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But Ukraine's air force command said in a Facebook post on January 7 that one of its F-16 pilots downed six Russian cruise missiles in one mission — which it said is a record for the American ...
[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 ...
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 ...
Oleksii Mes (20 October 1993 – 26 August 2024) was a Ukrainian fighter pilot with the call sign "Moonfish" of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He died when his F-16 crashed while repelling a Russian missile attack, according to the Ukrainian military.
On 29 August 2024, an ex-Danish F-16 piloted by Lt. Col. Oleksii Mes crashed, killing him. [53] On 7 January 2025, the Ukrainian Air Force Command claimed that an unnamed F-16 pilot managed to shoot down six cruise missiles with air-to-air missiles and cannon fire during a Russian missile strike on the morning of 13 December 2024. [54]
A “small number” of Ukrainian pilots began F-16 training in the US this week, according to an Air Force spokesperson.
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.