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Sweden has announced the sixteenth and largest aid package to Ukraine to date, worth €1.16 billion. As part of this package, Ukraine will receive aircraft, armored vehicles, ammunition, and tanks. This was reported by the Swedish government on its official website. Swedish officials emphasized that the package would provide Ukraine with “a completely new potential […]
Belgium plans to provide Ukraine with 30 F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. According to Belgian Foreign Minister Hajj Lahabib, Ukraine will receive these planes by 2028, and the first batch will arrive by the end of 2024. About this he writes RTL. Ukraine is to receive more than 60 F-16 aircraft, which will be provided […]
The Ukrainian Air Force is now equipped with American GBU-39/B SDB bombs. The news was first reported by The Washington Post, and later photos of these munitions on Ukrainian aircraft appeared online. Details of use According to Reuters, the accuracy of American weapons used by the Ukrainian Defense Forces has decreased due to the active […]
The first group of Ukrainian pilots graduated from training on F-16 fighter jets at a military base in Arizona. This was reported by Arizona Air National Guard spokeswoman Erin Hannigan, Politico reports. Ukrainian pilots were trained at the 162nd Air National Guard Base in Tucson. The exact number of course graduates has not been announced […]
On Sunday, May 19, Ukrainian drones attacked Russian Su-27 and Su-34 fighters at the Kushchevsk military airfield in Krasnodar Krai. “Schemes” released fresh satellite images confirming their defeat This is is the investigation by journalists of the Schemes project (Radio Liberty). It is noted that the damage to Russian SU-type aircraft, which were located on […]
Ukraine will soon receive its first modern F-16 fighter jets. Newsweek decided to analyze whether they will be able to repel Russian Su-57s. Western experts point out that the F-16 is distinguished by its reliability and versatility. However, what is important to understand is that the enhanced stealth capabilities of the Su-57 will be a […]
The Russian Federation not only retroactively rewrote the plan for the production of airplanes and helicopters, but also showed the state of this industry, which is a marker of the level of the industry as a whole. The fact that things are not as good in Russia as the Kremlin is trying to show is […]
According to The Standard, Ukraine will receive the first F-16 fighter jets from the West by June or July of this year. A senior military source confirmed the transfer, but did not specify which country the fighters would come from. On May 21, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden approved training for Ukrainian pilots on the […]
Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, said that one of the tactical aviation brigades received its first F-16 simulator. At the moment, Ukrainian specialists are testing this model and preparing it for operation. The main module of the system has already been installed and is available for pilots to study, and soon the […]
In May 2024, despite the ongoing hostilities and the closure of Ukraine’s airspace, three Ukrainian airlines were actively operating abroad. Currently, air transportation is not possible in Ukraine, and because of this, the entire civil aviation industry has come to a complete standstill. However, some airlines have oriented themselves and moved almost their entire fleet […]