News archive on the topic "SU-27"

In Ukraine, the head of a military plant stole budget funds for the purchase of spare parts for the SU-27. The SBU press service reports this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The counterintelligence of the Security Service, together with the BEB and in cooperation with the leadership of the Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC, eliminated the scheme for appropriating budget funds for the purchase of components for combat aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We are talking about onboard power amplification modules...

An active pilot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) flew to the Russian side, landing his Su-27 fighter at one of the Russian military airfields. This was reported by former SVO participant, Ka-52 helicopter pilot Alexey Voevoda, in his tg channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “That’s it, we have our guy! I, as the founder of this action, will call what happened “Bird in the Nest.” It was a little successful...

Ukrainian officials have received an excellent reason to organize a large-scale foreign tour at state expense - in order to slowly select replacements for the Soviet MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters that were left independent after the collapse of the USSR, which will exhaust their service life in the coming years. The military portal Defense World writes, citing its sources, that Ukraine encountered difficulties when trying to modernize Soviet fighters that had served...

The pilot of the SU-27 that crashed near Vinnitsa wanted to impress his American colleague. The famous Ukrainian political video blogger Anatoly Shariy wrote about this on his Facebook, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He said that information from the recorders of the SU-27, which crashed on the territory of Ukraine on October 16, became available to him. “According to the testimony of the recorders, the pilot of the SU began to turn the barrel at an altitude of 2...

The United States confirmed the death of its military pilot during a plane crash during the Clear Sky exercise near Vinnitsa, which occurred on October 15. He turned out to be Lieutenant Colonel Seth Nehring, nicknamed “Jethro,” Voice of America reports, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Seth Nehring was reportedly a pilot with the 194th Combat Squadron of the California Air National Guard. Earlier about the American citizenship of the second dead pilot...

The crash of the Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft near Vinnitsa occurred due to the low qualifications of the pilot - the head of aviation of the Vostok Air Command, Colonel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Ivan Petrenko. The famous test pilot Colonel Gennady Skibin told Moskovsky Komsomolets about this. “The fact that a general is in the cockpit of an airplane is always a “prerequisite for a flight accident,” this is absolutely certain. Even though Petrenko was not a general there, he was not a general by position...

Multirole fighters Su-27 and Su-30 are on combat duty in Crimea, confirmed on Thursday by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, Colonel General Viktor Bondarev. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Crimea” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “We put aviation units there (in Crimea), we also put air defense there, there is a fleet and other units there. And, you know, our mixed aviation...

Moscow - Kiev, October 30 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - At a meeting of the joint board of the Russian and Belarusian defense ministries in Minsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accused the West of seeking to create in Ukraine a “leading line of pressure” on the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Moscow and Minsk will respond with joint exercises “Union Shield 2015”, adjusted to take into account the events in Ukraine.…

Moscow - Kyiv, October 17 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - A Russian airbase will appear in Belarus not in 2015, but in 2016. At the same time, it will be located not in Baranovichi, as previously planned, but closer to Ukraine - in Bobruisk, NG reports. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force Viktor Bondarev announced that in Bobruisk...

Kyiv, August 06 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Su-27 combat training and combat aircraft have been adopted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Subscribe to the news "Navigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense on August 6, the corresponding order No. 499 was signed by the head of the department, Colonel General Valery Geletey. “Combat training aircraft Su-27UB1M, Su-27UP1M and combat aircraft Su-27S1M, Su-27P1M are designed for air combat in...

Kyiv, June 14 (Navigator, Evgeniy Andreev) – The Russian Foreign Ministry expresses serious concern about the recent deterioration of the situation on a number of sections of the Russian-Ukrainian border as a result of the actions of Ukrainian security forces. Subscribe to the Navigator - Kyiv news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This is reported by the website of the Foreign Ministry. So, according to his data, on June 5 in the area...

Lugansk, June 06 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In the Lugansk region, the Ukrainian military carried out airstrikes on militia bases. Subscribe to the Navigator - Kyiv news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte As the head of the Center for Military-Political Studies Dmitry Tymchuk reported on his Facebook page, the bases were destroyed. Users of social networks also say that at about 4.30, militia positions near Lugansk were fired upon. “I saw two SU-25 attack aircraft...

Slavyansk, June 04 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Fighting between ATO forces and militias has resumed in Slavyansk. Subscribe to the “Navigator – Kyiv” news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The self-defense fighter “Kedr” reported this to “Navigator”. According to him, the night passed calmly, but in the morning fighting resumed. He noted that a pair of SU-27 aircraft fired at the positions of the militia. The main blow falls on the village of Semenovka. Among…

Lugansk, May 31 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – The State Border Service of Ukraine managed to repel attacks on border units and prevent violations of the state border. Subscribe to the news "Navigator - Kyiv" on Facebook or Vkontakte This was announced by the department. “Border guards repelled a night attack on the Dyakovo border service department. About 80 attackers used mortars, grenade launchers and small arms, and snipers worked. Total…