Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers visit Grand Forks AFB

Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers visit Grand Forks AFB
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This happened 30 years ago. The Flankers don't show up until the four minute mark.

B1 Bombers at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota

The video starts with trip down the flight line where a bunch of B1 Bombers are parked. Geez, there are a bunch of them. No B1s are stationed at Grand Forks anymore. The Air Force Times tells us that some are stationed at Ellsworth AFB, and Google Maps delivers.

Moscow to Langley
8,300 Miles

I plotted the stops mentioned in a Daily Press story about the visit. Somehow I don't think the Russians flew directly from Moscow to Anchorage, a distance of of 4,400 miles. I suspect they made a couple of hops across Russia, maybe to Vladivostok, before flying over the Aleutian Islands to Anchorage.

Su-27UB and F-15 side by side at Langley Air Force Base (August 1992)

The Su-27 has appeared here before.