| Su-19 | |
|---|---|
| Role | All-weather attack aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Sukhoi |
| Designer | Ye. S. Felsner from 1985 - L.A. Logvinov[1] |
| Number built | 0 |
The 'Suchoi Su-19' Сухой Су-19, NATO Codename: Fencer , to German fencer ) was the initial designation of the Su-24 through the West.
History[]
In early 1974, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Thomas Moorer made a statement that an aircraft had appeared in the Soviet Union in the General Dynamics F-111 class held by NATO. ] Experts had been classified as Su-19 and the NATO code name "Fencer" received. It later turned out that Sukhoi did not build a Su-19 aircraft and that the aircraft designated by NATO as Su-19 was Su-24.
The drawings that the Pentagon released on the Su-19 showed a plane that looked less like the Su-24, but more like the F-111. The first pictures showed, so to speak, the Su-19 as F-111 with air intakes like the MiG-25. In later pictures of the Su-19 was again to see, so to speak, an F-111 with air intakes, this time a little too small but in the correct form of the Su-24 were shown. This time, however, air brakes were falsely shown on the sides of the fuselage backside (comparable to the air brakes of Su-17). In all images of the Pentagon, the weapon suspensions were missing on the moving part of the swinging wings.
When the official name Su-24 became known, the name Su-19 was no longer used by the West and the NATO code name "Fencer" was used for the Su-24.
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References &books[]
- Yefim Gordon, Dmitri Komissarov | Title = Sukhoi Su-24, Famous Russian Aircraft | Publisher = Crecy Publishing Ltd. Location = Manchester England | Date = 2016 | ISBN = 978-1-85780-370-9 | Pages = 40