| Category. | Statistic. |
|---|---|
| First flight on. | 30 May 1962. |
| Retired on. | 1996. |
| Major contractor(s.) | Sukhoi OKB. |
| Dose it use nukes or cruse missiles. | No. |
| Flight ceiling . | 1,700 km (1,106 mi). |
| Top speed. | Mach 2.5 'clean' (no outside missiles, outside bombs, outside ECM pods, or exterior fuel tanks, etc) at high altitude. |
| VTOL. | No. |
| Range. | 1,700 km (1,106 mi). |
| Crew. | 1. |
| Nationality(s). | Soviet. |
| Class. | Interceptor. |
| Rate of climb......................... | 228 m/s (45,000 ft/min). |
| Links. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-15. |
Sukhoi Su-15 FLAGON
Sukhoi Su-15 'FLAGON'. Artist-song: Future World Music_1.Eternal Love_2.Magic Touch_3.Triumph.
Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO code Flagon) armed with R-98MR missiles on 1st May 1989.
In the Korean Air Flight 007 incident in 1983, a Korean Boeing 747 was shot down near Moneron Island, after it veered into restricted Soviet airspace, by a Su-15TM based on Sakhalin, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew.
