42 Red Sukhoi Su-17M @ Minsk Borovaja 11th June 2019
Su-17M tail number "42" was originally blue with black edging, since June 2014, red with black edging. Serial number 70304. 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 takeoff 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-17M @ Minsk Borovaja 11th June 2019
Su-17M tail number "42" was originally blue with black edging, since June 2014, red with black edging. Serial number 70304. 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 takeoff 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.