Pilot "Su-57" about aerial combat. Interview with test pilot Sergei Bogdan. Part three

The whole world has recognized the fact of unsurpassed maneuverability of Russian combat aircraft, but our "partners" from the USA insist that modern air battles will take place over long distances, and the aforementioned advantage of Russian fighters does not make sense. But let's remember the Vietnam War, when the Americans were so confident in the Phantom fighter-bombers that they didn’t put cannon weapons on it! Practice proved the opposite - the Vietnamese on the Soviet MiG-21 often broke into a close maneuver battle, where the Phantoms were completely defenseless! The guns on the F-4 were returned. I don’t want hatred moods and therefore we will ask you to answer this question from a true practicing expert - test pilot, Hero of Russia Sergey Bogdan. Sergey Leonidovich aerobatics master. He demonstrated the Su-35 at all the world's largest air forums, and at the last air show MAKS impressed everyone with his performance on the fifth-generation fighter Su-57. His opinion is fundamentally different. About western fighters, modern aerial combat and the practical application of super-maneuverability - in the third and final part of the interview with Sergey Leonidovich Bogdan.