SU-34/32FN Fullback Long range fighter-bomber

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That's a nice sunny photo of the jet, it's a good looking plane, but I'm not sure yet if I like the look of this new standard c/s. It's a bit boring, but somehow it does look good on other aircraft like the Su-25SM, which I think is the same grey but a lighter blue. I think the Su-34 would look pretty nice if it had the grey/white scheme of the Su-24M2. Oh well, it's just looks.

I read that all 32 of the initial order for serial Su-34s have now been delivered. So this one, 28, was the last one of the second-to-last batch delivered this year?

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OK, what is with the dielectric paint on all the emitting or receiving antennas? By that I mean--I've seen it in almost all the colors of the rainbow, so why does it never seem to be a seamless part of the "camouflage" paint job?

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because then some painter (not from the respray shop, but say a regular maintainer) may then use the wrong paint on these parts? may just be that simple! Also, like this it says 'be careful' with these parts... no need for warning stencils. And then cost...I suppose, but they've got the grey version, so doesn't explain the white... although maybe it has different properties and they're kept separate by not making them both a grey tint?

seamless is not even possible I think but yeah they can pretty closely matched, obviously RuAF doesn't care.

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Amazing photos Sergey!

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