A Dutch F-16 (Image credit: RNLAF) According to the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Ukraine will get 24 ex-RNLAF F-16s. An interesting update about the deliveries of the first F-16s to Ukraine was provided by the Minister of Defense of...
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,...
Highlighted in the image above, the area where, according to the Polish authorities, a Russian missile entered the Polish airspace. (Image by The Aviationist using a PANSA image). According to the Polish Government, a Russian missile crossed Poland’s airspace during an...
The Su-27UB on display at the NMUSAF. (Image credit: Tom Demerly/TheAviationist.com) There’s an interesting, almost forgotten detail in the history of the mysterious ex-Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 that you can find on display at NMUSAF in Dayton, Ohio: it was brought...
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...
The Su-27UB Flanker C recently acquired by the Museum. (Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force) The Su-27 is expected to join the Museum’s Cold War Gallery this fall. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announced the acquisition...
A new anti-drone protection system is being tested in Russia (via FighterBomber) Russians are not only using car tires to protect their aircraft from Ukrainian kamikaze drones…. As already reported in details recent satellite imagery of Engels-2 airbase has exposed a...
One of the higher resolution images showing the tires on the bomber and the missing engine. (Edit from the MAXAR satellite image) The new satellite photos of some Tu-95s covered with car tires and missing their engines have prompted new theories....
File photo of an Su-34 (Image credit: Vitaly V. Kuzmin/Wiki) Until now, only MiG-31K aircraft were known to have employed the Kinzhal missile in combat. A Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34 Fullback bomber used the Kinzhal missile against an unknown target in...
