"On the edge of a knife": Pilots of the Armed Forces told about air battles with Russian fighters
"And because of the low height, you have neither time nor a place for safe catapulting," he said. According to journalists, the MiG-29 is accompanied by Ukrainian storms during combat missions. Another pilot with the call sign Jusa said that the main enemy for the MiG-29 is Russian Su-35 fighters. "We know the positions of Russian air defense, we know their radius of action. This is quite predictable, so we can calculate how long we can stay in their area of action.
But in the case of fighters . . . they are mobile, they have a good air picture, and and They know when we fly to the front, "Jus said. The publication writes that Russian air patrols can detect a plane take -off in the depths of the territory of Ukraine. Their R-37M missiles can affect the air target at a distance of 150-200 km, while Ukrainian missiles can only fly by 50 km.
According to Colonel Volodymyr Logachev, the head of the Air Force Development of Ukraine, the F-16 aircraft would allow the Air Force of Ukraine to act outside the air defense systems of the Russians. "Our pilots fly on the edge of the knife," he said. Jus said that even if the Ukrainians have exposed to the F-16, Russian planes will still pursue them. However, in this case it will be a flat battle.
Yes, they will allow you to intercept the winged rockets of the enemy at long distances right near the border from the Russian Federation instead of beating them in the depths of the territory of Ukraine. "There is no system of warning about the launches of Russian missiles on our aircraft," said the pilot of the Ukrainian Su-25 assault with a call sign "PUMBA". According to him, if he sees an opponent's rocket, he just tries to escape, launching thermal traps.
Logachev noted that Ukrainian planes have old radars that cannot notice the winged missiles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. According to journalists, the MiG-29 fighters, recently transferred to Ukraine by Poland and Slovakia, do not solve their main tasks, Ukrainian pilots say. These planes have the same old weapons and limited capacity as the Ukrainian Aviation Fleet.
The publication writes that logistical problems raise the question of whether it is worth sending an F-16 to Ukraine. It is not only about teaching pilots and mechanics, but also about infrastructure updating. Ukraine will have to adapt its current airfields to meet the requirements - to update their coverage, clear and expand. Earlier it was reported that the media found more than 200 military objects of the Russian Federation in Crimea.
According to journalists, many people on the Crimean peninsula lives near Russian military sites, which in a full -scale war are especially dangerous for others. Also we will remind that there was a video of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation flee from the standpoint under Bakhmut.