The Su-27 Flanker is the fighter aircraft designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and manufactured by Irkut Corporation. The export version is the Su-27SK.
Su-27 entered production in 1982 and is in service with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam, and is built under license in China as the F-11.
Check out the September 2016 issue of Model Airplane International to read how Drewe Manton builds the superb Hobby Boss1:48 J-11B.