Sukhoi Su-24
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The Sukhoi Su-24 is a Soviet-era twin-engine, all-weather supersonic tactical bomber designed for low-level penetration and precision strike missions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
all‑weather aircraft
→
military aircraft → supersonic aircraft → tactical bomber → twin‑engine aircraft → |
| armamentCapability |
air‑to‑surface missiles
→
anti‑ship missiles → conventional bombs → guided bombs → nuclear weapons (selected variants) → |
| avionicsFeatures |
electronic countermeasures suite
→
navigation/attack radar → terrain‑following radar → |
| combatRadius | approximately 615 km (low‑level, hi‑lo‑hi) → |
| conflicts |
First Chechen War
→
Iran–Iraq War → Russo-Ukrainian War →
surface form: "Russo‑Ukrainian War"
Second Chechen War → Soviet–Afghan War → Syrian Civil War → |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union → |
| crew | 2 → |
| crewComposition | pilot and navigator/weapons systems officer → |
| designBureau | OKB Sukhoi → |
| designedFor |
low‑level penetration
→
precision strike missions → |
| designPeriod | 1960s → |
| emptyWeight | approximately 22300 kg → |
| engineType | turbofan → |
| enteredService | early 1970s → |
| ferryRange | approximately 2850 km with drop tanks → |
| firstFlight | 1967-07-02 → |
| fixedArmament | 1 × GSh‑6‑23 23 mm rotary cannon → |
| hardpoints |
10
→
8 → |
| height | 6.19 m → |
| introduction | 1974 → |
| landingGear | tricycle retractable landing gear → |
| length | 22.67 m → |
| manufacturer | Sukhoi Design Bureau → |
| maximumSpeed | Mach 1.3 at altitude → |
| maxTakeoffWeight | approximately 39700 kg → |
| NATOreportingName | Fencer → |
| notableIncident | Russian Su‑24 shot down by Turkish F‑16 near Syrian–Turkish border on 24 November 2015 → |
| numberBuilt | over 1400 → |
| powerplant | 2 × Saturn/Lyulka AL‑21F‑3A turbofan engines → |
| primaryUsers |
Algerian Air Force
→
Angolan Air Force → Iranian Air Force → Armed Forces of Kazakhstan →
surface form: "Kazakh Air Force"
Russian Aerospace Forces → Soviet Air Forces → Syrian Arab Air Force →
surface form: "Syrian Air Force"
Ukrainian Air Force → |
| productionEnd | 1993 → |
| productionStart | 1971 → |
| role |
interdiction aircraft
→
strike aircraft → tactical bomber → |
| serviceCeiling | 11000 m → |
| status | in service → |
| successor | Sukhoi Su‑34 → |
| tailConfiguration | twin‑fin ventral fins with single vertical tail → |
| variants |
Sukhoi Su-24
→
surface form: "Su‑24M"
Sukhoi Su-24 →
surface form: "Su‑24M2 (modernized)"
Sukhoi Su-24 →
surface form: "Su‑24MP"
Sukhoi Su-24 →
surface form: "Su‑24MR"
|
| wingConfiguration | variable‑sweep wing → |
| wingspan |
10.37 m (fully swept)
→
17.64 m (unswept) → |
| wingType | high‑mounted variable‑geometry wing → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Storm Shadow"
this entity surface form: "Su-24M"
this entity surface form: "Su-24"
this entity surface form: "Su-24"
this entity surface form: "Su‑24M"
this entity surface form: "Su‑24MR"
this entity surface form: "Su‑24MP"
this entity surface form: "Su‑24M2 (modernized)"