Su-25 'Grach': Everything About the Formidable Ground Attack Aircraft

Besides the front-line bombers Su-24M, legendary Su-25 fighter-bombers are fighting in Syria as well. Although the "Crows" have been in service for more than half a century, today they remain among the best combat aircraft in the world—formidable, universal, reliable, and phenomenally survivable. They have repeatedly saved pilots’ lives in what seemed like hopeless situations.

After receiving their combat baptism in Afghanistan (that’s where the nickname "Crow" stuck to the Su-25), this aircraft took part in a dozen wars—from Iraq, Ethiopia, and the Congo to Chechnya, Tajikistan, Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia—and now it strikes fear into ISIS militants.

In a benchmark book by leading aviation historians, you’ll find comprehensive information about the creation, improvement, and combat use of the famous fighter-bomber. The collector’s edition is illustrated with hundreds of exclusive diagrams, "side-view" drawings, and photographs.