinese Su-30 Flanker Goes Inverted Over USAF Nuke Sniffing Plane
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 19, 2017
Another Russian Jet Crashed Into the Med While Landing On Carrier
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 5, 2016
Russian Carrier Jets Move To Syrian Land Base As Aleppo Begins To Fall
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 28, 2016
Shadowy New Missile Appears Under the Wing of Chinese J-16 Fighter
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 21, 2016
Message From Moscow: Armed Russian Su-27s Violated Finnish Airspace Twice In One Day
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 7, 2016