42 Red Sukhoi Su-17 @ Minsk Borovaja 11th June 2019
Su-17M tail number "42", serial number 70304, was originally blue with black edging, but since June 2014 it is now shown in red with black edging. It was built at the aircraft plant number 126 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in 1974. It entered the museum in 2001 from the 558th aircraft repair plant.
The Su-17 is a Soviet fighter-bomber developed in the first half of the 1960s. The first Soviet aircraft with a variable geometry wing. For three decades it was in service with the USSR Air Force, was widely exported and used in a number of armed conflicts. The Su-17 is the result of a deep modernization of the recently entered service of the Su-7 fighter-bomber. The modernization was aimed at improving the avionics and take off and landing characteristics of the aircraft. A technical solution that was gaining popularity at that time was used - a variable geometry wing. Serial production of the Su-17 began in 1969 and lasted until 1990.
Su-17M is the first variant of the Su17 modification, produced in large numbers. Constant improvements to the Su-17 led to an increase in the mass of the structure, which negatively affected the aircraft's flight performance. Therefore, in 1970 it was decided to equip it with a new, more powerful and economical AL-21F-3 engine, developed for the Su-24. It had an increased fuel supply, improved avionics. The first flight of the Su-17M was on December 28, 1971. The aircraft can carry free-fall bombs weighing 100, 250 and 500 kg on 6 external hardpoints; KMG-U containers; NAR S-3K, S-5, S-8, S-13, S-24 and S-25; UR X-23. The cannon armament consists of two 30-mm NR-30 cannons with 80 rounds of ammunition.
42 Red Sukhoi Su-17 @ Minsk Borovaja 11th June 2019
Su-17M tail number "42", serial number 70304, was originally blue with black edging, but since June 2014 it is now shown in red with black edging. It was built at the aircraft plant number 126 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in 1974. It entered the museum in 2001 from the 558th aircraft repair plant.
The Su-17 is a Soviet fighter-bomber developed in the first half of the 1960s. The first Soviet aircraft with a variable geometry wing. For three decades it was in service with the USSR Air Force, was widely exported and used in a number of armed conflicts. The Su-17 is the result of a deep modernization of the recently entered service of the Su-7 fighter-bomber. The modernization was aimed at improving the avionics and take off and landing characteristics of the aircraft. A technical solution that was gaining popularity at that time was used - a variable geometry wing. Serial production of the Su-17 began in 1969 and lasted until 1990.
Su-17M is the first variant of the Su17 modification, produced in large numbers. Constant improvements to the Su-17 led to an increase in the mass of the structure, which negatively affected the aircraft's flight performance. Therefore, in 1970 it was decided to equip it with a new, more powerful and economical AL-21F-3 engine, developed for the Su-24. It had an increased fuel supply, improved avionics. The first flight of the Su-17M was on December 28, 1971. The aircraft can carry free-fall bombs weighing 100, 250 and 500 kg on 6 external hardpoints; KMG-U containers; NAR S-3K, S-5, S-8, S-13, S-24 and S-25; UR X-23. The cannon armament consists of two 30-mm NR-30 cannons with 80 rounds of ammunition.