Russian Attack Or Friendly Fire? Ukraine Pilot 'Moonfish' Killed In F-16 'Crash' Amid Rocket Barrage

A Ukrainian pilot was killed when his F-16 jet fighter crashed as he was helping to repel a massive Russian missile attack. The crash occurred on August 26, just weeks after the first American-made aircraft arrived in Ukraine
The jet came down and its pilot died while it was approaching a target during a Russian airstrike, the Ukrainian army said on August 29. The F-16s had "demonstrated high efficiency" and downed four Russian cruise missiles, it added.
The Ukrainian Air Force identified the slain F-16 pilot as Oleksiy Mes who was known by the call sign ‘Moonfish.’ A Ukrainian military official described Mes as a hero who successfully shot down multiple Russian missiles before the crash. Ukraine's Air Force Western command posted on Facebook an obituary of a pilot, Oleksiy Mes, but did not say he was an F-16 pilot. Moonfish, one of the better-known Ukrainian pilots, was reportedly trained for F-16 missions in the US in 2023.
The Ukrainian pilot had also visited Washington to lobby the US to send Ukraine F-16 fighter jets.
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0:00 INTRODUCTION
2:08 UKRAINE LOSES ONE OF ITS BEST-TRAINED F-16 PILOTS?
3:55 PENTAGON SAYS NO ASSISTANCE WAS SOUGHT REGARDING F-16 CRASH
4:46 UKRAINIAN F-16 DOWNED BY ENEMY OR FRIENDLY FIRE?

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[peterturner]

It was pilot error - the plane ran into a Russian Missile. Silly pilot.

[goodintentions]

Let's pretend that the Russians are using catapults and stones so no way it could have been the Russian missile

[buravan]

*Shot down, even the PILOT didn't have enough time to eject.*

[allalbenadam]

What do they think? How can an F-16 Pilot dies on a crash when F-16 pilot can eject at:
"Ejection from a fighter jet does not require a minimum altitude. The seats are designed to eject at ground level to ensure pilot safety. The initiators and thrusters provide initial boost and allow the ejection seat to gain minimum required altitude to allow the parachute to blosom properly.
What a bunch of deceptive liars in Ukraine and in the West, well the poor pilot got his brain knocked out of his head to say the least."

[abhi-yhnc]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 they will never say that it was destroyed by Russian missile

[bbhgdce]

The same scenrio of abram tank leopard🤣

[josue_kay]

The "F" in F-16 stands for Fucked.

[ssgen.vondonald]

There's no liquid water on the moon....so that moonfish fellow is doomed already from the start😅😅😂😂

[pramodap]

Don't joke man, all us weapons are the most useless scrap 😊

[absluteOne]

just weeks after it was delivered, just like days after the abrams and leopards were sent to the front, images and videos started to come up of them destroyed

[usernh]

The F-16 GC landed succesfully to Ukrainian land.

GC : Game Changer

[robertluvisia]

Are they still saying the F-16 is a game-changer? Zelensky will claim anything with no proof.

[rx-x]

Saying Ukraine / NATO can defeat Russia is like saying Israel is a legal country

[fnlqeuq]

This is Russia war, , , , Not Syria, Iraq, , , , etc, , , thanks Russian and Chinese

[AbisaeOketch]

It crushed while approaching Russian missile???

[charlesbii]

It was shot down by Russia, stop assuming that and scratching your heads in shame though 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[JoshMaldito-yq]

At first its pilot error, then someone asked if it was pilot error why did the pilot die and wat able to eject? Petagon be like: you got a point okay how about this "friendly fire"

[franbonner]

Isn't that called friendly fire the Western armys have allways been very friendly with there weapons in the past

[TheBestower]

Fuck they didn't lied that it was an engine failure 😂

[Shining]

Ukraine has already lost 15% of their F-16's. Media isn't being completely honest here.