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Soviet Sukhoi Su-24M "Fencer-E" Attack Aircraft - "White 16" (1:72 Scale)

Calibre Wings Soviet Sukhoi Su-24M "Fencer-E" Attack Aircraft - "White 16"

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Calibre Wings CA722401 Soviet Sukhoi Su-24M "Fencer-E" Attack Aircraft - "White 16" (1:72 Scale) "Their [US] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia's. This is what in defense is referred to as 'their home - their fortress'. And good on them, I say. Well done! But this means that we also need to build our home and make it strong and well protected. We see, after all, what is going on in the world. The Comrade Wolf knows who to eat, as the saying goes. It knows who to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems."
- Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking to the Federal Assembly in his 2006 annual address

The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. This variable-sweep wing, twin-engined side-by-side two-seater carried the USSR's first integrated digital navigation/attack system. It remains in service with former Soviet air forces and various air forces to which it was exported.

The aircraft was officially sanctioned on August 24th, 1965, under the internal codename T-6. The first prototype, T-6-1 was completed in May 1967 and flew on July 2nd with V.S. Ilyushin at the controls. The initial flights were performed without the four lift engines, which were installed in October 1967. At the same time, R-27s were replaced with Lyulka AL-21Fs. STOL tests confirmed the data from S-58VD that short-field performance was achieved at the cost of significant loss of flight distance as the lift engines occupied space normally reserved for fuel, loss of under-fuselage hardpoints, and instability during transition from STOL to conventional flight. So the six-engine approach was abandoned.

On August 7th, 1968, the OKB was officially tasked with investigating a variable geometry wing for the T-6. The resulting T-6-2I first flew on January 17th, 1970, with Ilyushin at the controls. The subsequent government trials lasted until 1974, dictated by the complexity of the on-board systems. The day or night and all-weather capability was achieved - for the first time in Soviet tactical attack aircraft - thanks to the Puma nav/attack system consisting of two Orion-A superimposed radar scanners for nav/attack, a dedicated Relyef terrain clearance radar to provide automatic control of flights at low and extremely low altitudes, and Orbita-10-58 onboard computer. The crew was equipped with zero-zero Zvezda K-36D ejection seats, allowing the pilots to bail out at any altitude and flight speed, including during takeoff and landing.

The first production aircraft flew on December 31st, 1971, with V.T. Vylomov at the controls, and on February 4th, 1975, T-6 was formally accepted into service as the Su-24. About 1,400 Su-24s were produced.

Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a Soviet Sukhoi Su-24M "Fencer-E" attack aircraft. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 9-3/4-inches
Length: 12-1/4-inches

Release Date: February 2019