"In total, the Russians fired three missiles at the plane. It was either a guided anti-aircraft missile from the S-400 ground-based complex, or an R-37 air-to-air missile," the source said.

The circumstances are still being investigated.

by Volter318

12 comments

  1. F-16 have no stealth capability and can easily be targeted by Russians latest air defense. It will happen again and again. This is war. There will be losses. RIP to the pilot and glory to all the heroes of Ukraine

  2. Likely not an R-37, as if you know an R-37 is coming, you can fairly easily dodge it, and that is in Ukraine’s Su-24/25/27 and MiG-29. These F-16s should be much more equipped for that task. GBAD seems more likely. The Russians seem pretty sure that it was an S-400, not that they are a good source, but I’m guessing S-400 is to blame.

  3. RIP brave pilot. Thanks for your service and sacrifice. Respect from faraway Canada.

  4. The Russian A-50 aircraft Ukraine needs to kill those off

  5. I’m sad he didn’t eject before, unless it was totally by surprise I think he should have gotten a rwr…. anyways rip hero.

  6. R.i.p hero!! Slava ukraini!! He died his memories will last forever he went down with his plane to say he should hit the eject button, is hindsight. 3 missiles mean 2 most likely missed. He died a bad ass of a man dropping hell on his sick neighbor.

  8. It’s a peer air war. The US lost 10K aircraft in Vietnam

  9. I’m just wondering why he didn’t eject… Is the missile lock warning system not always good enough to give sufficient time for ejecting? Or was he trying his best to the last second to avoid the missiles because he didn’t want to lose the precious plane?

  10. RIP to the pilot! Is this the second confirmed F-16 loss, with the first being the friendly fire incident?

  11. When an F16 gets taken down it’s news. Can Sukoy say that?

  12. US is partly responsible due to the hold up of support to the weapon supplied.

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