It would have been one of the former Soviet republics shortly after 1991 if the stories are correct. They weren’t all friendly with Russia back then.
I doubt that story already after 10 years the media would had pictures like these, if they got it in 2005 or even 2006 i would belive that hypothesis as plausible, but after 10 years i totally doubt it
I’m aware of that event, that took place out over the sea while FLANKERs were visiting Langley AFB like I said. And yes, Su-27s have made regular airshow appearances in the USA, like I said as well. And then there’s the FLANKER flying around over Groom Lake, which by itself means it isn’t being flown by a Russian pilot. That’s three separate events right there, why the confusion?
No what i meant is we can not say or at least me i have not seen any Russian report or even a western one confirming the US adquiered Su-27s, the picture is not clear is quit blur it seems to be a Su-27, if it is a Su-27s it can be a Russian Air Force Su-27 on a visit.
From my point of view there is no need to hide the fact the US has a Su-27, because they already have Russian fighters, second they already have pitted their fighters with Russian Su-27s and even Indian Su-30s so why they need a Flanker when they have already evaluated the type without need of owning it?
source:
http://vayu-sena.tripod.com/comparison-f16-f18-su30-1.html
As far back as late 1990 or sometime in 1991 if I recall correctly.
There’s no proof it is a visiting FLANKER either. The location where the photos were taken would, however, seem to discount that possibility.
That was never a secret.
SOC
The Su-27s Flanker and F-15s Eagle were flown to US and Russian air fields and by that means military air fields
And we know about a lot of the older MiGs why? Because those programs (like HAVE DRILL and HAVE DOUGHNUT) have been partially or completely declassified. You’ve got no idea how the DoD classification system works. Here’s a good example: the A-12 was retired in 1968. It wasn’t publicly acknowledged until the mid-80’s, even though the SR-71A was fully visible to the general public from the get-go. The first A-12 photo (outside of some John Andrews shots of spraylat-covered A-12s in open storage at Palmdale) wasn’t released until 1982. There wasn’t really any point to keeping it secret at that point, but that’s how the system works.
Here are the pictures when the Su-27 were flown to the US
Yes SOC, but remember some aircraft were brought from former Soviet or Warsaw pact states and the Su-27 was flown to the US not long time ago so Russian Flankers have been in the US, first the picture is not clear and second there is not prove it is not a visitor Su-27, the Russians also have intelligence systems and they also track these kind of sales in fact check Russian internet pages and you will find pictures and articles about the moldovan MiG-29s
Расширяющиеся в последнее время контакты летчиков западных стран с их коллегами из России (1995 год — авиабаза Эльмендорф, штат Аляска, 1996-й — аэродром Саваслейка) позволили подтвердить справедливость такого вывода. В качестве аргументов приводятся, в частности, результаты учебных боев истребителей F-15 и Су-27, проведенных в мае 1993 года на авиабазе Ланглей (штат Вирджиния), где американские и русские летчики вели их «один на один» и «пара на пару», а также многочисленные международные авиашоу.
http://www.soldiering.ru/avia/file/airfight.php
In the last russian text, they talk about the exchange visits the US and Russia had in the 1990s decade, one was to Alaska and the other to the state of Virginia there was a visit to Russia in the base of Savasleykaya, where they had mock combat and proved the Su-27 to be superior to the F-15 i see no need for the US of buying Su-27 when the can pit their F-15s with the russians for free
lest remeber the Russians flown their Su-27 around the world in the 1990s
1. You mean a Byelorussian link, not a Russian link, because they didn’t come from Russia.
2. If we’re going to play the “it’s only real if you can show me a photo” game, show me a picture of a MiG-25P cockpit with the airspeed indicator showing Mach 3+ speed.
Since when was COPE INDIA “needed”? We exercise with friendly nations all the time. Also, are the Su-30K’s avionics and performance 100% identical to those of a standard-production Su-27?
It’s ALWAYS been done that way. Has the US announced that it has an SA-11 TELAR in its possession? because there’s one sitting down in Texas on a range outside the Army base in El Paso…
Why would Belarus necessarily inform Russia that it sold an Su-27 or two? Ever consider that they were offered enough money from the USA that they had no problem keeping it secret?
SOC
The Su-27 was flown to the US several times and the US and Russia had mock combat flights between Su-27s and F-15s, not long time ago, the US and Russia usually fly their aircraft to each other air bases MAKS 2005 had a B-1B, a F-16 and a F-15s
here is the F-15 at MAKS 2005
here is the F-16 
here is B-1B 
There is no need to keep secret a Su-27 in the US because already they have MiG-29s, MiG-23s, MiG-21s, MiG-15, Mi-24 and several other equipment of Russian origin.
The picture does not discard the fact that aircraft if in reality is a Su-27, is a Russian flown and owned Su-27 visitor in the US
Source of the pictures http://lenta.ru/articles/2005/08/19/exibit/
here is a Su-27 in canadian air space 
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