Su-17 Fitter Fighter-Bomber

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Category: Sukhoi

Su-17 Fitter Fighter-Bomber. First flight: 1966 © Konstantinos Panitsidis

Photos from the personal collection of Kostas Panitsidis

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Su-17 (NATO reporting name: Fitter) - is a fighter-bomber that developed in the mid 1960's (with several points of the structure derived from the Su-9).

 

Su-17 (S-32): Operational history: it used in the war in Afghanistan and the Arab-Israeli war © Konstantinos Panitsidis
Su-17 (S-32): Operational history: it used in the war in Afghanistan and the Arab-Israeli war 

 

The aircraft remained in service for almost three decades in the Air Force of the USSR. The aircraft exported in several countries, and participated in many military conflicts. 

 

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Su-17 Fitter © Konstantinos Panitsidis

 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

DESIGNER
OKB Sukhoi
COUNTRY
Russia
TYPE
Fighter-Bomber
CREW
1
POWER-PLANT
One jet engine AL-7F-1-250
Thrust, kgf
1 x 9.600
DIMENSIONS
  
Length, m
18,90
Height, m
4,86
Wing span, m
-
- maximum
13,70
- minimum
10,03
Wing area, m2
-
- maximum
38,50
- minimum
34,50
WEIGHT
  
Empty aircraft, kg
9.600
Maximum take-off, kg
16.280
Internal fuel, kg
-
PERFORMANCE
  
Maximum speed, km/h
2.230
Max speed in low height, km/h
1.350
Range, km
2.300
Combat range, km
-
Service ceiling, m
16.500
ARMAMENT Two 30 mm cannons NR-30 (160 rounds).
Warload - 3.000 kg in 7 hardpoints.
8 x R-60, bombs - free fall, guided, cluster, fire bombs, cannon pods

 

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