In this photo taken on Aug. 4, 2024, the Ukrainian Air Force’s F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption toggle caption Efrem Lukatsky/AP KYIV, Ukraine — One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed,
A Ukrainian pilot was killed when his F-16 jet fighter crashed as he was helping to repel a massive Russian missile attack. The crash occurred on August 26, just weeks after the first American-made aircraft arrived in UkraineThe jet came down and its pilot died while it was approaching a target during a Russian airstrike,
One of the F-16 fighter jets sent from Nato allies to Ukraine has been destroyed, a Ukrainian military source has told the BBC. The aircraft went down amid a barrage of Russian missiles on Monday, killing pilot Oleksiy Mes, Ukraine’s military said. It marks the first loss of its kind since the planes were delivered
The US has equipped F-16 fighter jets that other NATO member states have provided to Ukraine with advanced electronic warfare solutions, say reports. Ukrainian news outlet Defense Express has claimed that other members of the military bloc do not have access to such warfare solutions. The reported upgrades to the F-16s destined for Ukraine were
Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks overnight targeting Kyiv and other regions, Ukraine’s military said on August 27. Kyiv region’s air defence systems were deployed several times overnight to repel missiles and drones targeting Kyiv.Earlier, on August 26, Russia launched over 200 missiles and drones, killing at least seven and damaging energy