New video shows a fully armed Ukrainian Mig-29 Fulcrum performing an insane low pass!!

November 4, 2015 Aviation Safety / Air Crashes, Troubled Areas, War in Ukraine

David Cenciotti

Yet another crazy low pass by a Ukrainian Air Force aircraft!

Filmed somewhere in Ukraine, this video shows the latest stunt by a Ukrainian Air Force jet: in this case a fully armed Mig-29 Fulcrum in the high-visibility, white, yellow and light blue livery of the Ukrainian Falcons aerobatic display team.

It looks like Ukrainian pilots like to fly low and fast on people filming them. In the past we have reported about the Mig-29 overflying pro-Russia separatist blocking rails at very low altitude, an Ilyushin Il-76 buzzing some Su-25s and Frogfoots returning the favor while buzzing the tower, and also an Mi-17 helicopter flying among the cars on a highway.

H/T From the Skies for the heads-up!

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

Marco says:

November 4, 2015 at 9:42 PM

useless Air Force. It quit the fight as soon as pro-Russians received some air defense weapons.
I wonder what is even the point of fielding such an air force.
- John Schaeffer says:
  
  November 5, 2015 at 3:10 PM
  
  Pride.
- Alexander Bobrovich says:
  
  November 5, 2015 at 5:16 PM
  
  For sure, they are useless. They have lost 11 planes and 8 helicopters during 2014 on Ukraine official data, or 38 planes and 28 helicopters on unofficial. They have been one of best AF after the break of Soviet Union, but lost everything
  - Stepan Sushko says:
    
    November 9, 2015 at 10:40 AM
    
    yes, but they recovered many Su-25 (for example) from the reserve since september 2014. They have around 25 alive Su-25, details and photos are here http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1557764.html
- disqus_STXkrV9NGc says:
  
  November 5, 2015 at 11:00 PM
  
  Obviously to execute impressive low passes and fly-bys.
Stepan Sushko says:

November 9, 2015 at 10:03 AM

there is no BUKs in Donbass (except Ukrainian), only MANPADs.
- E1-Kabong says:
  
  November 10, 2015 at 6:20 PM
  
  Prove it.
Alexander Bobrovich says:

November 9, 2015 at 10:33 PM

How many planes US lost in Vietnam and Korea? War means you could be shot, you know. But, my point is that measure casualties against same tech level enemies.
Afghanistan – 113 a/c (many of them by US supplied stingers)
Georgia – 1 Tu-22, 3 Su-25 (2 of which FF by osetian militia)
- E1-Kabong says:
  
  November 10, 2015 at 6:21 PM
  
  You forgot Chechnya…
  
  I see you missed the fact you lost your argument, also!
- Stepan Sushko says:
  
  November 11, 2015 at 12:27 PM
  
  “many of them by US supplied stingers”
  Only few. Most were shot down by heavy gun ships, RPG, chinese and egiptyan copies of SA-7.
- E1-Kabong says:
  
  November 11, 2015 at 8:58 PM
  
  Hilarious!
  
  You don’t realize you contradicted yourself, comrade!
  
  BTW, you forgot Chechnya…
E1-Kabong says:

November 10, 2015 at 6:20 PM

Sure there is.
E1-Kabong says:

November 10, 2015 at 6:22 PM

You’re talking about the Russian military, I see….