Wow! That Turkish Typhoon looks stunning!

I can’t say the same for the F-22 and F-35. A different roundel really doesn’t stand out as much as a camo change.

30/32 units. The first 24 fighters are part of the 23rd fighter regiment based at Dzemgi, near Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and the other 6/8 are in Tsentralnaya Urglovaya airfield outside Vladivostok. By the end of 2008 the entire 24 fighters will be delivered to Tsentralnaya Urglovaya. That´s two full regiments by January next year.

Cheers 🙂

Thank you very much.

But why in the Far East? Is it due to the close proximity of spare parts from Komsomolsk?

From what I’ve noticed in the past the “best” stuff gets sent to Moscow to defend there. The S-400 is there, the new T-90s and Mi-28s are there. Why not the upgraded Su-27s?
Or are the Russian Knights’ Su-35s tasked with capital defense?

Is it me or do all of those designs seem to feature vertical tails that are way too small?

One thing I’ve noticed (looking at the Saturn drawings and its further versions) is the rudder seam runs along the whole base of the vertical fin. That leads me to believe that the control surface is the whole vertical fin.

Wouldn’t a smaller fin be needed if they intend it to be a rudder in itself?