The Ukrainian Air Force Command has claimed that if supplied F-16 fighter aircraft by Western countries, it would be able to turn the tide of the ongoing war with Russia and emerge victorious. “When [we] have F-16, we will win this war,” Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat stated, highlighting that
On May 16 Russian Air Force MiG-31K strike fighters launched Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missiles to target Patriot air defence systems in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, reportedly successfully the command/radar vehicle and five launch batteries. With the Patriots according to Russian sources having
Following months of Ukrainian government requests that Western countries supply it with F-16 fighter aircraft, the United States has come under growing pressure from its European allies to approve transfers of the aircraft to the Ukrainian Air Force. The F-16, although currently being replaced by
On May 16 as part of a broad spectrum of attacks on targets in the Ukrainian capital Kiev Russian Air Force MiG-31K strike fighters launched Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missiles to target Patriot air defence systems recently delivered from Germany and the United States. The strikes followed warnings
On May 16 as part of a complex series of strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kiev the Russian Air Force employed the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missile to neutralise a unit from an American Patriot air defence system, destroying its a radar and a control centre and reportedly at least one of
The U.S. Air Force has converted one of its reserve fighter squadrons into a new aggressor unit, the 706th Aggressor Squadron, which has been formed from F-16C fourth generation fighters. A ceremony marking the unit’s formation was held at the Air Force Reserve’s 926th Wing at Nellis Air Force
The Russian T-14 Armata tank has reportedly seen its first combat in Ukraine, with footage released on May 16 allegedly showing the tank firing on Ukrainian positions in the theatre. The T-14 was confirmed in the final week of April to have been deployed to support
The Norwegian Air Force in January 2022 became the first service in the world to convert its fighter fleet entirely to operating fifth generation aircraft, as the last of its F-16 fourth generation jets were replaced by their direct next generation successors the F-35As. Although the new aircraft
A Russian Air Force’s Su-35S air superiority fighter has shot down a Ukrainian MI-8 helicopter near the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Kharkiv region, according to a report from Russia’s Battlegroup West on May 15. “During combat in the Kupyansk area, a Mi-8 helicopter was downed in a missile attack by
The Russian Defence Ministry reported on May 14 that the country’s armed forces shot down a single Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker fighter aircraft ear the settlement in the Donetsk region. The ministry issued the following statement: “Fighter jets of the Russian aerospace forces downed a Su-27
