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@MarcinRogowsk14
Aug 28 • 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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On 22 August 2024, a Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a massive OWA UAV strike on the Marinovka Air Base, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. This should be a reasonably short thread.

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Let's start with the obvious losses. A Sukhoi Su-34 was completely destroyed here 48.638819, 43.777684.

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This one is a little less obvious. In the sat photo from 25 April 2024 a Su-24M or MR is parked here 48.638739, 43.778199. On 19 August it seems to be still there (@MT_Anderson can you please post a zoom in). On 22 Aug there is a burn mark and debris, I think it was destroyed.

Sat imagery taken on 25 April 2024 (via Google Earth).
Planet Labs sat imagery taken on 19 August 2024 (via @MT_Anderson).
Airbus DS sat imagery taken on 22 August 2024 (via @MT_Anderson).
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The first F-16AM fighters in Ukraine.





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Interestingly, both airframes shown on the ground during the ceremony have IFF "bird slicer" antennas of the older type used on F-16As with ADF modification. My bet is that these two airframes are not airworthy and were obtained from the US to be used as decoys. Image
Another photo of ex-Royal Danish Air Force F-16AM in the Ukrainian service, Image
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Early on 26 July 2024, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out an attack on Saki Air Base, Crimea.
Thanks to the Sentinel low-res satellite imagery we know that three distinct areas were targeted.
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The 1st area is the taxiway at these coordinates 45.086764, 33.592345. There was an aircraft (likely a Su-30SM) parked nearby on 24 July.
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On 1 July 2024, the Russians carried out multiple missile attacks on the Myrhorod Air Base, Poltava Oblast. Two Ukrainian AF Su-27 fighters were completely destroyed, and up to four more were damaged (some likely beyond repair).
NASA FIRMS imagery from 1 July 2024 showing major fire at Myrhorod Air Base.
First frames of the video show the situation before the attack. Numbers 1 & 4 are Su-27s parked in the same spot for many month, almost certainly retired airframes. Number 2 & 3 weren't there few days ago, either operational jets or retired airframes used as decoys. Image
In the first attack (not shown in the video) a Su-27 (marked as number 5 in the map above) was destroyed at these coordinates 49.925800, 33.628548. Judging by the burn marks the aircraft was fueled, apparently an operational jet.
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Around 10 June 2024, a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 (likely UB variant) was damaged (possibly beyond repair) in a Russian missile attack on Myrhorod Air Base, Poltava Oblast. It is unclear whether this was an operational or retired airframe.



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The aircraft was parked here: 49.930813, 33.627451. Thanks to Sentinel-2 low-res sat imagery we know that it wasn't there on 7 June 2024. Image
Since before 2009 well over a dozen retired Su-27 airframes have been stored in this part of the base. Since then, some of them have almost certainly been restored to airworthy condition and some have been used for spare parts. Click ALT on photos for captions.


Su-27 fighters stored at Myrhorod Air Base in August 2010 (src. Yaroslav Petrukhno).
DigitalGlobe sat imagery taken on 20 June 2009.
Maxar sat imagery taken on 8 June 2019.
Maxar sat imagery taken on 12 November 2021.
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On 26 May 2024, Russian Armed Forces launched a missile and drone attack on the Starokostiantyniv Air Base, Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
The latest Sentinel-2 sat imagery taken on 27 May 2024 show several possible impact spots. Please note that due to overcast, clouds may produce shadows that can easily be confused with burn marks. For a better assessment, a comparison with another satellite image is needed. Image
Majority of impact spots (if not all) are grouped in the eastern part of the air base. Interestingly, the leftmost arrow points to the aircraft maintenance and repair area that was already destroyed in February 2022. Left image from 24 May for comparison.
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