Sukhoi bureau designed a two-seat armored ground-attack aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-6, considered in some terms to be superior to its competitor, the Ilyushin Il-2. The government however later chose the Il-2 over the Su-6, but rewarded Sukhoi a Stalin Prize of the 1st Level for its development in 1943. Sukhoi and this team later focused on development of variants of the Su-2, the prototype cannon-armed Sukhoi Su-1 (Su-3) fighter, as well as the Sukhoi Su-8, which to serve as a long-range ground-attack aircraft for the Soviet Air Forces, but was later discarded as the Soviet Union was winning the Eastern Front.
Sukhoi Su-24 30 meters of another American ship, the destroyer "Donald Cook" in the Baltic Sea. The incidents occurred over two days, with the planes making passes by the "Donald Cook" while it was in international waters. In November 2018, two armed Russian Su-24s flew low over the Belgian frigate "Godetia". At the time of the incident, the "Godetia" was in use as the command ship of NATO’s northern mine sweeping fleet. "Source: Sukhoi" S6 T6-1 T6-2I / T6-3I / T6-4I Su-24 Su-24M ('Fencer-D') Su-24M2 ('Fencer-D') Su-24MK ('Fencer-D') Su-24MP ('Fencer-F') Notes Bibliography Sukhoi Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is