A Slovakian air force MiG-29. Wikimedia Commons Here we go again. For at least the third time since Russia widened its war on Ukraine in February last year, the government of Slovakia has proposed don...
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Russia’s Best Missile Can Hit Ukrainian Jets From 80 Miles Away. But Ukrainian Pilots Know How To Dodge.
A Russian air force MiG-31. Wikimedia Commons Ukrainian air force pilots have worked out methods for dodging the Russian air force’s far-flying Vympel R-37M air-to-air missiles, according to one Ukrai...
With GPS-Guided Munitions, Ukraine’s Pilots Could Hit The Russians Almost 100-Percent Of The Time
A U.S. Air Force airman loads JDAMs on a Boeing B-52 bomber. U.S. Air Force photo The U.S. Defense Department reportedly plans to equip the Ukrainian air force with satellite-guided bombs. The Pentago...
Ukraine Is Finally Getting More MiG-29s. Maybe.
A Slovak MiG-29 in 2014. Rob Schleiffert photo Slovakia again has pledged to Ukraine all 11 of its old Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters. The country recently placed the jets into storage in anticipation of jus...
Five Brave Ukrainian MiG Pilots Blunted the Russian Attack On Kyiv On Day One Of The War. Not All Of Them Survived.
Lt. Col. Vyacheslav Yerko. Ukrainian defense ministry photo The Kremlin had a bold—some might say reckless—plan for swiftly defeating the Ukrainian armed forces and toppling the government in Kyiv. Th...
His MiG-29 In Flames, Blood Pouring Down His Face, This Ukrainian Pilot Still Managed To Snap A Selfie
Vadym Voroshylov parachutes to Earth following his October battle with Russian drones. Instagram photo via the Ukrainian defense ministry An accomplished photographer and videographer, Maj. Vadym Voro...
Fly Low, Get Aggressive—How Ukrainian Pilots Fought The Russian Air Force To A Standstill
Russian Su-35 aircraft intercept a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to U.S. 6th Fleet over the Mediterranean Sea on May 26, 2020. U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa For all its profound faults, the...
As Bombs Rained Down, Ukrainian Troops Set A Trap For Russia’s Pilots
Russian air force Sukhoi Su-25s. Via Flickr The air war over Ukraine could have gone either way in the first few weeks of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of the country starting in late February. The Rus...
Watch The Ukrainian Air Force Lob American Missiles At Russian Radars
A Ukrainian air force MiG-29 launches a HARM. Via social media The Ukrainian air force has armed some of its surviving MiG-29 fighters with American-made High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles—and is firi...
Ukrainian MiGs Firing American Missiles Are Hunting Down Russian Air-Defenses
A HARM missile under the wing of a U.S. Navy EA-18G. U.S. Navy photo With every new photo that circulates online, it’s becoming clearer—the Ukrainian air force’s trusty old MiG-29 fighters are on a mi...
Iran’s Vintage Fighter Jets Keep Falling Out Of The Sky
Frequent crashes of Iranian fighter jets are striking reminders of just how old the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force’s (IRIAF) aircraft are. Two Iranian pilots were killed on May 24 when their Chine...
Ukraine Has Launched Its Southern Counteroffensive
Ukrainian army M-777 gunners in action near Kherson. Social media capture A Ukrainian air force MiG-29 fighter shot down one of the Russian air force’s best jets—an Su-35—near Russian-occupied Kherson...
Ukraine’s Air Force Is Back! But Who Knows For How Long.
A Ukrainian Su-25 over Donbas on May 7, 2022. TikTok capture Ten weeks into Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, Kyiv’s tiny, aging air force is in much better shape than anyone should have expected prior t...
The ‘Ghost Of Kyiv,’ Who Was Never Real, Just Got Killed In The Press
Photo via Wikimedia Commons The Ghost of Kyiv was a Ukrainian fighter pilot. A lone warrior in the aerial defense of Ukraine’s embattled capital city in the early weeks of the Russian invasion. Deftly...
Poland’s MiG-29 Fighters May Not Be Of Much Help To Ukraine
Mig-29 fighters of Ukrainian Air Force on the a military airbase in Vasylkiv village, some 30km of … [+] Kiev. Ukraine, Wednesday, November 23, 2016. (Photo by Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto via Getty I...
What Joint Russian-Syrian Air Patrols Might Mean For Foreign Air Forces Over Syria
In late January, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian and Syrian warplanes had conducted joint patrols along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates River. “The mission route include...