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...
Screengrab of the footage from the Ukrainian drone with the stick as it approaches the Russian ZALA UAV. (Image credit: Defense of Ukraine on X) Both Ukrainian and Russian armies are using their expendable UAVs not only to strike targets on...
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...
The Su-25 decoy about to be hit by a Russian Lancet. Here comes the documented use of an aircraft decoy by the Ukrainian military. On Nov. 30, 2023, an interesting video started circulating online on Russian Telegram channels. The footage shows...
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...
Some of the images published on social medias while Wagner marched towards Moscow, showing the PMC’s tanks on Russian soil and some of the aircraft shot down. (Photos from Twitter, authors unknown) Let’s recap what we know about the skirmish that...
The photo signed by the UK’s Secretary of Defence showing a Su-24 armed with Storm Shadow missiles. (Photo: Ukraine’s Minister of Defence via @UAWeapons on Twitter, edited by The Aviationist) The Fencer was long rumored to be the Ukrainian aircraft of...
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...
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...
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...
