Sukhoi Su-25

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close air support aircraft fixed-wing aircraft ground-attack aircraft military aircraft

The Sukhoi Su-25 is a Soviet-era, twin-engine, subsonic close air support aircraft designed for attacking ground targets in frontline combat.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Su-25 2
Su-25K 1
Su-25SM 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf close air support aircraft ⓘ
fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
airIntakeConfiguration side-mounted intakes ⓘ
approximateNumberBuilt over 1000 ⓘ
armament GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon ⓘ
air-to-ground missiles ⓘ
bombs ⓘ
unguided rockets ⓘ
armor titanium armored cockpit tub ⓘ
combatRadius approximately 375 km with typical load ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn First Chechen War ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ
Russo-Georgian War 2008 ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Georgian War

Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ
Second Chechen War ⓘ
Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
Syrian Civil War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed approximately 750 km/h ⓘ
designedFor frontline close air support ⓘ
operations from rough airstrips ⓘ
designedIn 1970s ⓘ
designer Sukhoi Design Bureau ⓘ
surface form: Pavel Sukhoi Design Bureau
engineType turbofan ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
feature armor protection for engines and fuel system ⓘ
redundant flight control systems ⓘ
self-sealing fuel tanks ⓘ
firstFlight 1975-02-22 ⓘ
fuelCapacity approximately 3000 kg internal fuel ⓘ
hardpoints 10 ⓘ
height approximately 4.8 m ⓘ
introduced 1981 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
length approximately 15.5 m ⓘ
manufacturer Sukhoi Design Bureau ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 975 km/h ⓘ
NATOreportingName Frogfoot ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
powerplant 2 × R-95Sh turbojet engines ⓘ
primaryUser Angolan Air Force ⓘ
Georgian Air Force ⓘ
Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
Ukrainian Air Force ⓘ
producedBy Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing ⓘ
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant ⓘ
productionStart 1978 ⓘ
propulsion twin-engine ⓘ
role battlefield interdiction ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 7000 m ⓘ
status in service ⓘ
tailConfiguration twin vertical stabilizers on a single fin ⓘ
variant Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Su-25K

Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Su-25SM

Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Su-25T

Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Su-25TM (Su-39)

Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Su-25UB

Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Su-25UTG
wingConfiguration high-mounted straight wing ⓘ
wingspan approximately 14.4 m ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Soviet Air Forces → notableAircraft → Sukhoi Su-25 ⓘ
VVS → operatedAircraftModel → Sukhoi Su-25 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Su-25
this entity surface form: Su-25
Sukhoi Su-25 → variant → Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Su-25K
Sukhoi Su-25 → variant → Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Su-25UB
Sukhoi Su-25 → variant → Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Su-25UTG
Sukhoi Su-25 → variant → Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Su-25SM
Sukhoi Su-25 → variant → Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Su-25T
Sukhoi Su-25 → variant → Sukhoi Su-25 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Su-25TM (Su-39)