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The Workhorse
Fighter aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force
play a major role in countering these attacks.
Increasingly, these are the Western-supplied
aircraft. According to the latest statistics,
F-16s now fly up to 80 percent of all combat
missions. MiG-29s and Su-27s are still
important, but their numbers are dwindling,
while F-16 supplies are expected to continue.
The Air Force Command reported that
since the first F-16s were delivered in August
2024, these jets have destroyed more than
1,300 enemy aerial targets—primarily cruise
missiles, with French Mirage 2000s, delivered
this year, also contributing. Besides air targets,
F-16s also support ground forces. Using
guided bombs, they have struck more than
300 Russian ground targets—mainly vehicles,
command posts, ammunition depots, logistics
hubs, and drone-operator sites.
The Ukrainian Air Force released a series of F-16 flight images.
A video footage of a Ukrainian Mirage 2000-5F fighter jet. The aircraft number has been censored (the large one under the cockpit and the small
one above the national insignia on the tail), but on the left side of the fuselage you can see cruise missiles kill markings.
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December 2025