F-16 crash Archives - Euromaidan Press

us sends cutting-edge aim-9x air-to-air missiles ukraine's new f-16 fighters fighter aircraft firing aim-9 sidewinder heat-seeking missile illustrative 800px-f-16c_fighting_falcon_fires_an_aim-9_sidewinder

2 minute read

Latest news Ukraine

NYT: Friendly fire unlikely in Ukrainian F-16 crash, say US military officials

NYT says US officials state friendly fire probably didn't cause the Ukrainian F-16 crash last week. American and Ukrainian investigators exploring other possibilities, including mechanical failure or pilot error.

byYuri Zoria

5 minute read

Daily review

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 918: Ukraine loses first F-16 jet, families of Ukrainian POWs protest near Red Cross

Ukraine deployed F-16 fighter jets in combat for the first time, losing one aircraft and a pilot during what it described as the the largest Russian air assault since the full-scale war began, while Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged NATO allies to lift restrictions on long-range strikes into Russia with western-provided weapons, noting the hollowness of Russian “red lines” amid Kursk operation.

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

A Ukrainian pilot Oleksii Mes, known by the call sign "Moonfish".

3 minute read

Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine loses first F-16 fighter jet in combat, exact cause yet to be determined

During what Ukraine described as the "largest" Russian air assault since the full-scale war began, F-16s were deployed for the first time in combat and one of them crashed, killing a Ukrainian pilot, Oleksii Mes.

byVira Kravchuk