Two Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot attack planes were shot down in eastern Ukraine lately. Here’s the video of pro-Russia separatists inspecting the wreckage.
On Jul. 23, two Ukrainian Air Force Su-25s flying a CAS (Close Air Support) mission near Today, July 23, near Dmytrivka terrorists were shot down by the pro-Russia separatists.
According to the Ukrainian MoD, the two attack planes were part of a flight of four Frogfoot jets egressing the area of operation, when they were hit by anti-aircraft missiles.
At the beginning of the footage you can see the flares deployed by one of the two aircraft, a sign that it was most probably targeted and downed by a MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense System) rather than a SARH (Semi-Active Radar Homing) surface to air missile (as the Su-11 Gadfly “Buk”, believed to have downed the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flying as MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on Jul. 17).
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The description is nigh completely incorrect.
Not anti-air missile combat, but air combat. Not just any combat, but close combat. Not just close combat, but one of those two shot down Frogfoots is the latest recorded gun kill in history of air warfare as of today.
I should have the recording of the engagement somewhere on my hard drives. Admittedly shitty one, as it was filmed from the ground at significant distance, but nonetheless discernable. If Aviationist is interested, i can dig it out.