Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilot set a record for shooting down enemy missiles, destroyed six Russian cruise missiles in one combat mission. This was announced by the head of the public relations service of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Yuri Ignat.. According to him, we are talking about a large-scale attack on December 13, when the Russians launched almost 200 drones and more than 90 different missiles across Ukraine. During such attacks, the F-16's main target is cruise missiles. Ignat noted that the F-16 pilot first used all four air-to-air missiles.. Thus, he shot down four Russian cruise missiles. However, the pilot noticed another target and decided to use the aircraft cannon.. " But I acted as the instructors in the USA taught me, and I managed to get. As it turned out, two missiles that were flying next to each other were destroyed at the same time,” the pilot said. As the Air Force noted, this case is unique:

for the first time in history, an F-16 pilot destroyed six cruise missiles in one flight, two of them using an aircraft cannon. Let us remind you that a National Guardsman using an Igla-1 MANPADS shot down a Russian missile flying towards Kyiv. As reported, the Russians launched 38 Shahed-type drones across Ukraine on the night of January 7. Air defense managed to shoot down 28 drones. News on Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp Author: 1.