Besides Ukraine and the United States, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom are participating.
U.S. participants will include the Air National Guard and other stateside and overseas units, according to USAFE. This year marks the 25th anniversary of collaboration between the California Air National Guard and Ukraine as part of U.S. European Command’s State Partnership Program. California units will be heavily represented, with F-15C Eagles and C-130J Super Hercules.
The Ukrainian Air Force plan to assign 5 units of tactical aviation, included Su-24, Su-27, MiG-29 combat aircraft.
The Polish Air Force sent four modern F-16 fighter jets.
Training will focus on air sovereignty, air interdiction, air-to-ground integration, air mobility operations, aeromedical evacuation, cyber defense, and personnel recovery.
I don’t see where Ukraine got these S-300s. Or if they know how to use them. Then there’s the S-400s which the Russians already have in Syria.
Training against an older version of the 300 is useless as it is obsolete. The variant (manned by Iranians) supplied to Syria is the S-300PMU-2. What 300 variant did Russia or the USSR supply to the Ukrainians? Does any one know? What Russian anti-air missiles versions is it supplied with?
More significant is the Krasukha-4 units EW units sent to Syria against which the US has only limited knowledge and, AFAK, no practical experience. Are these unit in the Ukraine and are they part of the training?
Dont tell the Russians about this secret operation
Not so secret.
A US pilot just died in a crash a couple of hours ago:
https://defence-blog.com/news/us-pilot-killed-in-su-27ub-crash-in-ukraine.html
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