A pair of Russian Su-27 aircraft intercepted a US MQ-9 drone. “They dumped fuel upon and struck the propeller of the MQ-9,” according to U.S. European Command.

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

MOSCOW, February 22. /TASS/. Russia's Su-27 fighter jet has intercepted Sweden's Gulfstream reconnaisance plane that was approaching Russian borders, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

The Russian airspace control systems detected two air targets over the neutral waters of the Black Sea approaching Russia’s state border on August 10, the center said. "A Su-27 fighter of the ...