Sukhoi Su-7

E65556

Soviet aircraft fighter-bomber aircraft ground-attack aircraft military aircraft

The Sukhoi Su-7 is a Soviet-era swept-wing fighter-bomber aircraft widely used during the Cold War for ground-attack missions.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet aircraft → fighter-bomber aircraft → ground-attack aircraft → military aircraft →
airIntakeConfiguration	nose intake →
armament	bombs → cannons → unguided rockets →
conflict	Arab–Israeli conflicts → Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 → Soviet–Afghan War → Yom Kippur War →
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union →
crew	1 →
developedFrom	Sukhoi S-1 prototype →
engineType	turbojet →
era	Cold War →
firstFlightDate	1955-09-07 →
introduced	1959 →
manufacturer	Sukhoi Design Bureau →
maxSpeed	approximately Mach 1.6 →
natoReportingName	Fitter-A →
numberBuilt	over 1800 →
operator	Afghan Air Force → Czechoslovak Air Force → Egyptian Air Force → Indian Air Force → Iraqi Air Force → North Korean Air Force → Polish Air Force → Soviet Air Forces → Syrian Air Force →
powerplant	Lyulka AL-7F turbojet →
primaryRole	fighter-bomber → ground attack →
productionPeriod	late 1950s to early 1970s →
retired	1990s →
serviceCeiling	approximately 17000 m →
successor	Sukhoi Su-17 →
tailConfiguration	conventional tail →
usedFor	close air support → interdiction → tactical bombing →
variant	Sukhoi Su-7B → Sukhoi Su-7BKL → Sukhoi Su-7BM → Sukhoi Su-7U → Sukhoi Su-7UM →
wingConfiguration	swept wing →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sukhoi Su-7 ("Sukhoi Su-7B") → Sukhoi Su-7 ("Sukhoi Su-7BM") → Sukhoi Su-7 ("Sukhoi Su-7BKL") → Sukhoi Su-7 ("Sukhoi Su-7U") → Sukhoi Su-7 ("Sukhoi Su-7UM") →	variant
Soviet Air Forces →	notableAircraft
VVS ("Su-7") →	operatedAircraftModel