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7 February - A MiG-29 crashed due to adverse weather conditions on a routine training flight in Dobrinsky District, Lipetsk Oblast. The pilot, Major General Sulom-Bek Oskanov was killed. [2] May - The first of a series of five ammunition explosions at Pacific Fleet ammunition storage arsenals that lasted until 2003. [3]
Pro-Russian forces shot down a MiG-29 with a Buk missile near Yenakiieve. The pilot safely ejected. [27] Separatist sources claimed he was captured and interrogated. [28] 17 August 2014: A MiG-29 was shot down by rebels in Luhansk Oblast returning after a successful mission. The pilot ejected and was found by search and rescue. [29] 20 August 2014
The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter U.S. fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 ...
Two Russian Su-25s were witnessed attacking Ukrainian positions. Ukrainian warplanes which survived the opening Russian missile strikes took part in providing air support for the National Guard units; these included at least two Su-24s and a MiG-29. [10] The Ukrainians were swift in rushing more troops to the airport to support the counter-attack.
Ghost of Kyiv, painting by Ukrainian illustrator Andrii Dankovych.. The Ghost of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Привид Києва, romanized: Pryvyd Kyieva, [1] pronounced [ˈprɪʋɪd ˈkɪjeʋɐ]) is the nickname given to a mythical [2] [3] [4] MiG-29 Fulcrum flying ace credited with shooting down six Russian planes over Kyiv during the Kyiv offensive on 24 February 2022.
In a dramatic new video, a Ukrainian MiG 29 fighter jet attempts to shoot down a Russian suicide drone, but instead, crashes in west-central Ukraine. Footage of the flaming wreckage is being ...
After a thrilling first few months of unexpected success that boosted morale among the Ukrainian ranks, the reality of the bloodiest European conflict since World War II has taken its toll among ...
By his death, Andrii participated in more than 100 combat flights and destroyed dozens of Russian command posts. [29] On 2 June 2023, he and fellow pilot Vladyslav Savieliev (call sign "Nomad") completed a successful combat mission in the east, launching HARM missiles from their MiG-29s. [30]