A 61-Year-Old Ukrainian Bomber Pilot Came Out Of Retirement To Fight The Russians—And Died Liberating Snake Island

A Ukrainian air force Su-24. Wikimedia Commons Mykhailo Matyushenko flew for the Soviet air force in Afghanistan in the 1980s. When Ukraine split from the Soviet Union in 1991, Matyushenko—a native of...

The Ukrainian Air Force’s Recon Crews Have A Dangerous Job, Flying Close To Russian Troops To Snap Photos

A Ukrainian air force Su-24MR. Photo via Wikimedia Commons The Ukrainian air force had as few as 21, and as many as 25, Sukhoi Su-24M bombers and Su-24MR reconnaissance planes when Russian forces wide...

Ukraine Is Restoring More Old Su-24s Than Russia Can Shoot Down

A Ukrainian air force Su-24. Wikimedia Commons For supporters of Ukraine’s war-weary air force, it was a beautiful sight: four of the air force’s swing-wing Su-24 bombers flying in formation over Ukra...