These three planes entered service around the same time and filled similar roles, and are still being flown today (although Greece may have retired theirs or will soon).
What are the advantages each plane had over the other, beginning with the first five years of service and how upgrades have proceeded over time.
It would seem that the Su-17 saw some very key upgrades in the 80s and 90s making it closer to the Tornado in capabilities.. but then again the Su-17 is much larger and heavier than the other two. On the other hand it also seemed to have inferior range than the Haguar and A-7 and a smaller max payload ability.
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July 1, 2012 at 6:44 pm