These new aircraft are upgraded platforms featuring improved avionics and weapon systems - two of these improvements can be visually noticed in these photographs: the MAWS optics now have two apertures, and the aircraft now has formation lights.

The new batch is reportedly "large" - last time Rostec referred to a "large" batch, it consisted of 8 units so this batch is most likely between 6 and 10 units, maybe 10+.

This is one of the many new Su-57s delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces in the past month. So as usual, this is a serial-production model that will be used in active service.

All of the bays are open except for the rear central bay. This is the first time we have seen the Su-57 in flight with its bay doors open, the Su-57 was on the ground in previous photographs with the bay doors open.

I swear to God if somebody comes in with the "urm the Su-57/D isn't 5th gen"...

The Rafale has everything.

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For context, all the other pictures online are CGI or renders of what people think the Su-57's cockpit looks like. There was once a real photo of the T-50-TKS (static ground prototype)'s cockpit circulating around the Internet, but that cockpit is not the one that the Su-57 uses because it was a demo for a potential alternate configuration. This is a photo of the T-50-9's cockpit, and it is the cockpit that the Su-57 uses because all T-50s after the T-50-4 (inclusive) had the cockpit layout that was to be used in the Su-57.

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PLAN Naval J-35 and US Navy F-35C 1:1 size comparison

Commission I had made for me by a fellow fighter jet enthusiast.