ℹ️ ➖➖➖ The Sukhoi Su-30 is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air interdiction missions. The Su-30 is a multirole fighter. It has a two-seat cockpit with an airbrake behind the canopy. The integrated aerodynamic configuration, combined with the thrust vectoring control ability, results in high manoeuvrability and unique takeoff and landing characteristics. Equipped with a digital fly-by-wire system, the Su-30 is able to perform some very advanced manoeuvres, including the Pugachev's Cobra and the tailslide. These manoeuvers quickly decelerate the aircraft, causing a pursuing fighter to overshoot, as well as breaking a Doppler radar-lock, as the relative speed of the aircraft drops below the threshold where the signal registers to the radar. The aircraft's powerplant incorporates two Saturn AL-31F afterburning low-bypass turbofan engines, fed through intake ramps. Two AL-31Fs, each rated at 123 kN (28,000 lbf) of full afterburning thrust ensures Mach 2 in level flight, 1,350 km/h speed at low altitude, and a 230 m/s climbing rate. With a normal fuel reserve of 5,270 kg, the Su-30MK is capable of performing a 4.5-hour combat mission with a range of 3,000 km. An aerial refueling system increases the range to 5,200 km (3,200 mi) or flight duration up to 10 hours at cruise altitudes. The aircraft features autopilot ability at all flight stages including low-altitude flight in terrain-following radar mode, and individual and group combat employment against air and ground/sea-surface targets. Automatic control system interconnected with the navigation system ensures route flight, target approach, recovery to airfield and landing approach in automatic mode. The Su-30MK2’s avionics suite includes an on-board radar capable of detecting and tracking up to 10 air targets, an optical locating station, a helmet-mounted targeting/display system as well as communication, monitoring, recording and electronic countermeasures equipment. The onboard armament system includes air-to-air missiles (RVV-AE, R-73E and R-27R1(ER1), R-27T1(ET1), R-27P1(EP1) and air-to-ground missiles (Kh-31A, Kh-31P, Kh-35E Kh-59ME, Kh-29TE, Kh-29L), KAB-500Kr/1500Kr-type guided bombs, 100/250/500 kg bombs, S-8/S-13/S-25-type unguided rockets) as well as a 30mm internal gun.
📑 ➖➖➖ The Government of Venezuela announced on 14 June 2006 it would purchase 24 Su-30MKV fighters from Russia. The first two Su-30MK2s arrived in early December 2006 while another eight were commissioned during 2007; 14 more aircraft arrived in 2008. In October 2015, Venezuela announced the purchase of 12 more Su-30MKVs from Russia for US$480 million.

▪️ 🛠 Design group Sukhoi
▪️ 🛠 Built by KnAAPO, Irkut Corporation
▪️ ✅ First flight 31 December 1989
Aircraft performance
▪️ ↗️ Takeoff weight:
- normal (including rockets 2xR-27R1 + 2xR-73E, 5270 kg fuel), kg 24,900*
- maximum, kg 34,500
- max, kg 38,800
▪️ ⤵️ Maximum landing weight, kg 23,600
▪️ 🛢 Maximum internal fuel, kg 9,640
▪️ 🛢 Normal internal fuel, kg 5,270
Maximum ordnance, kg 8,000
▪️ 🔂 Service ceiling (without external ordnance and stores), km 17.3
▪️ ⏭ Maximum flight speed at sea level (without external ordnance and stores), km/h 1,350
▪️ ⏭ Max Mach (without external ordnance and stores) 2.00 (1.9**)
G-limit (operational) 9
▪️ 🔁 Maximum flight range (with rockets 2xR-27R1, 2xR-73E launched at half distance):
- at sea level, km 1,270
- at height, km 3,000
- with one refuelling (at 1.500 kg fuel remaining), km 5,200
- with two refuellings in flight, km 8,000
Maximum airborne time (pilot-dependent), hours 10
Takeoff run at normal takeoff weight, m 550
Landing run at normal landing weight (with braking parachute), m 750
Aeroplane dimensions:
- length, m 21.9
- wingspan, m 14.7
- height, m 6.4
▪️ 👤 Crew 2
Maximum flow rate (at entry pressure of 3.5 kg/cm 2), l/min 1,100
▪️⚙️ Number and type of engines 2 x AL-31F (2 x AL-31FP***)
Thrust in afterburner, kgf 12,500 -2 %
Avionics
1. Fire control system
1.1. Air-to-air fire control system
1.1.1. Search and track radar
1.1.2. IRST and laser rangefinder
1.1.2.1. Optical search and track station
1.1.2.2. Helmet-mounted target designator
1.1.3. Wide-angle HUD
1.1.4. IFF system interrogator
1.2. Air-to-surface fire control system
1.2.1. Coloured multi-purpose LCD indicators
1.2.2. Onboard digital computer
1.2.3. GPS satellite-based navigation system
1.2.4. Weapons control system
2. Aeroplane remote control system
3. IFF system transponder
4. Antenna feed system
5. Flight navigation system
5.1. Digital computer
5.2. Attitude and heading reference system
5.3. Short-range radiotechnical navigation system
5.4. GPS system
5.5. Autopilot system
5.6. Altitude and speed data processing and display system
5.7. Air data system
6. Electronic countermeasure equipment
6.1. Radar warning receiver with an expansion block
6.2. Chaff and heat flare dispenser
6.3. Radio jamming transmitter (in pod)
7. Communications system
7.1. VHF and UHF band communications transceiver
7.2. VHF and UHF band communications transceiver
7.3. SW band radio communications transceiver
8. Onboard automatic control system
8.1. Integrated onboard control and crew warning system
8.2. Flight information recording equipment
8.3. Onboard emergency situation warning equipment
9. Video recording system
9.1. Onboard video recorder
9.2. Forward vision video camera
9.3. Video controller
10. Aircraft responder
11. Telecommand homing system
12. Pod-type IRST and laser rangefinder
Limits
Aircraft limit:
- SLL, hours 3,000
- to first overhaul, hours 1,500
- service life, years 25
Engine and outboard accessory-gearbox life:
- to first overhaul, hours 500
- service life limit, hours 1,500

Ref: Wikipedia, roe.ru, sukhoi.org