
"One of the F-16 fighter jets sent from Nato allies to Ukraine has been destroyed, a Ukrainian military source has told the BBC. The aircraft went down amid a barrage of Russian missiles on Monday, killing pilot Oleksiy Mes, Ukraine's military said."
The incident happened just weeks after Kyiv took delivery of the supersonic aircraft.
www.bbc.com
...and in other news. Americans shoot down their own planes!

Go Navy!
F-18 shot down during friendly fire incident. I think Uncle Joe might have had something to do with it.
The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.
apnews.com
The US nearly shot down a second Navy fighter jet over the Red Sea on Saturday in a friendly fire incident.
nypost.com
* U.S. Navy radar guy on cruiser USS Gettysburg: "...but, but, I could have sworn the Houthis had jets in their Air Force!"
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