Intercepted conversation of the Il-22M11 with the airfield controller in Anapa. The plane urgently asked for emergency landing, firefighters on the spot and an ambulance.

  • @A_A
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    278 months ago

    expect another tantrum from russ … I would avoid playgrounds and such for one or two days.

  • @Ersatz86
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    238 months ago

    According to Wikipedia:

    Russia is believed to have nine or ten operational A-50s

    Losing 10% of your A-50 fleet in a single event is discouraging, I’ll wager.

  • LanternEverywhere
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    128 months ago

    From my limited understanding of these things, eliminating information-mission craft is a huge deal

    • @[email protected]
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      88 months ago

      And they only ever made like 10 of that model, so this is going to have a noticeable impact somewhere.

  • @[email protected]
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    118 months ago

    Oh shit, they nailed their AWACS?? Good kill. They don’t have that many of those things.