Recently I was updating my list using info from the memorial of the fallen airmen from the 39th Helicopter Regiment. There are 16 names all together and they are as follows:
1st and 2nd are major Igor Markelov and major Sergei Emelyanchik. They perished on 3 March 2022 together with their Mi-28.
So far, no Mi-28 wreckage has been found that can be matched to their date of death. They are counted on the list here https://t.co/5ze535uDImfacebook.com/permalink.php?…
3rd and 4th are podpolkovnik Yuri Orichak and starshiy leytenant Eldar Timushev. They perished on 5 March 2022 in their Mi-24.
I made a post about them here Most likely they are related to the loss of the Mi-24VM s/n RF-13017, 22 blue, downed near Bashtanka, Mykolaiv Oblast. https://t.co/8uaoj9yh87 https://t.co/vbWe7TBfhrtinyurl.com/pxsrufw5 tinyurl.com/437pky9m
Another likely possibility is Mi-24VM s/n RF-9xxxx downed near Kalinovka, Mykolaiv Oblast. https://t.co/RSPl7X06qWtinyurl.com/3t44uj47
5th and 6th are kapitan Andryus Kyatvirtis and starshiy leytenant German Zakharov. They perished on 5 March 2022 in Mi-8AMTSh together with...
7th, kapitan Ivan Parfyonov. In the same incident kapitan Vadim Alaev (10th) was badly burned, I will write about him a little later.
5th, 6th, 7th and 10th (made a post about them here ) where downed in two Mi-8AMTSh helicopters, RF-91164 https://t.co/cJgQpnauE3 and RF-91165 https://t.co/GpU83W687J in the area of Kalinovka, Mykolaiv Oblast. I have no idea who was in which. https://t.co/ZWEghaCDtCtinyurl.com/59kaz99a tinyurl.com/yckkzr4v tinyurl.com/5bc5scfb
8th and 9th are kapitan Ivan Afanasyev and starshiy leytenant Sergei Konoplev. They perished on 8 March 2022 in a Ka-52 crash some 5 kilometers from the Zernograd Air Base, Rostov Oblast, Russia.
Almost 5 minutes worth of FPV UAV attacks on Russian Air Force aircraft in several different air bases! No time right now, so I only watch it once, will do a thread later. Some new ones damaged! As far as I can see no new destroyed ones.
I will describe all the attacks in the same order as they were edited into the film. I'm not sure if they were edited chronologically. Timestamps in brackets mark the start and end of recording from a single FPV UAV.
Olenya. 1: Tu-95MS RF-94257 destroyed at 68.145251, 33.449846. At least 3 UAVs used (0:02-0:06, 0:06-0:10, 0:24-0:31), first 2 did not detonate or made a little damage, the 3rd struck the right spot. Moment of the explosion was recorded by another UAV flying nearby (0:31-0:36).
Another attacked target is Belaya Air Base, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
Two pillars of smoke are rising from the Tu-22M parking area. Likely two Tu-22M bombers were struck, here 52.896441, 103.580821 and possibly here 52.900559, 103.574192 (or in the one of nearby revetments). Maxar satellite imagery taken on 20 September 2024 for better orientation.
A Tu-95 was attacked at 52.916314, 103.564649. I think in the last (4th) photo it is the third pillar of smoke from the right. First two on the right are coming out from the mentioned Tu-22M parking area.
First of all, today's attacks on multiple Russian air bases were carried out by FPV UAVs. The drones where hidden in the ceilings of cargo containers that were transported on the trucks to the vicinity of the targets. This will go down in history.
Let's see how things are going at the Olenya Air Base near Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
1: Tu-95 burning at 68.140032, 33.444580. Hard to say whether it was destroyed or damaged. Let's hope for more images. For now I will count it as damaged.
A thread about two Ukrainian Mi-8s shot down on 5 April 2022. The 1st one was returning with wounded from Azovstal when it was downed several km before reaching friendly territory. Major Horoshko and starshyy leytenant Sindiy were KIA, kapitan Chichura is still missing.
There were between 9 and 15 wounded soldiers on board, at least 2 were KIA. The 2nd Mi-8 attempted to rescue the survivors but was also shot down while approaching to land near the crash site of the 1st Mi-8.
The crew of the 2nd Mi-8: polkovnyk Voronyi KIA, kapitan Burlakov POW and the navigator Pylypenko MIA. Four person rescue/fire team from the GUR MO was also on board: kapitan Borovytskyi, serzhant Klepikov and molodshyi serzhant Gavrylenko, all KIA, Dobrovolsky MIA.