Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D - A Short History

The Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D was originally designated the Su-27K. The Sukhoi Su-33 was derived from the Sukhoi Su-27, and is an all-weather carrier-based air superiority fighter used by the Russian Navy. SOURCE: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_..., License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) - the text has been remixed and shortened MEDIA: Image in the Public Domain. Возвращение палубной авиации с ТАВКР «Адмирал Кузнецов» на аэродром базирования.webm ” by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Mil.ru), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%D..., License CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) ”MAKS-2007-Su-33-1.jpg” by Simm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MA..., License: CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) ”Sukhoi Su-33 77 RED (30268117476).jpg” by Dmitry Terekhov, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) ”The 279th separate naval fighter regiment (Murmansk Region) (31).jpg” by Russian Ministry of Defence (Mil.ru), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) ”Sukhoi Su-33 launching from the Admiral Kuznetsov.jpg” by И. Руденко (Mil.ru), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) ”Shadow of the Su-33” by Yevgeny Lebedev, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) ”Sukhoi Su-33 on Admiral Kuznetsov-2.jpg” by Presidential Press and Information Office (Kremlin.ru), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., License: CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) #ashorthistory