Russia demonstrates new fighter jet

ZHUKOVSKY, Russia, July 7 (UPI) -- Russia's newest jet fighter successfully completed its first demonstration Monday with deliveries to customers expected by 2011, military officials said.

The Su-35 flanker multi-role air superiority/strike fighter performed a series of stunts and maneuvers at an airfield at Zhukovsky in the Moscow region, RIA Novosti reported.

The fighter is to enter the Russian air force within three years, and "a large number" of the military jets have been ordered by customers from around the world, officials said.

"Deliveries will be made both for the Russian air force and foreign clients. … We will start deliveries in 2011," Mikhail Pogosyan, chief executive of manufacturer Sukhoi, told the Russian news service.