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This is a list of Ukrainian, Russian and Russian-separatist aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War based on visual evidences or official confirmation from involved parties. It includes helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and drones (UAVs), and losses from the War in Donbas, the current Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Wagner Group mutiny.
[6] 877 Republic of Vietnam aircraft were captured at war's end (1975) [7] Of the 2,750 [8] aircraft and helicopters received by South Vietnam, only about 308 survived (240 flew to Thailand or US warships [9] and 68 returned to the United States [10]). In total, the US, South Vietnam and Australia, lost about 12,500 aircraft, helicopters and UAVs.
The pilot, Captain Rich Biley, brought the aircraft in at King Khalid Military City, Forward Operating Location 1 where it was stripped of parts, some sent to King Fahd International Airport, Main Operating Base for use on other aircraft, and then buried in the desert. Biley was unhurt during the crash-landing.
Russian Aerospace Forces helicopters in a field during the invasion, March 2022. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, aerial warfare took place as early as the dawn of 24 February 2022, [1] with Russian infantry and armored divisions entering into Eastern Ukraine with air support. Dozens of missile attacks were reported across Ukraine.
The F-105 was one of the primary attack aircraft of the Vietnam War, with over 20,000 Thunderchief sorties flown. Out of the 833 produced, 382 aircraft were lost, including 62 operational (non-combat) losses. Although less agile than smaller MiG fighters, USAF F-105s were credited with 27.5 kills.
At 30 feet (9.1 meters) the Tupolev suddenly lost height and landed hard, touching down with the left main gear first. There were no casualties but the aircraft was entirely destroyed. [8] 16 November 1996: A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev Tu-134, registration VN-A114, crashed at Da Nang. The aircraft veered onto the left runway when its landing gear ...
This is a list of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large territory and over a long period.
A total of 14 aircraft were lost in Vietnam: one to air-to-air combat, [53] several to ground fire and the remainder to accidents. Initially, F-102 detachments began to be sent to bases in Southeast Asia in 1962 after radar contacts detected by ground radars were thought to possibly be North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) Il-28 ...