F-16 crashed through the wreckage of the Russian rocket: analysts have received new data on plane crash

Ukraine has lost four planes that hunted Russian rockets during air strikes, explained the sources of analysts in the air forces. The F-16 fighter, lost on August 26, could fall for the same reasons as they are. The F-16 American fighter could lose control through the debris of the Russian rocket that damaged the engine and control system. A moment before that, the fighter successfully worked for a hostile purpose, but did not have time to evade a cloud of fragments that hung in the air.

During the war, the Ukrainian army could lose four more planes. The possible causes of the F-16 plane crash were written on the Breaking Defense portal. The portal analysts spoke with unnamed interlocutors from the military and air forces. At first, they found out the circumstances in which the defense forces work during massive missile attacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. As it turned out, anti-aircraft missile complexes and aviation work together for air purposes.

In this case, the use of rocket aircraft is a difficult task, told pilots that analysts said. The pilots must first catch up with the target and then have a fraction of a second for a shot. At the time of hitting in the air there is a cloud of debris. According to analysts, the F-16 did not have time to return, as he flew at high speed, and flew through this cloud. The debris probably damaged the engine or other parts of the aircraft.

The catastrophe happened so fast that the pilot Alexei Mesfish did not have time to catapult and died, explained in the article. "One of the scenarios that spreads among the Ukrainian defense community is that the F-16 accidentally flew through a cloud of debris formed by successful interception and destruction The breakup of the F-16 and/or the death of the pilot, "-explained on Breaking Defense.

According to the anonymous sources of analysts, Ukraine's aircraft have already lost planes as a result of spanning through a cloud of debris. There were four such cases, but it did not cause the "hype", as it was the old Soviet aircraft, not one of the six Western fighters. "Two MiG-29 and two models of dry were lost. It is possible that this F-16 is now becoming a plane # 5," the articles of the interlocutor gave in the article.

The article also touched on the issue of F-16 losses because of the likely hit of the Patriot SAC. It is explained that at the beginning of the war, the aircraft and land air equipment disconnected the system of determining "their own - alien". The reason for this decision was that Ukraine and the Russian Federation used the same planes - could and "dry". In order not to confuse during the air battle, the system was switched off.

Breaking defense simply described the likelihood: this is one of the versions, and the final conclusion is not yet. It should be noted that on August 26, one of the most massive air attacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took place, during which 127 rockets and 129 drones-Kamikadze "Shahad" flew across Ukraine. The air defense products knocked down 102 rockets and 99 drones.

It exploded in 15 oblasts, Prime Minister Denis Shmigal said, with the enemy re-target the energy infrastructure. A few days later, it became known about the loss of the F-16 aircraft: this happened after the statement of President Vladimir Zelensky about the involvement of Western fighters to reflect the attack. An experienced Ukrainian pilot Alexei Monfish was killed. The Air Force reported that the investigation was being conducted and there was no final conclusion.