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Russia admitting one aircraft damaged
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/mo ... 023-08-19/

I am not a specialist in fire fighting, but regarding the smoke cloud, it doesn't look to be a small fire.

Thank you for this nice picture.
The Kamov helicoters, visible behind, are all gone. Don't know anything abour their fate, but there were many of them a few years ago.

Ukraine AF Su-24 adapted to shoot scalp air-to-ground missile :

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1 ... 4638665728

US Army UC-35 nr 970102 was today at Kishinev, bringing US members of the Congress if I understood well. A C-17 also visited Kishinev this week, bringing some military equipment, following Moldova News. The boneyard is still there, full of derelict AN-24s, Tu-134s, etc., but really difficult to come...

2 X MD-900 from the Federal Police also took part in the défilé itself and flew-by in close formation during the last part of the défilé.
Numbers unknown.

Pictures 25 and 26, the difference between the two "2000-5 F" is the "Cigogne"'s (stork) wing on the tail : - SPA 25 downwards, - SPA 103 upwards What is the prize for the winner ? A Mirage 2000 B or D back seat ride during next year's July 14th défilé ? By the way great trip and...

India ordered 26 more Dassault Rafales. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/aeronautique/rafale/l-inde-donne-son-accord-de-principe-a-la-france-pour-l-achat-de-26-avions-rafale-et-de-trois-sous-marins-scorpene_5948471.html They would be "Naval" variants. https://www.tf1info.fr/politique/1...

Same methods as one yeau ago over the Black Sea...

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/05/poli ... index.html

Remains of 8 Hawker Hurricanes found burried in Ukraine.
Quite an unexpected result of current war in the country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65955365

A Russian AF Helicopter (Mi-8 ?) downed by wagner around Voronej
https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/ ... 0186373121

Reason was weather disturbances in Paris :
https://www.lalibre.be/international/eu ... LSDFVOLDM/

Landing now : Polish AF C-130 F, n° 1504 ("PLF254").

Emirates A-380 from Dubaï to Paris CDG diverted to Brussels after paterns over Germany, north of France.
Landing now.
I guess some kind of emergency as departing flights until 10 PM were delayed at Zaventem.

22 soldiers injured would mean quite a heavy helicopter (MH/CH-47 ?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/helicopter ... e-members/