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Tomorrow the first flight of Russian new fighter

Moscow, Russia - Sukhoi's PAK FA should enter into service in 2015

Russia's fifth generation fighter jet might take the sky tomorrow, according to a source within the manufacturer Sukhoi, quoted today by the news agency "RIA Novosti". The only known fifth generation fighter project in Russia is the PAK FA, or T-50, designed to challenge US F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II. According to Moscow's deputy defense minister, Vladimir Popovkin, the new aircraft is due...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1113966
Rome, Italy, 01/28/2010 11:58
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