On September 13, 1987, a NATO P-3B anti-submarine patrol aircraft secretly sailed into the Barents Sea near the Soviet border to conduct reconnaissance operations against the Soviet Navy. At this time, the P-3B The pilot didn't know it yet, but danger was approaching.
Soon, a fighter that NATO had never seen before quickly approached the P-3B. The closest distance was only 2 meters at one time. The wake of the aircraft caused obvious tremors in the P-3B cab. Although frightened, the P-3B believed it was necessary to collect more information about this never-seen fighter. Unexpectedly, the mysterious fighter suddenly accelerated from the wing under the right wing of the P-3B, and its tail flew directly Cut off a corner of the P-3B wing, and this was the famous "Barents Sea Air Scalpel Incident". The true identity of the mysterious fighter was the Su-27 fighter.
With the advent of the American F-15 fighter, the Soviet Air Force felt the pressure, so the Soviet Union conducted relevant research in a targeted manner, and the Su-27 fighter was born. As a third-generation fighter , the Su-27 has excellent maneuverability, which can be seen from its performance in the "Barents Sea Air Scalpel Incident". Thanks to its excellent aerodynamic structure, the Su-27 fighter jet was quite amazing when it came out, and it is not out of date even today. More importantly, on the basis of the Su-27, a series of fighter jets were derived. Since the Su-27 is named "Flanker", it has derived a series of aircraft models, also known as the "Flanker Family" , in fact, including the Russian Aerospace Force's Su-30 fighter jets, Su-35 fighters, and the Chinese Air Force's J-11 fighter jets, and the J-16 fighter jets.
Yes, the Su-27 fighter jet also has a close relationship with China. In the 1990s, China officially introduced the Su-27 fighter jet from Russia, which also ushered in a new era of Chinese fighter jets. The impact of the Su-27 fighter jet on China was quite profound.
