The Sukhoi Su-30 is a Russian twin-engine, two-seat multirole fighter developed by the Sukhoi design bureau from the Su-27UB trainer, initially as a long-range interceptor. The prototype of this version made its first flight at the very end of 1989. It was later developed into a series of export versions, the Su-30MK family, that became commercially very successful. India builds the Su-30MKI under license, and other users include China, Malaysia, Algeria, Vietnam and Venezuela. Many versions carry thrust-vectoring engines and canard foreplanes that give them exceptional maneuverability, and several hundred have been built.
Before and after
- 17 December 1989Premiere of The Simpsons
- from 20 December 1989 to 31 January 1990United States invasion of Panama
- 22 December 1989Death of Samuel Beckett
- 25 December 1989Death of Nicolae Ceaușescu
- 31 December 1989First flight of Sukhoi Su-30
- from 1990 to 2003Human Genome Project
- 1990National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- 1990Rise of K-pop
- 1990Founding of Museum of Philistine Culture
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The era
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