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

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bell X-5 influenced Sukhoi Su-24
subject surface form: "Storm Shadow"
this entity surface form: "Su-24M"
Soviet Air Forces notableAircraft Sukhoi Su-24
VVS operatedAircraftModel Sukhoi Su-24
this entity surface form: "Su-24"
this entity surface form: "Su-24"
Sukhoi Su-24 variants Sukhoi Su-24
this entity surface form: "Su‑24M"
Sukhoi Su-24 variants Sukhoi Su-24
this entity surface form: "Su‑24MR"
Sukhoi Su-24 variants Sukhoi Su-24
this entity surface form: "Su‑24MP"
Sukhoi Su-24 variants Sukhoi Su-24
this entity surface form: "Su‑24M2 (modernized)"

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