The Ukrainian military has said that one of the F-16 fighter jets, which it received from Western countries for its ongoing war against Russia, has crashed.
An experienced Ukrainian army pilot also died in this accident. This war between Ukraine and Russia has been going on for a long time.
Western countries are continuously helping Ukraine in this war. As a part of this help, they gave this modern aircraft manufactured in America to Ukraine. This aircraft is also used by Pakistan Air Force.
All NATO countries including the US have together promised to give about 60 fighter planes to Russia. But this is a very small number in front of the Russian aircraft fleet.
Russia’s naval fleet has more than 600 fighter aircraft, many of which are equipped with the latest technology.
He had reached Ukraine just a month ago, but lost his life in front of Russian missiles
The Ukrainian military issued a post on Facebook saying that the F-16, which arrived in Ukraine last month, was shot down by Russian missiles.
The F-16 first destroyed the four missiles launched by Russia, but one missile hit the plane at the same time, after which the plane crashed.
An experienced Ukrainian army pilot also died in this. The Defense Ministry of Ukraine has started an investigation into this accident.
The Ukrainian military said based on a preliminary investigation it had identified the dead pilot as Col. Alexey Mounfis Mess.
Colonel Moonfis and his colleague Andrey Jus Pilshchikov traveled to the US in June 2022 and spoke to lawmakers and the media there to press for sending F-16s.
Both of them were senior officers of the Ukrainian Air Force. Juice died in an accident in August 2023, while Moonfiss also said goodbye to the world while protecting his country.
Lack of training became the reason for the crash of the plane
Ukraine had been using Russian-made warplanes and weapons until the start of its war with Russia.
After the start of this war, when Ukraine sought help from America, America provided it with F-16 planes.
The training for this aircraft is usually of 3 years, but due to the war situation and need, this training was completed in just 16 months. This was a new technique for Ukrainian pilots who used aircraft of Russian technology.
The Biden administration of America had decided to send F-16 to help Ukraine in August 2023.
However, there was a lot of debate in America that this decision would worsen relations with Russia even more. But despite all this, the Biden government decided to give this plane to Ukraine.
Pakistan also uses F-16 aircraft
America has also given these planes to the government of Pakistan. However, America has put a condition on the government and army of Pakistan that they will not use them against any country but will only use them for anti-terrorism operations.
When India carried out the Balakot air strike, the Pakistan Air Force tried to violate Indian air space the next day.
Then Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, risking his life, had given a tough time to this fighter plane with his old plane.
In this conflict, an old Russian-made Indian aircraft crashed, while a Pakistani F-16 aircraft also crashed.
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