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An F-16 warrior aircraft crashed while retaliating a missile and drone attack by the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On August 29, the General Staff reported in a Facebook post that Ukrainian F-16s were engaged in an airstrike against the Russian bombardment and shot downward four army cruise missiles.
” During the approach to the next destination, contact was lost with one of the flights. As it turned out afterwards, the aircraft crashed, the captain died”, the government said on August 29 on Twitter.
According to the General Staff, a specific payment from the Defense Ministry has been set up to investigate the causes of the injury.
Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon’s assistant representative, claimed she had seen the reports surrounding the F-16 crash, and that she had not been informed of any assistance requests since then. She stated at the presentation that she had no further information, but that aircraft had been receiving instruction in the US and that the challenges they encountered while engaged in battle were unmet.
” I will say, broadly speaking, fight aircraft is quite complex”, Singh said. Our friends are also training planes for Ukraine, and we are very happy to do so here in the United States. Daily they fly these plane. There are courageous men and women who fight for the stars.
Oleksiy Mes, the captain, was reportedly Oleksiy Mes, who died while retaliating a large Russian hit, according to a report from the Ukrainian Air Force. During the heat battle, three journey weapons and one aircraft were destroyed, the air pressure said.
An F-16 was reportedly destroyed in a accident on August 26 according to The Wall Street Journal’s initial report. Initial reports indicated that the aircraft was n’t shot down by army fire, and that it was likely crashed as a result of aircraft problem, according to an unnamed U.S. standard quoted by the newspaper who was speaking for the paper.
CNN reported, however, that according to resources, the Russian army does not feel that captain error was the cause of the event. International professionals will be invited to take part in the research into the fall, which is ongoing.
The Netherlands announced prior in August that it permitted the use of F-16s on Russian soil when it was given the gift to Ukraine.
” We have never imposed any limitations on the use and selection of the F-16s, provided that the laws of war are observed”, General Onno Eichelsheim, the captain of the French armed forces, told people journalist NOS.
Speaking from the United States, Eichelsheim said his American coworkers “partly” agreed with his place. The Netherlands has pledged 24 F-16s to Ukraine, with the first due to arrive quickly. Eichelsheim declined to comment on whether any are already in operation.
