23 February 2014 The Su-30SM front-line fighter belongs to the class of multifunctional aircraft, ready to engage both air and ground targets. In the Air Force Regiments, he must come to replace Fighter Su-27.
Training in piloting a new fighter is being carried out in Lipetsk on the basis of the testing center of aviation equipment. The first to start the development of a new aircraft pilots who graduated from the flying school in Krasnodar, the release of 2013 year.
Sioux 30SM equipped with high quality new equipment, which includes a system of integrated management, and new power plants - AL-31FP pashogovym with thrust vector control.
This refers to the generation of fighter 4 ++ and is a transitional model to the plane t-50.