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Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots downed a record-breaking six cruise missiles in one mission. That would show how much Ukraine's air force has developed, a former US F-16 pilot told BI.
[42] [43] A report given by The Economist further added that Ukraine received a total of ten F-16s in the first batch and by the end of the year 20 F-16s should be in Ukrainian service with the rest of the aircraft delivered in 2025. [44] On 4 August, President Zelenskyy presented the F-16s in Ukrainian service during a ceremony held at an ...
The Ukrainian F-16 pilot said to have shot down half a dozen Russian cruise missiles in a single mission showed remarkable skill, particularly during a risky gun battle, a former US Air Force ...
Andrii Borysovych Pilshchykov (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Пільщиков; 3 February 1993 [3] [4] – 25 August 2023) was a Ukrainian fighter pilot with the call sign "Juice" (Джус) and a captain [5] in the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade [6] of the Ukrainian Air Force.
It can take years to fully train an F-16 fighter pilot. “Moonfish” – a Ukrainian military aviator – has about six months. Moonfish is the call sign of a Ukrainian pilot who is training to ...
The role of the Air Force is to protect the air space of Ukraine. The objectives are: obtaining operational air superiority, delivering air strikes against enemy units and facilities, covering troops against enemy air strikes, providing air support to the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Marine Corps and the Navy in wartime operations and peacetime exercises, disrupting enemy military movements on the ...
A “small number” of Ukrainian pilots began F-16 training in the US this week, according to an Air Force spokesperson.
F-16s are the most sophisticated weapons the U.S.-led coalition has supplied Ukraine in its war with Russia. Ukrainian pilots fly F-16 warplanes in combat for first time in fight against Russia ...