Su-37 Terminator

The Sukhoi Su-37 Terminator is a very maneuverable thrust vectoring fighter derived from an Su-35 prototype. The Su-37 represents a new level of capability compared with the Su-27, Su-30, and Su-35.

Description
The Su-37 is a single-seat fighter aircraft. It has a variety of innovative equipment such as a radar configured for simultaneous surveillance of airspace and the ground and a high-precision 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 targets, synthetic aperture 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(both engine nozzles can tilt 30 degrees independently) 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 hard-points. 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. The Su-37 no longer exists, for after the first one, 711, was reverted to the Su-35, then crashed soon after and no information on the second Su-37 has been available. Although it never went into operational service, its legacy lives on within the recently unveiled Su-35BM, which features three-dimensional Thrust Vectoring and advanced avionics systems of Russian origin which go beyond the capabilities of the former Su-35 Super Flanker and Su-37. The Su-35BM is most likely the only Sukhoi advanced fighter currently in development that may enter service in its current prototype form.

Ace Squadrons/Pilots

 * FEAF 156th TFS/ Yellow Squadron (FEAF/AC4)
 * BAF 5th AD, 23rd TFS/ Gelb Squadron (Yellow) (BAF/ACZ)
 * Erich Klinsmann (BAF/ACZ)
 * Trombe (Tornado) (BAF/ACZ)
 * Sorrow (LAF/ACX)
 * Chimera Squadron (LAF/ACXi)
 * Tolia Kiriakov (Valahia/ACX2)
 * Storigon (Valahia/ACX2)
 * Yellow 13 (Valahia/ACX2)
 * Antares Squadron (Martinez Security/ACX2)
 * Yellow (Grey Men/AC5)

Standard Weapons

 * Gun: 1x 30mm GSh-30-1 Autocannon
 * Missile: 2x R-60MK (AA-8 "Aphid")

Special Weapons

 * FAEB: BLU-95/B - (ACZ/ACX/ACX2)
 * XLAA: Vympel R-33 (AA-9 "Amos") - (ACZ/ACX/ACX2)
 * QAAM: Vympel R-73EM (AA-11 "Archer") - (AC04/ACX/AC5/ACX2)


 * LASM: Kh-29 (AS-14 "Kedge") (ACX2)

Ace Combat 04

 * Speed: 95
 * Mobility: 98
 * Stability: 55
 * Defense: 85
 * Air to air: 95
 * Air to ground: 40

Ace Combat 5/Zero

 * Speed: 83
 * Mobility: 93
 * Stability: 76
 * Defense: 66
 * Air-to-Air: 96
 * Air-to-Ground: 59

Ace Combat X Skies of Deception

 * Speed: 84
 * Air-to-Air: 96
 * Air-to-Ground: 48
 * Mobility: 90
 * Stability: 69
 * Defense: 63

Comparable Aircraft

 * F-15S/MTD
 * Typhoon
 * MiG-1.44 Flatpack
 * Su-47 Berkut
 * F-22A Raptor

Related Development

 * Su-37 Super Flanker
 * Su-37R Super Flanker
 * Su-27 Flanker
 * Su-33D Naval Flanker
 * Su-35 Super Flanker

Trivia

 * The Su-37's name is erroneous: the NATO designation is not Terminator, but "Flanker-F".
 * One of the Terminator's SP paint schemes in Ace Combat: Joint Assault is the distinctive black & red paintwork of the 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron Strigon from Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation-- this is due to the obvious lack of the Strigon Team's signature Su-33 Flanker-D in the game.
 * The Terminator is arguably one of the most popular aircraft in Ace Combat history, largely because of it's standing as the signature plane of the Yellow Squadron from Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies, as well as being commonly associated with Yellow 13, the team's flight leader. As such, the Yellows' signature paintwork has appeared in all subsequent installments of the Ace Combat series post-Shattered Skies (unlockable paint scheme in 5/0/X and donwloadable skin for the Sea Flanker in 6, to be exact). Furthermore, the Yellow paint scheme appears in Joint Assault.