The Sukhoi Su-34 is a Russian twin-engine strike fighter, developed from the Su-27 air-superiority fighter as a replacement for the Su-24. Its first prototype flew in 1990, in a version then known as the Su-27IB. Its most unusual feature is the wide cockpit in which the pilot and navigator sit side by side, with a galley and toilet so that the crew can fly missions lasting many hours, and the aircraft has a distinctive nose shape, which earned it the nickname Platypus. After a long development delayed by the end of the Soviet Union and funding shortages, it entered service in the Russian air force in the 2010s. It has been used in Syria and in the war in Ukraine, where it has carried guided glide bombs.
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- 20 January 1990Black January
- 11 February 1990Nelson Mandela is released from prison
- from March 1990 to March 1997South Armagh sniper campaign
- from 8 April 1990 to 10 June 1991Premiere of Twin Peaks
- 13 April 1990First flight of Sukhoi Su-34
- 15 April 1990Birth of Emma Watson
- 24 April 1990Launch of Hubble Space Telescope
- 7 May 1990Founding of European Environment Agency
- 22 May 1990Creation of Windows 3.0
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