Flanker

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Flanker may refer to:

• The NATO reporting name for the Sukhoi Su-27 and derivatives^[1]:
  • Flanker-A: Sukhoi T-10 (Su-27 prototype)
  • Flanker-B: Sukhoi Su-27
  • Flanker-C: Sukhoi Su-30 (Su-27UB)
  • Flanker-D: Sukhoi Su-33 (Su-27K)
  • Flanker-E variant 1: Sukhoi Su-35 (Su-27M)
  • Flanker-E variant 2: Sukhoi Su-37
  • Flanker-F variant 1: Sukhoi Su-30 (Su-27PU), Su-30K
  • Flanker-F variant 2: Sukhoi Su-30M
  • Flanker-G: Sukhoi Su-30MKK
  • Flanker-H: Sukhoi Su-30MKI
• Su-27 Flanker, a computer game modeling the Sukhoi Su-27
• Flanker: a position in rugby union (not found in rugby league);
• Wide receiver: a position in American football.
• A fortification projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body, sometimes found in a castle.

[edit] References

1. ^ Designations of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles. Retrieved on 2006-05-13.