Russian air force Su-25s. Wikimedia Commons The six Russian air force brigades and regiments flying the twin-rotor Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopter probably have suffered the highest casualty rate of any...
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The Russian Air Force Loses Up To Four Planes In One Day As Ukrainian Air-Defenses Advance
Russian air force Su-25s. Russian air force capture The Russian air force reportedly has had a very bad day. The Ukrainian defense ministry on Saturday claimed its forces shot down four Russian warpla...
Russian Pilots Have More To Fear As Ukraine’s Gepard Anti-Aircraft Tanks Arrive
A Gepard. KMW photo In 1973, the West German army had a problem. Forty-nine years later, the Ukrainian army had the same problem. That problem: the Russian army and air force’s very-low-flying attack ...
How Desperate Is Russia For Good Troops? It’s Hiring Mercenaries. Even The Law-Breakers.
The smoking wreckage of a Russian Su-25 in Donbas on May 22, 2022. Photo via social media Ukrainian air-defense troops firing a Stinger man-portable missile shot down a Russian Su-25 attack jet over t...
Ukraine Has Shot Down A Top Russian Fighter Pilot
Russian Sukhoi Su-25 jet takes part in a joint military exercise with the Belarussian army on Oct. … [+] 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ASSOCIATED PRESS Ukrainian air defenses have claimed an...
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...