June 4, 2020 (0532.ua) A few days ago, a new exhibit was delivered to the Museum of Heavy Bomber Aviation in Poltava - the SU-17M4R aircraft. The Soviet fighter-bomber was brought from the Zaporizhia State Aircraft Repair Plant. The plane has not been completely assembled yet, the wings and other parts removed before transportation will be installed on the hull soon.
The Su-17M3/4 were used during the First Chechen War alongside Sukhoi Su-24s and Sukhoi Su-25s in ground attack and reconnaissance missions. In a move to eliminate single-engine strike aircraft from its inventory, the Russian Air Force retired its last Su-17M4 along with its fleet of MiG-23/27s in 1998.
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