Su-37 Terminator

Super-Maneuverable Fighter -

Origin (Real World)
Russian Federation

Feautred In
Ace Combat 02 Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies Ace Combat 05: The Unsung War Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception

Operators
"A World With No Boundaries" Aurelian Air Force Belkan Air Force Federal Erusean Air Force Independent State Allied Forces Leasath Air Force Osean Air Defense Force Sapinish Air Force Usean Rebel Force Ustian Air Force

Ace Squadrons/Pilots
Rena Hirose / UPEO (AC3) Yellow Squadron / FEAF (AC4) Yellow / Grey Men (AC5) Gelb Squadron / BAF (ACZ) Reiher / BAF (ACZ) Trombe / BAF (ACZ) Sorrow / LAF (ACX)

Variants
Su-37 Super Flanker (AC3) Su-37-R (Rena's Super Flanker)

Weapons
Gun / 1 x 30mm GSh-301 Cannon Standard Missiles / R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid') AAM FAEB / FAB-1000 (ACZ/ACX) LASM / Kh-31 (AC04) NPB / FAB-500 (ACZ) QAAM / R-73EM (AC4/AC5/ACX) XLAA / R-33/37 BVR (ACZ)

Ace Combat 5 Stats
Speed: 83 Mobility: 93 Stability: 76 Defense: 66 Air-to-Air: 96 Air-to-Ground: 59

Ace Combat Zero Stats
Speed: 83 Mobility: 93 Stability: 76 Defense: 66 Air-to-Air: 96 Air-to-Ground: 59

Biography
The Sukhoi Su-37 is a super-maneuverable thrust vectoring fighter derived from an Su-35 prototype. The Su-37 represents a new level of capability compared with the Su-27 and Su-35. The Su-37 test aircraft made its maiden flight in April 1996 from the Zhukovsky flight testing center near Moscow. This impressive single-seat all-weather counter-air fighter and ground attack aircraft, derived from the SU-27, has an updated airframe containing a high proportion of carbon-fibre and Al-Li alloy. The engines, avionics and armaments are also improvements on those originally installed in the SU-27. The AL-37FU engines are configured for thrust vector control, with the axisymmetric steerable thrust vector control nozzle is fixed on a circular turning unit. The steel nozzle in the experimental engines is replaced in production engines by titanium units to reduce the weight of the nozzle. The nozzle only moves in the pitch axis, and the nozzles on the two engines can deflect together or differentially to achieve the desired thrust vector for a particular maneuver.

The Su-37 has a variety of other innovative equipment such as a radar configured for simultaneous surveillance of airspace and the ground and a high-precision laser-inertial/satellite navigation system. The all-weather digital multi-mode phased array radar operates in either air and ground surveillance modes or in both modes simultaneously. Ground surveillance modes include mapping (with Doppler beam sharpening), search-and-track of moving targets, synthetic aperature radar and terrain avoidance. The Su-37 is also equipped with a rearward facing radar in the tail stinger area of the fuselage. The Su-37 features fly-by-wire and relaxed static instability, which along with 3D thrust vectoring give the aircraft tremendous agility. It incorporates state of the art ECM in wing-tip pods, allowing improved survivability in electronic warfare environments.

The Su-37 can carry air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons on 12 stations. The number of missiles and bombs carried can be increased to 14 with the use of multi-payload racks. It is also said that tests have been complete with Missiles mounted backwards on the racks and it is said that it can fire at targets in the six o'clock area, with out bore-sight equipment.

SOURCES Ace Combat 04, 5, Zero (In Game Data)