UAC has delivered six batches of Su-34s and three of Su-57 during 2024, with a total of at least 12 Fullbacks and five Felons. While the Su-34s are the upgraded NVO variants, the Su-57s appear to still be the baseline variants....
A Yak-52 in flight on Aug. 19, 2007. (Image credit: Yankees Foundation/Wikimedia Commons) The Yak-52B2 upgrade includes electronic warfare systems and multifunctional displays that will allow it to combat reconnaissance and attack drones. After Ukraine began using its Soviet-era Yak-52 training...
Satellite image showing the Su-57 pre and post-attack (Image credit: GRU) In a first, a Russian 5th gen. fighter was hit at Akhtubinsk airfield in Astrakhan Oblast. The damage has been confirmed by Russian sources too. Ukraine’s GUR, the Main Directorate...
A screenshot from a video shared on Telegram showing the Yak-52 circling close to the Russian drone. In an engagement reminiscent of WWII dogfights, a Ukrainian training aircraft reportedly shot down a Russian drone. On Apr. 27, 2024, a Ukrainian Yak-52...
File photo of an A-50U (Image credit: Mil.ru). In the boxes, a screenshot from one of the videos circulating online and a map posted on Telegram. The Ukrainian Air Force has reportedly shot down another Russian A-50U over the Sea of...
Image of a Russian A-50 Mainstay. In the box, the “radar picture” over the Sea of Azov (Image created by The Aviationist using photo of Papas Dos/Wiki and screenshot of video released by Ukrainian defense) According to the Ukrainian Air Force,...
A screencap from the video below showing the Kh-101 missile releasing flares, with the boxes showing a Kh-101 missile before being loaded and its wreckage equipped with countermeasures dispensers. (Images from X and Russian military, edited by The Aviationist) The video...
File photo of a Russian Su-34 (Image credit: Wiki/Vadim Savitsky) According to the Ukrainian military, three Su-34 Fullback aircraft would have been shot down over southern Ukraine. On Dec. 22, 2023, Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, announced on...
A screenshot from the Russian MOD video edited to show the positions of the various assets. The Russian Ministry Of Defense has released footage of a close encounter between Su-27 Flankers and RAF Rivet Joint with Typhoon escort. On Oct. 19,...
A file photo of the RAF RC-135W ZZ664 involved in the incident. (Photo: Crown Copyright) Intercepted communications show that one of the Russian pilots shot two missiles at RAF RC-135 after he thought he was ordered to fire, while his wingman...
