33 years ago, legendary Soviet/Russian ship-based naval fighter Sukhoi Su-33 performed its maiden flight

#OTD in 1987, 33 years ago, legendary Soviet/Russian ship-based naval fighter Sukhoi Su-33 performed its maiden flight. It was accepted for service on 31 August 1998 & now is one of the main aircraft of Russian Navy pic.twitter.com/xb8CdUpAG4

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