The Su-33 has roughly 8 percent greater wing area than the Su-27 during a routine flight. ... folding wings, a larger wing area, and slightly more powerful AL-31F3 engines.

The Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D is an all-weather carrier-based air defence fighter based on the Su-27 “Flanker” and initially known as Su-27K. It has larger (folding) wings, upgraded engines, twin ...

The Su-33 possesses a reinforced undercarriage, folding wings, slightly more powerful. Al-31F3 engines and more technical landing gear among other atypical capabilities than its predecessor.

October 13, 2009: The Russian Navy is buying 24 MiG-29Ks (for about $42 million each) to replace the Su-33s currently operating from the aircraft carrier Kuznetsov. It was last year that the carrier ...