Thursday, July 17, 2014

Did Russia just get an air to air kill in Ukraine? Guardian

Su-25 "Frogfoot" -Guardian
Ukraine is claiming that Russia has destroyed one of it's planes in a dogfight. -Guardian. The pilot was reported to have ejected safely. They also claim to have had another Su-25 damaged by a shoulder fired missile. Another transport plane was reportedly shot down by the Russians.

My Comment:
As with everything in this conflict take this claim with a grain of salt. But, at the very least, it is possible that some hot shot Russian pilot got an air to air kill (without actually killing anyone, which is probably a bonus from his perspective). The Su-25 is primarily a ground attack plane. It's been compared to America's A-10 warthog in terms of role so I seriously doubt this was a dogfight. I think it's more likely that it's propaganda and the missile was fired from the ground, either from the Russians or from the rebels. 

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