Ukraine’s F-16s are so short of Western missiles that pilots fall back on jet’s built-in M61A1 Vulcan cannon, which risks killing civilians below
The AIM missiles the jets are rationing are the same ones defending Kyiv from the ground.
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Ukraine kills Russian radars with drones, then strikes through gap. France flew both in one package on jet Ukraine gets in 2028
Dassault and Harmattan AI say a Rafale F4 controlled a drone carrying the new NAMIB system, which found a simulated enemy radar dozens of kilometers away.
Half of Ukraine’s new trainer planes were bought by Czech charity. Fund is called “Gift for Putin”
The light planes let Ukraine train future fighter pilots at home and slash the cost of every flight hour.
Ukraine kept the F-16 missile shortage secret for months — sources say pilots were flying with rotary cannons as Russia ramped up winter strikes
The nearly month-long AIM-9 drought forced dangerous daytime-only sorties.
Russia launches largest nighttime drone strike of the war, targets Dnipro with missiles
Moscow targeted Ukraine with a total of 479 aerial weapons, including 472 drones and multiple missiles.
Russian forces halt drone strikes first time in 2025, launch only missiles
Russia broke the pattern of launching massive drone attack at Ukraine every night. "We continue to monitor, so far this doesn't mean anything," said head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation.
Frontline report: Ukraine’s new F-16s are now ready to attack Russian jets — and win
With a growing fleet of F-16 fighter jets, Ukraine is shifting its military strategy from defense to attack.