Supersonic Mig-27 - Soviet Supersonic Fighter-Bomber (Air Force)

[AviationCV]

MiG-27 (Flogger-D according to the NATO classification) is a Soviet supersonic fighter-bomber of the third generation with a variable-swept wing. The aircraft is intended to destroy moving and fixed ground and air targets.It can also carry nuclear weapons. Due to the economic crisis of 1993 in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine practically all MiG-27 planes and its modifications were put out of service and transferred to storage facilities.
Today it is the main fighter-bomber of the Indian air forces.

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[GreyKarast]

This interesting aircraft and design solution. The U.S. spends billions of dollars to create these planes. U.S. used titanium, which is very expensive. But this plane is made of nickel plated steel. when the first American engineers were surprised by his studied simple genius of these decisions and cheapness.