It is a twin engine supersonic and super maneuverable fighter designed by the Soviet Sukhoi Design Bureau. Competing with the fourth generation large jet fighters of the United States such as the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, it has a combat radius of 3530 kilometers, carries heavy aviation weapons, is equipped with cutting-edge avionics, and has excellent maneuverability. Originally designed for air superiority missions, subsequent derivative models were able to perform almost all types of air combat missions. Complementing the MiG-29 fighter design of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, they jointly formed the main fighter squadron of the Soviet Union and later the Russian Air Force