Wings (10/12) : Flying Tank

For educational purposes

The Sukhoi Su-25 "Frogfoot" is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi.

It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Ground Forces, the first prototype made its maiden flight on 22 February 1975.

After testing, the aircraft went into series production in 1978 in Tbilisi in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.

By the end of the Soviet–Afghan War, nearly 50 Su-25s were deployed at Afghan airbases, carrying out a total of 60,000 sorties.

Between the first deployment in 1981 and the end of the war in 1989, 21–23 aircraft were lost in combat operations, with up to nine destroyed on the ground while parked.