Re: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
 

Ah, mistook the notes. Still a kill, is not it?

Re: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
 

Hmm...I'm inclined not to count that as a kill.

Re: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
 

Ukraine AF claimed a Russian Su-35 last week. The aircraft was indeed shot down, and it is quite possible that the aircraft was shot down by F-16 launched AMRAAM. UAF has not specified the weapon, more details here: https://www.twz.com/air/claims-swirl...nker-shootdown

If the claim is true, we have 44 years between the first and last F-16 kill.

Also, there are claims that Israelis shot down around 10 Iranian aircraft during the Rising Lion operation. If that's true, most likely claimants are F-35s and F-15s, but it is possible that F-16 recorded a kill in this conflict, too.

Re: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
 

Good evening Goran,

did the Ukrainians issue a list of their victorious pilots and their aircraft ?

Cheers,

Michael

Re: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
 

Highly unlikely I would say. What if they are shot down or captured?

Re: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
 

Worse, assassinated, they or their families.

Re: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
 

The Russians have issued data about the successful fighter pilots, e.g. Ilya Sizov.

Re: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
 

Looks like Ukraine F-16 finally managed to score a kill.
On 8.7. Russian Su-35 was shot down, Ukrainians didn't comment much and Russian unofficial sources confirmed the loss (pilot apparently ejected). Most commentators suspected a SAM trap, which was successful on few occasions, but US general Caine apparently confirmed air to air kill 2 days ago.
https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2079672131718193330


As Ukraine uses AM model (modernized original A version), the aircraft was produced around the same time as Israeli F-16s that claimed the first kills 45 years ago.

Re: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
 

Good evening Goran,

very interesting. Any chance to learn to know the name of the successful Ukrainian F-16 pilot?

Cheers,
Michael