One of the buildings supposedly hit by the Storm Shadow cruise missiles. (Photo: Reuters) In the boxes: photos from Twitter and Telegram showing debris left by MALD and Storm Shadow. Debris of MALD was found in the Luhansk region, near the targets of recent missile strikes where Storm Shadow debris have also been found. It …
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UK Sends Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles To Ukraine
A Storm Shadow cruise missile displayed in the RAF Museum, London. (Photo via Wikipedia) The surprise move was announced by the Defence Secretary while addressing the Parliament on the intensification of UK’s military aid to Ukraine. In an unexpected move after western countries were reluctant to provide Ukraine with long range weapons, the United Kingdom …
Pentagon Confirms Ukraine Shot Down Russian Kinzhal Missile With U.S. Patriot
Artwork showing a Patriot surface-to-air missile being launched at an incoming Kinzhal hypersonic missile. (Photos: U.S. Army photo by Anthony Sweeney and Russian MoD, edited by The Aviationist) The Pentagon’s Press Secretary confirmed the Ukrainian claims during a briefing with the press about new aid packages for the war-thorn country. On May 6, 2023, the …
Ukraine Shot Down Own TB2 Drone After It Lost Control Over Kyiv
A file photo of a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 UAV and the moment if was shot down. (Photo: Ukraine MoD and Sergei Supinsky/Getty Images) The drone, initially thought to be a Russian UAV, was brought down by a missile over the center of the city. The Ukrainian military shot down one of its own Bayraktar TB2 …
Pentagon Leaks: RQ-170 Flights, Ukrainian War Briefings And Other Interesting Details
Composite artwork of the Pentagon leaks, with the moment of Teixeira’s arrest in the box. (Original photos: Getty Images, Reuters and CNN, edited by The Aviationist) As the arrested guardsman awaits trial, let’s talk about what happened, the info he leaked and how the Department of Defense is reacting to the ‘Pentagon Leaks’. As you …
Russia Says It Has Foiled A Ukrainian Drone Attack On The Kremlin
A screenshot of the clip that has started circulating online showing one of the drones being shot down by the Russian air defense. According to Russia, Kiev on Wednesday night launched a drone attack on the Kremlin to kill President Vladimir Putin. A night attack with two drones against Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Kremlin …
Reports: Russian Fighters ‘Trying To Dogfight’ U.S. Combat Aircraft Over Syria
A Russian Su-35 as seen through a U.S. fighter’s targeting pod. The Russian aircraft are aggressively maneuvering against U.S. fighters during close encounters in the skies over Syria. Earlier this month, the U.S. Air Force Central Command released footage of an unsafe and unprofessional intercept conducted by a Russian Su-35 jet on a U.S. F-16 …
Pentagon Leaks: Russian Su-27 Nearly Shot Down British Rivet Joint Last Year
A composite image showing an RAF Rivet Joint and a Russian Su-27 over a Flightradar24 track (Image The Aviationist) Leaked Pentagon documents provide a different account of the incident over the Black Sea. As we reported in detail last year, in a statement updating MPs UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that a Russian Su-27 …
First Four Slovak MiG-29 Jets Have Been Transferred To Ukraine
One of the first four MiG-29s that have been transferred to Ukraine. (Image credit: screenshot from Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic YT channel) The four MiG-29 Fulcrum jets have been handed over to the Ukrainian Air Force. First four of 13 MiG-29 fighters retired from active service by the Slovak Air Force have be …
U.S. RC-135 Intelligence Gathering Jet Flying Unprecedented Mission Inside Finland’s Airspace
A U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Crul) Operating from the Finnish airspace, the U.S. ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft can spy on the Russian forces near the border with Finland. Flying as JAKE 11, the Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint #62-4131 aircraft is currently flying a …