"Heroes" of Russian-Georgian war II: Su-25 Frogfoot

A lot of Soviet - era weapons have been used on both sides in Osetia conflict. Su-25 is the main atack aircraft used by Soviets in Afganistan and later on by Russian Air Forces (VVS) everywhere they could. This bird was downed by already familiar Tor-1M Surface-to-Air complex supplied to Georgia by Ukraine. Su-25 were made in Tbilisi and were used both by the Russians and the Georgians in Tskhinvali skyes.



Introduced in 1980, the Su-25 Frogfoot was the first dedicated ground attack aircraft produced by the Soviet Union since the World War Two era propeller driven Il-2 Shturmovik. drawing heavily on lessons learned by the American Air Force during the vietnam war, and mirroring the performance of the American A-10 Warthog, the Frogfoot is a rugged aircraft capable of accuratly delivering a heavy payload from low altitude and surviving in the low level, high threat forward area environment.