Ukrainian Air Force F-16

That was the YAIM-7G only, which never made it to production.
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The F-111D and YAIM-7G

The F-111D was the second USAF version of the F-111 Aardvark. Among other improvements, the D featured the Mark II avionics which featured an MTI intercept radar and Ku-band CW guidance beam for SARH missiles. This missile was the YAIM-7G. I am currently working on a suggestion for the F-111D...
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The YAIM-7G was a modified version of the AIM-7F with a seeker tuned to the F-111D’s Ku (J) band radar as opposed to the Ka (I) of the F-4. Any YAIM-7Gs produced were built on existing AIM-7F airframes.
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Development of the YAIM-7G started in 1965 and was cancelled in 1970 though seems to have continued into 1971, or at least was still funded. The first F-111D was produced in 1968 though it only entered service in 1971. So it’s possible that it was mounted for evaluation. The Y designation would also indicate a preproduction, combat-ready batch as opposed to X for a purely developmental program.
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Forest Green said:
Claimed by Russia only.
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For both nations, losses of crews are pretty well documented.
No, this isn't Russian claims, it is Ukrainian obituaries - no one sane in this war tracks the claims of either side, unless confirmed in such a way.
Obituaries either directly mention how the person died ("in air combat against invaders"), or at least allow to match the time and place of death against the claims.

Like, for example:

Accident Sukhoi Su-27PU2M 73 Blue, Friday 17 May 2024

On 17 May 2024, a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 of the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade was shot down in combat with aircraft of the Russian Air Force in the vicinity of Metalivka, Chuh...
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You are going pretty off-topic from post #151 onwards
 

This victory, Ukraine's first in air-to-air combat using the F-16, was achieved with the advanced AIM-9X Sidewinder missile, known for its infrared homing and high maneuverability. The AIM-9X, widely regarded for its lethality, gives the F-16 a significant edge in dogfights, able to engage enemy aircraft at high angles and within close-range combat scenarios.
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MihoshiK said:
If that was a 50 klick range shootdown, that's pretty impressive range on AIM-9X. Maybe helped by a non maneuvering target if the SU-34 didn't notice it was under fire?
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50 km range even for MICA-IR is achievable only for high altitude, supersonic shot against cooperative target. It's a f-16, not f/a-22 to do it(such a shot will be over Russian lines, 50 km range is possible between targets at launch, it does not refer to navigational range actually flown by the missile to the impact point). In any case, use of sidewinder over amraam in such a shot is...strange and raises questions.

Realistically it seems like someone is ...wishguessing from a recent photo of aim-9x crate, and bigger media picked up the sensation.
Since VKS activity didn't change at all(no reaction) - unless reliably proven otherwise, sounds like another ghost story.
 
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MihoshiK said:
If that was a 50 klick range shootdown, that's pretty impressive range on AIM-9X. Maybe helped by a non maneuvering target if the SU-34 didn't notice it was under fire?
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The Su-34 was only 14km from the frontline based on liveuamap. Longer range was achieved with AIM-9s even back in Desert Storm on a head-to-head closure.
 
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Forest Green said:
The Su-34 was only 14km from the frontline based on liveuamap. Longer range was achieved with AIM-9s even back in Desert Storm on a head-to-head closure.
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Also consider that the AIM-9X has passive targeting, so unless the Su-34's radar picks up the missile itself (a very small head-on target) it likely never knew a missile was on the way and never maneuvered, thus counting as a "cooperative target".
 
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Concerning the recently destroyed Su-34 Fullback Defense Updates has uploaded a video about how it apparently happened:


West-supplied Ukrainian F-16 seems to have landed its first air-to-air fighter jet kill.As per reports, one of Moscow's fighter jets has been shot down by Ukrainian forces.
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The Telegram channel Fighterbomber which has close ties with the Russian Aerospace Forces, looked like paid tribute to the lost Su-34 fighter by simply posting a black and white photo with the words: “Earth is sky brothers…”,
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The pro-Moscow Telegram channel VDV for Honesty and Justice shared the post, added more detail,"Urgent!!! Our Su-34 has been shot down. The crew was killed,”. It further added it “was apparently shot down by an F-16, which was over enemy-controlled territory."It also said that the plane had been attacked during an air bomb drop "approximately 50 km (30 miles) from the front line,"
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In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how Ukrainian F-16 apparently downed the Russian Su-34 ?
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#defenseupdates #F16ukraine #ukrainerussiawar
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Chapters:
00:11 INTRODUCTION
02:05 S-70 OKHOTNIK
04:06 SU-57 FELON KNOCKS OUT
07:01 ANALYSIS
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