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[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It is also reported that the pilot died

That's maybe the best part. The list of people willing to fly over Ukrainian territory must be getting pretty short.

[–] Hotdogman 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

About to get an influx of N. Korean pilots.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They'll have to bring their own biplanes.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

MiG-15s will be flying over the Dniepr once again. Not for long, but they'll be flying.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They can't afford to buy them, but I'm sure that sheet of metal from the outhouse roof might come in handy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Sounds like it's turning into a "two birds with one stone" situation.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] GlitzyArmrest 7 points 9 months ago

Russian air defense seems really good at shooting down Russians.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Have to wonder if this was one of those cases like the Heli pilot that defected (after killing his entire crew) and handed the heli over to Ukraine in return for asylum.

Or if it's just Russia being Russia and doing stupid shit out of sheer incompetence.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

(after killing his entire crew)

This article says Ukrainian forces killed the crew after they refused to surrender.

And this article says the same thing. Crew freaked out when they realized they landed in Ukraine, ran and refused to surrender.

Are you talking about a different heli pilot that defected?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I also agree that this story is true, and salute the safe families of the brave crew members.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

117 more to go.

[–] jcit878 16 points 9 months ago

the clown show continues

[–] rtxn 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)
Help me, pilot! I no longer know where I am not!
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

If you don't know where you aren't, you can't determine where you are. It'll be especially difficult to obtain a difference or 'deviation' so you won't get any corrective commands to drive you from where you are to where you are not...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if something like the Friendly or Foe system being broken or in the wrong setting could cause this. I think there was in incident in the middle east where an RAF Tornado was shot down by British anti-air systems as it couldn't identify the aircraft as friendly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Having trained in Deus Ex and, most recently, Starfield, this sounds very plausible.

[–] lettruthout 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

TIL... hardpoint is an attachment location on a structural frame designed to transfer force and carry an external or internal load. The term is usually used to refer to the mounting points (more formally known as a weapon station or station) on the airframe of military aircraft that carry weapons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardpoint

[–] lankybiker 2 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I'll show me!

[–] FartsWithAnAccent 1 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

more of this less of anything else! more of this less of anything else! go to town vlad