MiG-21 Lancer and IAR-330 Puma (Image credit: Romanian Air Force) Romanian Air Force MiG-21 Lancer fighter jet took off at around 19:50 local time on an aerial patrol flight. About 10 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft went missing from the radar screen. #Romania 🇷🇴confirm loss of contact with MiG 21 …
Read More »Romania Returns Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker
The Ukrainian Su-27 prepares for take off from Bacau on Mar. 1, 2022. (Image credit: Lt. Madelina Burlacu) A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 has been returned to the embattled country six days after a pilot fled with the two-engine fighter to Romania in the first hours of the Russian …
Read More »Legendary Ukrainian Display Pilot Colonel Oleksandr Oksanchenko dies in combat
Photo credit: facebook.com/borisovalana888 Ukraine’s military announced on Tuesday that the legendary Ukrainian Air Force display pilot Colonel Oleksandr Oksanchenko, reportedly nicknamed “Grey Wolf”, was killed after his jet was shot down near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. According to Perild.com, Oksanchenko died in battle, diverting enemy aircraft. “Colonel Oleksandr Oksanchenko, now …
Read More »EU to Donate MiG-29s and Su-25s Fighter Jets to Ukraine
A Bulgarian air force MiG-29 taxis on the flightline during Thracian Star 21 at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, July 20, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder) On Sunday, the media reported EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell’s sensational announcement that European countries will send “fighter …
Read More »Russian Air Force Mil Mi-35 Helicopter Shot Down By Ukrainian Armed Forces
A Russian Air Force Mil Mi-35 helicopter is said to have been shot down by Ukrainian armed forces. Videos are circulating on social media showing the wreckage of the Mi-35 helicopter in the Kherson Oblast region. Russian Mil Mi-35 downed in Kherson Oblast pic.twitter.com/2QTWqBLrQq— Aldin 🇧🇦 (@aldin_aba) February 28, 2022 …
Read More »Ukraine Received Large Batch Of New Air-to-air Missiles
Credits: @GeneralStaffUA / Twitter According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Ukraine has received a large batch of new air-to-air missiles. “Our Western partners for the aviation of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received a large batch of air-to-air missiles, which are already …
Read More »Here’s how much it will cost to restore An-225 Mriya aircraft
Credits: @DmytroKuleba / Twitter As we have reported earlier that Antonov An-225, the biggest plane in the world was destroyed by Russian troops in the second air attack on the Hostomel (Gostomel) airport near Kyiv. The aircraft was burnt in the Russian attack. Ukrainian state arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom said that …
Read More »How Russia Destroyed World’s Largest Plane
Ukraine-made AN-225 ‘Mriya’ meaning ‘Dream’ in Ukrainian qualified as the world’s largest cargo aircraft before it was reportedly burned on an Hostomel Airport outside Kyiv due to Russian shelling. The aircraft was destroyed by Russian troops in the second air attack on the Hostomel (Gostomel) airport near Kyiv. The largest …
Read More »An-225 Mriya: The World’s largest Aircraft Has Been Destroyed
The Antonov An-225 Mriya the world’s largest aircraft has become a casualty of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian Government confirmed via Twitter that the Antonov AN-225 “Mriya” (The Dream) has been destroyed. The biggest plane in the world "Mriya" (The Dream) was destroyed by Russian occupants on an airfield …
Read More »U.S. F-35 tracked online while flying a mission near the Ukrainian border
At least one U.S. F-35 Lightning II from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, flew a mission over southeastern Poland, near the Ukrainian border. The 5th generation aircraft was tracked online on ADSBExchange.com, one of the websites currently used to track flights. The track of the F-35A on Feb. 27, 2022. (Image …
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