Posted on 08/19/2016 8:57:43 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
© Sputnik/ Uliana Solovyova
A Sukhoi Su-34 bomber has been named after Lieutenant-Colonel Oleg Peshkov, the Russian pilot who was killed by militants in Syria after his aircraft was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet in November 2015, RIA Novosti reported citing the Lipetsk city administration’s internet portal.
“I see this as a sign of respect for a real man, a patriot who loved his Motherland and honestly fulfilled his duty as a military man and a citizen,” said Oleg Peshkov’s onetime commander Colonel Yuri Gritsaenko, who will be piloting the newly dedicated Su-34.
On Thursday Oleg Peshkov’s widow was handed her late husband’s award weapon and the Order of Dedication posthumously bestowed upon him by the Syrian government.
On November 24 a Su-24 bomber on an antiterrorist mission in Syria was shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet. Both pilots managed to bail out but the plane’s commander, Oleg Peshkov, was killed from the ground by militants as he descended on a parachute.
Navigator Konstantin Murakhtin survived the descent and was later saved by a rescue team.
Oleg Peshkov was posthumously awarded the Gold Star of Hero of the Russian Federation.
And we name a ship after Harvey Milk.
Soon as I saw the thread, I was going to pounce, ya beat me by a mile.............
That is odd. In Russia they honor their actual heroes.
Great minds.........
Looks like and F15ski
USS Bonesmuggler. Do the sailors all have to be pedophile homos too?
Yuk. Just sick.
I’m sure all bathrooms and showers aboard ship will be transgender. . .
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