SU-24

[Winnerhofer]

The Su-24 attack interceptor: jack of two trades, master of both | Russia Beyond The Headlines (http://rbth.com/defence/2015/04/20/the_su-24_attack_interceptor_jack_of_two_trades_master_of_both_4537 9.html)

[thing]

The Orion radar system installed in the nose cone was large enough to seat its two-man crew in a ‘tandem’ arrangement, side by side.



Got to give it to the Ruskis, they rewrote the rules.

[Willard Whyte]

The Orion radar system installed in the nose cone was large enough to seat its two-man crew in a ‘tandem’ arrangement, side by side.

I wonder if they really mean tandem...

Tandem (or in tandem) is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction.

[Rosevidney1]

True, Willard - but it can also mean 'in unison'.

[Davef68]

Was it ever used as an interceptor?

[AreOut]

I think Syria used them couple of times over Mediterranean...probably because they didn't have more suitable planes in Latakia airbase at the time.