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@MarcinRogowsk14
Aug 28, 2024 • 7 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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Ihor Polishchuk, the mayor of Lutsk, informed today that on 26 August 2024, pidpolkovnyk Oleksiy Mes died while performing a combat mission. He was a MiG-29 pilot from the 204 Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force.


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Oleksiy Mes in the cockpit of F-15D during visit in the 144th Fighter Wing (144 FW) of the California Air National Guard.
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Ihor Polishchuk already removed the information about the death of pidpolkovnyk Mes, but it is still visible in the edit history. The Volyn News portal also deleted a previously published article about the death of pidpolkovnyk Oleksiy Mes. facebook.com/ihor.polishchu…
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There are some rumors that pidpolkovnyk Oleksiy Mes was a trained F-16 pilot. I don't know if this is true or just false assumption based on the fact that Mes once flew as an observer in F-15D while visiting 144th Fighter Wing of the California ANG. sprotyv.info/photo/ukrainsk…

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@Rebel44CZ Apparently another Ukrainian Air Force fighter jet was lost, most likely a MiG-29.
Unfortunately pidpolkovnyk Oleksiy "Moonfish" Mes was a F-16 pilot. He was among the first group of Ukrainian pilots trained in Denmark.

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The fact that Oleksiy "Moonfish" Mes was among the first pilots trained on the F-16 doesn't necessarily mean that he died in an F-16. The standard phrasing "died during combat mission" can refer to anything, he might as well have died in a missile attack on one of the air bases. Image
Regardless of how he died, it is a great loss as pidpolkovnyk Oleksiy "Moonfish" Mes was one of the few Ukrainian F-16 pilots currently available. Image

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