[Photo] Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker heavily armed for Combat Air Patrol
First image of Su-27 Flanker fighter jet “armed to the teeth” to perform Combat Air Patrol following the Russian invasion of Crimea. An interesting image, showing a fully armed Ukrainian Air Force...
View Article[Video] Russian troops fire shots over the heads of Ukrainian air force...
Russian troops fire shots over the heads of Ukrainian air force personnel near occupied airport Belbek Crimea. This video shows the tense moment Russian troops met Ukrainian Air Force soldiers near the...
View ArticleUkrainian Mig-29 Fulcrum (in display team livery) performs low pass over...
Ukrainian Air Force once again active in the eastern Russian-speaking part of the country. With Mig-29 Fulcrum aircraft still wearing the national display team color scheme. A weird show of force was...
View ArticleAnother insane Russian helicopter low altitude flyby
A Russian combat helicopter performs an impressive, quite dangerous, low pass. Few days ago, we published an article about the fully armed Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29 performing an impressive and...
View ArticleThese videos show the alleged attack of Ukrainian Gunship Helicopters against...
16 Ukraine soldiers were killed in deadly checkpoint attack. Ukrainian Air Force helicopters strafed their own troops? Most probably, no. A Ukrainian checkpoint at Blagodatnoe village, near the town of...
View ArticleImpressive Videos of the Ukrainian Air Strikes on Donetsk
Ukrainian Air Force’s Gunships and Attack planes have been extensively involved in the offensive in Donetsk. On May 26, Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a military operation to regain control over the...
View Article[Video] Ukrainian Il-76 releases flares on take off from Donetsk
MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems) are a serious threat in Ukraine and elsewhere. Reportedly filmed near Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, the following footage shows an Ukrainian Ilyushin Il-76...
View ArticleVideos show Ukrainian surveillance plane shot down by MANPADS (and crew jump...
A Ukrainian AN-30 reconaissance plane was shot down by MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense System) in east Ukraine. On Jun. 6, a Ukrainian Air Force AN-30 (or AN-26), believed to carry out surveillance...
View ArticleUkrainian Il-76 military transport plane flies through MANPADS-infested zone:...
Pro-Russia separatists have shot down another aircraft using MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems). An Il-76 carrying 49 soldiers. All dead. The following video reportedly shows the downing of a...
View Article[Video] Ukrainian Air Force An-30B (shot down by MANPADS) crash site survey
Here’s what survived of the Ukrainian An-30B shot down by MANPADS over Slavyansk. A short video let’s you have a look at the crash site of the Ukrainian Air Force An-30B, believed to carry out...
View ArticleIt was just a matter of time before a civil plane was shot down in Ukraine’s...
In spite of the amount of aircraft shot down by the rebels, civil airliners flew through the SAM-infested airspace of Eastern Ukraine with the risk of being mistakenly hit. As happened to the Malaysian...
View Article“All flights, including Malaysian B777, were being escorted by Ukrainian...
According to an authoritative source, two Su-27 Flankers escorted the Malaysian Boeing 777 minutes before it was hit by one or more missiles. There are still too many unanswered questions about the...
View ArticleThere’s an American EF-111 Raven in the graphic shown by Russia to prove a...
Based on the graphic shown by the Russian Ministry of Defense, it was a U.S. EF-111 Raven to fly close to the MH17 just before it was shot down. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian...
View ArticleUkrainian Soviet-era mini-space shuttle shaped drone captured by pro-Russia...
An interesting reconnaissance drone was captured, almost intact, by the pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine. Along with the Su-25, Su-27 and Mil Mi-24, the Ukrainian Air Force is operating its fleet of...
View ArticleUkrainian Mig-29 Fulcrum evacuated from Crimea, back to operational status
Ukrainian Air Force combat planes stored in the peninsula were redeployed to airbases in mainland Ukraine when Crimea was invaded. Including a Mig-29 that is now back to flight status. When Russian...
View Article[Photo] Pro-Russia separatists have shot down another Ukrainian Mig-29 Fulcrum
Luhansk fighters have shot down another Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29 Fulcrum On Sunday Aug. 17, pro-Russia separatists have shot down another Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29 Fulcrum in East Ukraine. The...
View ArticleVideo shows Su-24 Fencer attack plane perform an insane low-level flyby at...
Su-24 Fencer buzzes some heads at an unknown airbaseThe following video shows a Su-24 attack plane (serving with the Russian and Ukrainian air forces and a few other operators) performing a really low...
View ArticleWatch a Soviet-era Battlestar Galactica spacecraft-like reconnaissance drone...
An interesting video shows the Ukrainian forces launching Soviet-era Tu-143 reconnaissance drones.Some months ago we published some pictures showing an almost intact Tu-143 Reys drone, recovered,...
View ArticleAnalysis of Ukrainian Air Force Losses in eastern Ukraine clashes
It’s hard to say how many aircraft the Ukrainian Air Force has lost.Some reports, especially those on the pro-separatists side seem to be a bit exaggerated but, as Ainonline website reported, on the...
View ArticleUkrainian Mig-29 Fulcrum jets getting new digital color scheme
Ukrainian Air Force Mig-29s are being painted with a trendy digital camouflageIn the last few months, aircraft enthusiasts spotting military jets operating at the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant have...
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