EatingOnions@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoU.S. General: Ukrainian F-16 Shoots Down Russian Fighter in Air-to-Air Combat for the First Timemilitarnyi.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down11
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minus-squarenorthendtrooper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down3·10 hours ago The general did not specify the type of Russian aircraft involved or disclose the location, date, or circumstances of the aerial engagement. This makes the article a nothing burgher. There is a vast difference between a Mig23ML and a Su-27.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-210 hours agoThe story is that the F16s are up and effective. This is more about the planes, crews, and logistics working rather than a Top Gun plot.
minus-squarenorthendtrooper@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoTrue. I was going into the article as news like the title insinuates. But it is the story around the success of the program.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoFYI. Not sure if this is accurate or not but it claims that an Su-35 was shot down: https://sopuli.xyz/post/49147538
minus-squaresilver@das-eck.hauslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 hours agoIt says it may have been a su-35 that was confirmed down recently. That would be a solid victory
This makes the article a nothing burgher. There is a vast difference between a Mig23ML and a Su-27.
The story is that the F16s are up and effective. This is more about the planes, crews, and logistics working rather than a Top Gun plot.
True. I was going into the article as news like the title insinuates. But it is the story around the success of the program.
FYI. Not sure if this is accurate or not but it claims that an Su-35 was shot down: https://sopuli.xyz/post/49147538
It says it may have been a su-35 that was confirmed down recently. That would be a solid victory