ISTANBUL, Sept 18 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A Russian Su-35 fighter jet performed an aerobatic show at the opening ceremony of Turkey’s biggest aerospace and technology festival in Istanbul.
The 4++ generation supersonic multi-purpose fighter with a single seat and twin engines, displayed various stunts over the sky for about 10 minutes.
During a visit to the air show in Moscow in late Aug, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, inspected the Su-35 and fifth-generation Su-57 jets, and discussed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, bilateral cooperation on them.
Russia offered to sell the Su-35 fighters to Turkey in July, after the United States terminated Ankara’s involvement in the manufacturing of the F-35 fighter jets, over the latter’s purchase of Russian-made S-400 air defence missile systems.
Russia has also sent a Be-200, a multi-purpose amphibious aircraft, to the Istanbul aerospace and technology festival which lasts until Sept 22.– NNN-ANADOLU
