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28-08-2024, 09:30 AM
Ukraine’s ex-Danish F-16s have scored their 1st aerial victories. President Zelensky, the supersonic F-16s shot down Russian cruise missiles during Russian air raids targeting Ukrainian cities on Monday. shoot-downs came three weeks, a first of the nimble F-16s, out of around 85 that Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands and Norway have pledged, arrived in Ukraine. “t is excellent to see them in action,” wrote Joni a Finnish analyst. Ukraine’s F-16s Scored Their First Aerial Kill, a nimble jets reportedly shot down Russian cruise missiles on Mon 27, 2024.
Ukraine’s ex-Danish Lockheed Martin F-16s have scored 1st aerial victories says supersonic F-16s shot down Russian cruise missiles during the air raids targeting Ukrainian cities Monday, shoot-downs came 3-weeks after the first of the nimble F-16s, out of around 85 from... Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands & Norway pledged, arrived in Ukraine.“Its excellent to see them in action,” wrote Joni a Finnish analyst. It was apparent early the Ukrainian air force would assign the F-16s to air-defense duty. They’ve been seen flying with pairs of AIM-9 infrared-guided air-to-air missiles and AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles. They seen with air-to-ground ordnance, they are widely compatible with Ukraine’s best Western-made anti-radar missiles and GPS-guided glide bombs.
It makes sense for F-16s to fly air-defense patrols. Ukraine is under relentless attack armed forces are mobilizing every available weapon to blunt the daily raids. Monday’s early-morning attacks were the worst from Russia’s 29-mth wider war. Hundreds of Russian ballistic cruise missiles & explosive drones—fired by warships & heavy bombers launchers on ground—pummeled Kyiv other cities, destroying wide swathes of electrical grid, driving thousands of civilians into overnight shelters. Four people died.
The Ukrainian air force and army claimed they shot down 102 missiles and 99 drones. Desperate to boost their air defenses, the Ukrainians have begun flying gun-armed helicopters on anti-drone patrols, bolstering an air-defense network that also includes long-range surface-to-air missile batteries, roving patrols of gun-armed trucks—and now the F-16s.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...ial-kills/
Ukraine’s ex-Danish Lockheed Martin F-16s have scored 1st aerial victories says supersonic F-16s shot down Russian cruise missiles during the air raids targeting Ukrainian cities Monday, shoot-downs came 3-weeks after the first of the nimble F-16s, out of around 85 from... Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands & Norway pledged, arrived in Ukraine.“Its excellent to see them in action,” wrote Joni a Finnish analyst. It was apparent early the Ukrainian air force would assign the F-16s to air-defense duty. They’ve been seen flying with pairs of AIM-9 infrared-guided air-to-air missiles and AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles. They seen with air-to-ground ordnance, they are widely compatible with Ukraine’s best Western-made anti-radar missiles and GPS-guided glide bombs.
It makes sense for F-16s to fly air-defense patrols. Ukraine is under relentless attack armed forces are mobilizing every available weapon to blunt the daily raids. Monday’s early-morning attacks were the worst from Russia’s 29-mth wider war. Hundreds of Russian ballistic cruise missiles & explosive drones—fired by warships & heavy bombers launchers on ground—pummeled Kyiv other cities, destroying wide swathes of electrical grid, driving thousands of civilians into overnight shelters. Four people died.
The Ukrainian air force and army claimed they shot down 102 missiles and 99 drones. Desperate to boost their air defenses, the Ukrainians have begun flying gun-armed helicopters on anti-drone patrols, bolstering an air-defense network that also includes long-range surface-to-air missile batteries, roving patrols of gun-armed trucks—and now the F-16s.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...ial-kills/
