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Melaniya Podolyak. Andrii Borysovych Pilshchykov (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Пільщиков; 3 February 1993 [ 3 ][ 4 ] – 25 August 2023) was a Ukrainian fighter pilot with the call sign "Juice" (Джус) and a captain [ 5 ] in the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade [ 6 ] of the Ukrainian Air Force. [ 7 ][ 1 ][ 2 ] He was ...
The Russian Air Force (Russian: Военно-воздушные силы России, romanized: Voenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii, VVS) is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. [2]
The Russian military said the flight originated from Chkalovsky Air Base near Moscow. [ 16 ] The Il-76 and the crew belonged to the 117th Military Transport Aviation Regiment [ Wikidata ] (military base No. 45097), the regiment's tasks include servicing military vehicles transporting special cargo for material support of the Russian army.
The majority of pilots listed here served in the Imperial Russian Air Force, the Soviet Air Force or the modern Russian Air Force (or continue to serve in the latter). The aircrew members listed below either performed notable feats in aviation, held senior positions in Russian military aviation, and/or received national or international ...
Pilshchykov was one of the first pilots to be sent to meet U.S. military officials to assess Ukraine's readiness to fly F-16s, Andriy, an air force officer, said.
Defecting to the U.S. with MiG-25 in 1976. Viktor Belenko's military ID. Viktor Ivanovich Belenko (Russian: Виктор Иванович Беленко; February 15, 1947 – September 24, 2023) was a Russian-born American aerospace engineer and Soviet pilot who defected in 1976 to the West while flying his MiG-25 "Foxbat" jet interceptor and ...
A Russian Air Force Su-34. A Russian Air Force Su-35S. A Tu-160 during the 2018 Victory Day Parade. A Beriev A-50 in flight. A Tu-214R taking off from Borisoglebskoye Airfield. An Il-78M of the 203rd Guards Air Refuelling Regiment. An An-124-100 accompanied by a Su-27UB. A Russian Air Force Ka-52 in flight.
August 29, 2024 at 1:43 PM. KYIV (Reuters) -An F-16 fighter jet used by Ukraine crashed on Monday, Kyiv's military said, the first such loss reported since the long-awaited arrival of the U.S ...