Editing Sukhoi Su-27 (section)

=== Ethiopia ===
Ethiopian Su-27s shot down two Eritrean MiG-29s and damaged another one during the [[Eritrean-Ethiopian War]]<ref name="Milavia">{{cite web |url=http://www.milavia.net/aircraft/su-27/su-27_ops.htm |title=Su-27 operations |website=Milavia |access-date=23 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828025525/http://www.milavia.net/aircraft/su-27/su-27_ops.htm |archive-date=28 August 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Claims with No Names">{{cite web |url=http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_192.shtml |title=Different African Air-to-Air Victories |date=September 2, 2003 |website=Air Combat Information Group |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111061203/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_192.shtml |archive-date=11 January 2010}}</ref> in February 1999 and destroyed another two in May 2000.<ref name="Claims with No Names" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/noname.htm |title=Air-to-air claims during Ethiopian/Eritrean Conflicts in 1999-2000 |first=Allan |last=Magnus |date=January 16, 2004 |website=Air Aces |access-date=23 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020924010902/http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/noname.htm |archive-date=24 September 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Su-27s were also used in [[combat air patrol]] (CAP) missions, suppression of air defense, and providing escort for fighters on bombing and reconnaissance missions.<ref>"ke bahru be chilfa" (Ethiopian Air Force graduation publication, May 2007), pp. 72–73.</ref> The Su-27 has replaced the aging [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]], which was the main [[air superiority fighter]] of the ETAF between 1977 and 1999.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kyzer |first1=Jonathan |last2=Cooper |first2=Tom |first3=Frithjof Johan |last3=Ruud |name-list-style=amp |date=17 January 2003 |title=Air War between Ethiopia and Eritrea, 1998-2000 |url=http://www.dankalia.com/archive/2003/030117.htm |website=Dankalia.com |publisher=Air Combat Information Group |access-date=10 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904072050/http://www.dankalia.com/archive/2003/030117.htm |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Ethiopian government used its Su-27s for bombing targets during the [[Tigray War]]. Ethiopian Su-27s were depicted armed with OFAB-250 unguided bombs and over the skies of [[Mekelle]].<ref name="sukhoi.mariwoj.pl">{{cite web |last1=Zettlemoyer |first1=Ryan |title=ETHIOPIA |url=http://www.sukhoi.mariwoj.pl/su-30-et.htm |website=Sukhoi Su-30 In Colours |publisher=sukhoi.mariwoj.pl |access-date=8 July 2024 |ref=sukhoi.mariwoj.pl}}</ref>
On 25 August 2022, Ethiopian authorities claimed an An-26 was intercepted and then shot down by an ETAF Su-27, scrambled to investigate the airspace violation incoming from Sudan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gerjon.substack.com/p/shot-down-or-not-shot-down-assessing|title=Shot down or not shot down? Assessing Ethiopian Air Force claims.|website=gerjon.substack.com|date=27 August 2022|access-date=28 August 2022|archive-date=28 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828080459/https://gerjon.substack.com/p/shot-down-or-not-shot-down-assessing|url-status=live}}</ref>