Su-24 FENCER (SUKHOI)

Gary's Combat Aircraft Reference Guide

Country of Origin: CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft: Tornado, F-111, F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, MiG-23/-27 Flogger.
Crew: Two.
Role: All-weather attack, fighter-bomber, strike.
Armament: Cannon, missiles, bombs.
Dimensions: Length: 69 ft, 6 in (20 m). Span: 56 ft, 6 in (17.26 m).

Wings: High-mounted, variable, swept-back, and tapered.

Engine(s): Twin turbofans. Air intakes are tapered away from the body, rectangular-shaped, and mounted on the body forward of the wings' leading edges. Twin exhausts.

Fuselage: Long, slender, with pointed, solid nose, and rectangular-shaped body from the air intakes to the exhausts. Two belly fins; four pylons. Bubble canopy. Dorsal spine extends from the cockpit to the tail.

Tail: Fin swept-back and tapered with square tip. Flats are high-mounted on the fuselage, swept-back, and tapered with angular tips.

Azerbaijan, Belarus, CIS, Iran, Kazakhstan, Libya, Syria, Ukraine.