Are drop tanks common with Russian aircrafts such as the mig and Su?


yes in fact of aircraft had carry external tanks have reasonable range.

mig 21 operated belly tank
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...
mig 17 notorious flying underwing tanks, su7.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...

plenty of images showing fitter family reveal standard usage of tanks.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:and9g...

mig 29 has optional underwing tanks.
http://www.google.com/images?hl=cs&client=firefox-a&hs=r2f&rls=org.mozilla:cs:official&q=mig%2029%20with%20tanks&um=1&ie=utf-8&source=og&sa=n&tab=wi&biw=1366&bih=585
in fact, mig 29 designed "frontline fighter" range limited. when russians designing admiral kuznetzov carrier, modified fulcrum k? version, increasing fuel capacity raising "spine" of aircraft. made nice lines of mig29 rather ugly plane.

guess flanker holds reasonable ammount of fuel, yet has option use ferry tanks increased range.

sukhoi 25 has 2 nearest pylons @ each side of wing ready tanks.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/su-25_in_flight_01.jpeg/800px-su-25_in_flight_01.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php%3fubb%3ddownload%26number%3d850377%26filename%3d20091201011618-4b14dee2817a08.72114751.kmz&usg=__mzxng3huitepw8thbmo_x2qle8w=&h=571&w=800&sz=60&hl=cs&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=jmaoiqokm2adim:&tbnh=141&tbnw=190&prev=/images%3fq%3dfrogfoot%2bwith%2btanks%26um%3d1%26hl%3dcs%26client%3dfirefox-a%26sa%3dn%26rls%3dorg.mozilla:cs:official%26biw%3d1366%26bih%3d585%26tbs%3disch:10%2c143&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=577&vpy=95&dur=1426&hovh=190&hovw=266&tx=117&ty=95&ei=qffmtpigfil_8aawom3eaq&oei=h1fmtihagcoblge97tzkca&esq=6&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0&biw=1366&bih=585
in more modern versions of su 27, removed aerodynamic brake accomodate tank, too.

btw, tanks su 25 , others not considered drop tanks.

you see aircraft carry fuel(in pictures , video anyway).


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