Su-15TM Fighter-interceptor

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Category: Sukhoi

Su-15TM Fighter-interceptor. First flight: 1970 © Konstantinos Panitsidis

Photos from the personal collection of Kostas Panitsidis

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NATO reporting name: Flagon
Factory name: «izdeliye 37M»
Adoption by the military in: 1972 (officially adoption by the in as part of the Su-15-98M complex on January 21, 1975).

Single-seat supersonic fighter-interceptor with two turbojet engines with an afterburner R-13-300/R-13F2-300 with a thrust of 6.700 kgf each. The first flight of the prototype took place in 1970. Serial production was launched in Novosibirsk from 1971 to 1975. In total, over 450 Su-15TMs were produced.

An improved modification of the «Typhoon-M» radar - RP-26 (K-98, R-98M missiles) was installed on the aircraft. With an increased target detection range of more than 65 km, range for target jamming of 45 km, while providing the ability to track up to 1 or up to 2 targets simultaneously and simultaneously attacked against targets more than 1.

The aircraft Su-15TM was permanently withdrawn from active service in 1993 © Konstantinos Panitsidis

The aircraft was permanently withdrawn from active service in 1993.

Operation history:

The incident with a South Korean Boeing on April 20, 1978 in the area of the Kola Peninsula (Boeing 707-321B (HL7429) of Korean Air Lines “KAL”), flight 902 Paris-Anchorage-Seoul was shot down by a Su-15TM (which entered into the airspace of the USSR). After the launch of two missiles (one of the two flew by failed), the aircraft, after being damaged, made a forced landing on the ice of Lake Korpijärvi (the territory of Karelia). 2 passengers died.

The 1983 South Korean Boeing incident (Boeing 747-230B of Korean Air Lines “KAL”) was shot down by a Su-15TM fighter-interceptor (which entered into the airspace of the USSR). 246 passengers and 23 crew members died.

 

THREE-VIEW DRAWING

Su-15TM Flagon © Konstantinos Panitsidis

 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

DESIGNER
OKB Sukhoi
COUNTRY
Russia
TYPE
Interceptor
CREW
1
POWER-PLANT
Two augmented turbojet engine R-13-300 (R-13F2-300)
Thrust, kgf
2x6.700
DIMENSIONS
  
Length, m
22,03
Height, m
4,84
Wing span, m
9,43
Wing area, m2
36,6
WEIGHT
  
Empty aircraft, kg
10.760
Normal take-off, kg
17.200
Maximum take-off, kg
17.900
Internal fuel, kg
6.460
Warload, kg
1.500
PERFORMANCE
  
Maximum speed (at an altitude of 12000 m), km/h
2.230
Max speed in low height, km/h
1.400
Ferry range, km
1.700
Range, km
1.380
Combat range, km
725
Service ceiling, m
18.100
Maximum overload, g
6,5
ARMAMENT - in 6 hardpoints:
2xR-98 ( medium-range guided missiles with semi-active radar and IR guidance systems) with a launch range of up to 20 km and 2xR-60 short-range missile “all aspect”, with IR guidance system.
Ability to hang up to two UPK-23-250 pods with 23 mm GSh-23L guns with 250 rounds (instead of drop tank).
Up to two FAB-250 bombs or up to two UB-16-57 blocks with S-5 type NAR or two S-24 type large-caliber NAR.

 

PHOTOS Su-15TM (National Aviation Museum, Ukraine-Kiev).