ALLIED RESOLVE 2022 + the war that followed

[Coati]

A Mi-8 got licked today. Apparently searching for one of the Su-25 pilots, it was shot down.

[hammarö]

Su-25 fin 07 white

Shut down west of Kiev at Makariv

Su-25 from Luninets air base, Byelorussia.

Usually base at Chernigovka, west of Vladivostok.


Su-25SM 04 red RF-91958 2015 2022 Chernigovka VKS cam

[hammarö]

RF-91958

Earlier noted at this site

and

https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/44542 ... koho-su-25

[ehusmann]

A Hind kill. No info on location or date, but quite definitive...
https://twitter.com/Militarylandnet/sta ... yxXFPZV6WQ

[ehusmann]

Flanker shot out of the sky near Chernihiv. One pilot captured, the other was killed. Not sure of type, Su-34?
https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status ... l7RoMte22A

[hammarö]

1st attempt

Russian Air Forces in Ukrainan War.

Russian aircraft.
Total 450 aircraft in the war. 60 squadrons,
Akhtarsk, 24 Su-25SM,
Baranovichi, Byelorussia, 24 Su-35S,
Budennovsk, 24 Su-25SM,
Buturlinovka?,
Gvardeyskoye, Crimea, 12 Su-25SM, Naval Aviation,
Gvardeyskoye Crimea, 12 Su-24M/MR,
Kursk Khalino, 24 Su-30SM,
Lida, Byelorussia,
Luninets, 32 Su-25SM,
Marinovka, 24 Su-24M/MR,
Millerovo, 24 Su-30SM,
Millerovo, 24 Su-25,
Minsk Machulichi, transport aircraft,
Morozovo, 36 Su-34,
Novofedorovka, Crimea, 24 Su-30SM, Naval Aviation,
Novofedorovka, Crimea, 24 Su-24M/MR, Naval Aviation,
Rostov north, transport aircraft, Il-20, Il-22,
Rostov north, Border troops, Mi-8,
Simferopol, Crimea, 24 Su-27SM,
Taganrog north, transport aircraft,
Voronezh Baltimor, 24 Su-34,

[Coati]

If it is a total of 450 aircraft, then certainly not 60 squadrons, more like 18-20. With current pace of losses, they are reaching attrition levels of nearly 10%. I also think they are using limited numbers of jets at any day. Looks like they have difficulties with their commons and control system to handle many units at the same time within the multi dimensional dynamics of warfare.

[Canberra TT.18]

If it is a total of 450 aircraft, then certainly not 60 squadrons, more like 18-20. With current pace of losses, they are reaching attrition levels of nearly 10%. I also think they are using limited numbers of jets at any day. Looks like they have difficulties with their commons and control system to handle many units at the same time within the multi dimensional dynamics of warfare.

Interesting read
https://theaviationist.com/2022/03/04/r ... n-ukraine/

[michel N]

Su-34 Bort 24 Red has been downed this morning. Both crew ejected, pilot did not survive, navigator was captured.

Twitter @Ukraine_AF

[ehusmann]

Su-34 Bort 24 Red has been downed this morning. Both crew ejected, pilot did not survive, navigator was captured.

Twitter @Ukraine_AF

That's the one I mentioned above, now confirmed as a Su-34 indeed.

[michel N]

Another picture just posted shows remains of RF-13017. Should be another Hind

https://twitter.com/Ukraine_AF/status/1 ... 2503644168

[hammarö]

Russia lost many aircraft in the first days.

We have to get more information about the first losses. Type of aircraft, date, place and identity (and source) etc.

[ehusmann]

Navy Su-30SM down near Mykolaiv. Not much left of it. Pilot captured.
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/15 ... CFxc6pj4iQ

[michel N]

Navy Su-30SM down near Mykolaiv. Not much left of it. Pilot captured.
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/15 ... CFxc6pj4iQ

Russia is having a very bad day today, after the Hind and Su-34 earlier today. And apparently an Su-25, but I’m not sure that one was today

[ehusmann]

I saw another video of two captured pilots as well, bloodied in the back of a pick-up truck. Can't have been from any of the mentioned planes, so apparantly another two-seater came out of the sky.