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[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 ...
A Ukrainian air force F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots downed a record-breaking six cruise missiles in one ...
The F-16 can provide air cover for troops, attack ground targets, take on enemy planes and intercept missiles. But Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia means the training has to be compressed ...
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.
The Ukrainian F-16 pilot, per a translation by RBC-Ukraine, said that there was a danger in doing that because "shooting down cruise missiles with a cannon is very risky because of the high speed ...
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]
In a short time, Ukraine's F-16 pilots have had to learn to fly very differently from the way they flew their Soviet-era jets.
Pilshchykov was mentioned as an authoritative reference on challenges faced by the Ukrainian Air Force [38] [39] and the need to supply F-16 fighters to Ukraine. [40] In interviews with The Washington Post , [ 41 ] the Financial Times , [ 42 ] CNN , [ 39 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Fox News , [ 45 ] and the BBC News , [ 10 ] he called on Western partners ...