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Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer
Sukhoi Design Bureau Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer
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| Su-24M of the Russian Air Force, May 2009 | |
| Role | All-weather tactical bomber/interdictor |
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| National origin | Soviet Union / Russia |
| Manufacturer | Sukhoi |
| First flight | T-6: 2 July 1967; 56 years agoT-6-2I: 17 January 1970; 54 years ago |
| Introduction | 1974 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | Russian Aerospace Forces Ukrainian Air Force Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Algerian Air Force |
| Produced | 1967–1993 |
| Number built | Approximately 1,400 |
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Сухой Су-24
Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer
The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of two. It was the first of the USSR's aircraft to carry an integrated digital navigation/attack system. The Su-24 started development in the early 1960s and first flew in 1967. It first entered service in 1974 and production ceased in 1993. It remains in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces, Syrian Air Force, Ukrainian Air Force, Algerian Air Force and various other air forces to which it was exported.
Development
The aircraft was officially sanctioned on 24 August 1965 under the internal codename T-6. The first prototype, T-6-1, was completed in May 1967 and flew on 2 July with Vladimir Ilyushin at the controls. The initial flights were performed without the four lift jets, which were installed in October 1967. At the same time, R-27s were replaced with Lyulka AL-21Fs. STOL tests confirmed the data from S-58VD that short-field performance was achieved at the cost of significant loss of flight distance as the lift engines occupied space normally reserved for fuel, loss of under-fuselage hardpoints, and instability during transition from STOL to conventional flight.[2] So the six-engine approach was abandoned.
Design
The Su-24 has a shoulder-mounted variable geometry wing outboard of a relatively small fixed wing glove, swept at 69°. The wing has four sweep settings: 16° for takeoff and landing, 35° and 45° for cruise at different altitudes, and 69° for minimum aspect ratio and wing area in low-level dashes. The variable geometry wing provides excellent STOL performance, allowing a landing speed of 230 kilometers per hour (140 mph), even lower than the Sukhoi Su-17 despite substantially greater takeoff weight. Its high wing loading provides a stable low-level ride and minimal gust response.
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- Crew: 2 (pilot and weapons systems operator)
- Length: 22.53 m (73 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 17.64 m (57 ft 10 in) wings spread
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- 10.37 m (34 ft) wings swept
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- Height: 6.19 m (20 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 55.2 m2 (594 sq ft)
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- Empty weight: 22,300 kg
- Gross weight: 38,040 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 43,755 kg
- Fuel capacity: 11,100 kg
- Powerplant: 2 × Lyulka AL-21F-3A turbojet engines, 75 kN (17,000 lbf) thrust each dry, 109.8 kN (24,700 lbf) with afterburner
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- Maximum speed: 1,654 km/h (1,028 mph, 893 kn) / M1.6 at high altitude
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- 1,315 km/h (817 mph; 710 kn) / M1.06 at sea level
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- Combat range: 615 km (382 mi, 332 nmi) lo-lo-lo attack mission with 3,000 kg (6,614 lb) of ordnance and external tanks
- Ferry range: 2,775 km
- Service ceiling: 11,000 m
- g limits: +6
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- Guns: 1 × internal 23 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23M rotary cannon with 500 rounds
- Hardpoints: 9 hardpoints with a capacity of up to 8,000 kg
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The Ukrainian Air Force inherited all of its Su-24s from the Soviet Union when the latter dissolved in 1991.[49] In 2009, amid declining relations with Russia, Ukraine began to have difficulty obtaining spare parts from Sukhoi.
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During the war in Donbas, a Ukrainian Air Force Su-24 was damaged by a MANPADS fired by pro-Russian forces on 2 July 2014.
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