Two high-value Russian aircraft have been shot down, Ukraine has claimed, in what would be a major blow to its air force. TheUkrainianarmy says an A-50 spy plane - which is one of just a handful of early warning and control planes in theRussianfleet - and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne ...
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YouTube and Twitter abound with footage of supposed Russian fighters being shot down. The “Ghost of Kyiv” and the “Grey Wolf” are two mythic operators credited with the awesome destruction of Russian forces. While the Ghost is still shrouded in mystery and probably myth, Oleksandr Oksanchen...
"These weapons were meant to attack Israel, and posed an intolerable threat to Israel," the military said. The Russian-made reconnaissance plane was shot down "due to Syrian anti-aircraft fire," which was launched by the Syrian army against the Israeli F-16 fighter jets, the military said....
Ukraine's air force says one of its F-16 fighter jet pilots completed a "world first" last month by shooting down six Russian missiles during a single deployment; Poland said it was ready to supply Ukraine with electricity after Slovakia threatened to cut off power to Kyiv; ...
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Two American F-16 warplanes intercepted four Russian aircraft near Alaska, the joint US-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Tuesday. The "routine" intercept of the Russian planes -- which included Tu-95 bomber and Su-35 fighter aircraft -- occurred Monday, NORAD said...
Irkutsk, a major industrial center of more than 600,000 in eastern Siberia, is home to an aircraft factory producing Su-30s, a supersonic twin-engine, two-seat fighter that has been a key component of the Russian air force. China, India and many other countries also use the planes....
Poland, Ukraine and the United States are in talks on a deal that would get more MiG fighter jets into the hands of Ukraine. NBC News reported that the deal would involvePoland giving MiG fighter planesto Ukraine, and the United States in turn replacing Poland's fighters with U.S.-ma...
Ukraine's military has claimed it shot down three Russian fighter jets in the south of the country. The Su-34 fighter bombers were reportedly brought down in the Kherson region on Friday, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the air force. ...