According to the camouflage on the Su-35s of the Ethiopian Air Force, the customer received aircraft originally produced for Egypt, which were subsequently left stranded at the airfield of the KnAAZ plant. In 2018, Russia signed a contract with Egypt for 24 Su-35 fighter jets and aircraft-related weapons, worth about $2 billion, making Egypt the second largest export customer after China. In February 2021, the US State Department warned Egypt against purchasing the Russian fighters. Photo 1: Archival photo of an Egyptian Su-35 "Super Flanker", number 9211, at the Gramov Research Institute airport in Zhukovsky, October 2021. Image 2: Satellite image of 21 Su-35SE fighter jets built for Egypt at the Yuri Gagarin Komsomolsk-on-Amor aircraft factory, a branch of Sukhoi. That's why Rosoboronexport manages to find buyers for finished planes stuck at the factory. excellent.

According to the camouflage on the Su-35s of the Ethiopian Air Force, the customer received aircraft originally produced for Egypt, which were subsequently left stranded at the airfield of the KnAAZ plant. In 2018, Russia signed a contract with Egypt for 24 Su-35 fighter jets and aircraft-related weapons, worth about $2 billion, making Egypt the second largest export customer after China. In February 2021, the US State Department warned Egypt against purchasing the Russian fighters. Photo 1: Archival photo of an Egyptian Su-35 "Super Flanker", number 9211, at the Gramov Research Institute airport in Zhukovsky, October 2021. Image 2: Satellite image of 21 Su-35SE fighter jets built for Egypt at the Yuri Gagarin Komsomolsk-on-Amor aircraft factory, a branch of Sukhoi. That's why Rosoboronexport manages to find buyers for finished planes stuck at the factory. excellent.