The 42-second video footage back from March 2023 shows a Russian Su-27 “Flanker” fighter spraying ... close flybys, and even firing missiles in the vicinity of other nations’ planes.

The aircraft finally reached series production in 1982 as a single-seat multirole fighter, receiving the designation Su-27 (NATO reporting name Flanker-B). A two-seater variant, the Su-27UB (NATO ...