Conflict in Ukraine: military movements & news

[michel N]

Well some conversion would be necessary I guess, but the Polish AF will most likely have experience with that.

It’s also possible UK/France will do the total training for new pilots, as I can imagine there’s no training in Ukraine anymore, but a need for new pilots there certainly is

[Stratofreighter]

May 26, 2023 3:09 PM

Netherlands likely to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets

May 26, 2023 3:09 PM
2 min read

Reports appeared on May 20 that the Netherlands canceled the sale of its F-16s to the private company Draken International.
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https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/statu ... 7712325633

...apart from OrxySpioenkop, has anyone got any other source about
cancelling the Draken International deal
Yes, Stijn and Joost are reliable, but another source would be helpful.

[hammarö]

Ukrainan experienced pilots to train on Gripen.

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/ukra ... jas-gripen

[Ajaxfever]

https://news.yahoo.com/footage-appears- ... ccounter=1


Footage appears to show Russian Su-34 jets bombing a checkpoint within their own borders.

The video shows two jets dropping high-level explosives from an "ultra-low altitude."

Anti-Putin Russian militias briefly occupied territory in Russia's Belgorod region earlier this week,

Aerial footage appears to show Russian Su-34 Fullback jets dropping bombs from a low level within the Russian Federation on the border of Ukraine earlier this week, says a report


At the Grayvoron border checkpoint, the video shows two Russian jets dropping high-level explosives from an "ultra-low altitude." The video appears to show the jets missing the target, a building at Russia's own checkpoint.

According to reporting and analysis by The War Zone journalists Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway, the footage demonstrates "the difficulties of delivering unguided weaponry" at low altitudes, as well as "desperate measures" by the Russian military to thwart a border incursion by Ukrainian-backed Russian militias.

The reporters said the Russian jet appeared to be dropping 1,100-pound high-explosive freefall bombs known as the FAB-500ShN.


The footage, posted on social media, has not been independently verified by Insider.

Grayvoron is located in the Belgorod Oblast region within Russian borders, and the checkpoint is right on the border with Ukraine.

[Stratofreighter]

https://www.pilootenvliegtuig.nl/2023/0 ... -oekraine/
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https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/re ... 605-p5de0h

Jun 6, 2023 – 5.00am

Australia, the US and Ukraine
are discussing sending
41 Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets to Kyiv
helping fulfil part of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request for fighter jets,
rather than sending them to the scrapheap as planned.

Sources have told The Australian Financial Review
that the US,
which recently gave permission to other Western allies to supply Ukraine with advanced fighter jets, including US-made F-16s,
is favourably disposed to the idea of gifting Ukraine the F/A-18s.

[Stratofreighter]

...bringing this thread more "up-to-date"...

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/d ... or-ukraine

Dozens Of Dutch F-16s Were Just Freed Up Potentially For Ukraine

Draken, a U.S. adversary air contractor, will now take just six former Dutch F-16 fighter jets, leaving more potentially for Ukraine.

PUBLISHED JUN 7, 2023 1:28 PM EDT

Also see
https://scramble.nl/community/messagebo ... 1#p1060081
which refers to
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten ... ernational
....

[Stratofreighter]

...piccies of the wreckage thru
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/315604

Date: 22-JUN-2023
Time: c. 13:30
Type: Mil Mi-24P
Owner/operator: Russian Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: area of Lesnaya, Brest Oblast - Belarus

[FredL]

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

[Ajaxfever]

AME4512 just landed at Rzeszow airport. According to ads-b its A-330 T.24-02

[Ajaxfever]

CTM2059 just left Rzeszow. According to ads-b its A-400 0012.

[Ajaxfever]

another candidate for Rzeszow could be CFC2971 (CC-130 130606 according to ads-b). Now flying east of Wroclaw and heading towards Rzeszow.

Buzy place this afternoon. Before the French and Spanish a/c also RRR2121 Voyager ZZ330 was at Rzeszow. Now flying back home.

[AK01]

Landing at 07.40z this morning was Korean Air Force KC-30/ A330 19-003 callsign HR101 on a flight from Vancouver.

[Sjoerd]

Landing at 07.40z this morning was Korean Air Force KC-30/ A330 19-003 callsign HR101 on a flight from Vancouver.

Rumour has it it was support of 2x FA-50 that arrived in Poland this morning as well. Looking at the cruising altitude of FL390, we can rule out that they were dragged. Can a MRTT airlift them?! Or was there another freighter involved?

[michel N]

Landing at 07.40z this morning was Korean Air Force KC-30/ A330 19-003 callsign HR101 on a flight from Vancouver.

Rumour has it it was support of 2x FA-50 that arrived in Poland this morning as well. Looking at the cruising altitude of FL390, we can rule out that they were dragged. Can a MRTT airlift them?! Or was there another freighter involved?

Yesterday 2 FA-50 arrived on board a 747 at Warsaw. It seems (to me) unlikely they will send a support flight for them to an airport 300 km away.

[Canberra TT.18]

https://www.flightglobal.com/australian ... 59.article

RAAF E-7 to deploy to Europe