Su-15 | |
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General information | |
Type | Interceptor aircraft |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Sukhoi |
Status | Retired from military service |
Primary users | Soviet Air Defence Forces (historical) |
Number built | 1,290 |
History | |
Manufactured | 1965–1979 |
Introduction date | 1965 |
First flight | 30 May 1962 |
Retired | 1996 (Ukraine) |
The Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the 1990s.[1] The Su-15 was designed to replace the Sukhoi Su-11 and Sukhoi Su-9, which were becoming obsolete as NATO introduced newer and more capable strategic bombers.