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The Su-35 fighter jets of the Russian Air Force formed a tight safety net around Mr Putin’s plane as they escorted him all the way from Russia to Abu Dhabi, landing at the commercial airport there.
Ukraine’s air defences shot down all 14 Russian drones fired in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian air force said on Saturday. ... military vehicles rolling down Russian streets. Videos reveal ...
– 3 July 1993: Georgian forces shot down a Russia Su-25 over Suchumi. [124] – 4 July 1993: Georgian forces shot down two Russian aircraft one Yak-52 reconnaissance aircraft and a Mi-8T during the Siege of Tkvarcheli. [124] – 4 July 1993: Russian and Abkhazian forces shot down a Georgian Su-25 with a SA-14 fire over Nizhnaya Eshera. [124]
The air force said it shot down 87 cruise missiles and 27 drones of a total 158 aerial "targets" fired by Russia. Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said it was the "most massive air attack of this ...
Russian news agency TASS also reported eyewitness accounts claiming that the Donbas militia had just shot down a Ukrainian An-26 military aircraft with a missile. [172] The separatists later denied involvement, saying they did not have the equipment or training to hit a target at that altitude.
September 26: An Afghan army MD-530F helicopter crashed in the city of Pul-e-Khumri due to a technical issue. Both pilots were killed. [ 20] July 27: A Black Hawk helicopter of the Afghan army was shot down by the Taliban using an anti-tank guided missile, while the helicopter was landing in the province of Helmand.
The Ukrainian air force shot down a Russian early warning and control plane that can spot targets up to 650 kilometers (400 miles) away and a key command center aircraft that relays information to ...
This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...