if so this Mi24's crews are real "cossacks" for me ...
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (33 Viewers)
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Is he related to the founder of Antonov?
buffnut453
Captain
BBC fact-check of Russian claims about bodies found in Bucha:
www.bbc.com
Bucha killings: Satellite image of bodies site contradicts Russian claims
Russia called footage of bodies in Bucha 'staged' but its evidence for this does not stack up.
www.bbc.com
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I was watching a CNN YT vid. A retired general who was giving commentary said he's seen reports of Russians mining the Black Sea off Bulgaria and Romania. That's kind of vague but anyone else hear of this?
Was it retired Maj. Gen. Pittard?
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Major General Paul Eaton, USA (Ret)
I was just asking because I have been seeing Pittard a lot on TV. I used to fly him around a lot when he was a full bird colonel and one star.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
There's the whiney bitch again...
They claim they have have not killed a single civilian and all civilian deaths are "staged" by Ukraine.
To be fair, that's more "lying cocksucker" than whiney bitch, but that's just a nitpick at this point, no?
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
These shots were taken at Key West. We fought Top Gun Hornets and MiG-29s. One of my two top TDYs ever. The Germans were world class good guys, and we had a blast. Many brain cells were consumed and no alcohol was hurt…
I took the first shot after doing ACM. The second shot was taken by Sgt Withers, of which another was on the cover of the Air Force magazine. We were flying over Ft Jackson, located about 270/60 off NAS Key West tacan.
Here is yours truly on the cover of the Rolling Stone, okay just the USAF magazine…
And I did buy five copies for my mother.
November 2002 | Air & Space Forces Magazine
www.airforcemag.com
You, sir, just won the Internet for today. F**kin' A.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
To make it a fair fight, maybe the Italians could donate to Ukraine some Mannlicher-Carcanos?
These shots were taken at Key West. We fought Top Gun Hornets and MiG-29s. One of my two top TDYs ever. The Germans were world class good guys, and we had a blast. Many brain cells were consumed and no alcohol was hurt…
I took the first shot after doing ACM. The second shot was taken by Sgt Withers, of which another was on the cover of the Air Force magazine. We were flying over Ft Jackson, located about 270/60 off NAS Key West tacan.
Here is yours truly on the cover of the Rolling Stone, okay just the USAF magazine…
And I did buy five copies for my mother.
November 2002 | Air & Space Forces Magazine
More Pics or it didn't happen…
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
More Pics or it didn't happen…
Fact? We don't need no stinkin' facts! Or pics! Off with ye, begone!
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
More pics would be nice, though.
I'm hoping
BiffF15 says "Challenge accepted. Hold my beer."
BiffF15 says "Challenge accepted. Hold my beer."
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Forum needs a doubleplus agree button for these sorts of posts.
It's called bacon…
Jabberwocky
Tech Sergeant
Looking at some open source blogs on Russian losses, the scale is immense:
(Bear in mind these are minimum losses, as confirmed by pictures/videos)
Tanks: 201 confirmed destroyed, 42 confirmed abandoned 176 confirmed captured
AFVs: 131 destroyed, 32 abandoned, 116 captured
IFVs and APCs (tracked and wheeled): 252 destroyed, 48 abandoned, 194 captured
Artillery (tube and missile, towed and self-propelled): 56 destroyed, 25 abandoned, 87 captured
SPAA & SAM: 27 destroyed, 10 abandoned, 17 captured
Fixed wing aircraft: 19 fighters and 3 transports destroyed
Helicopters: 19 attack helicopters and 20 transport helicopters
Against this, the Ukranian General Staff put Russian losses as:
Tanks: 644 tanks
Other armored combat vehicles: 1,830;
Tube artillery: 325
Missile artillery: 105 MLR systems;
Air defense vehicles: 54;
Aircraft: 143
Helicopters: 134
UAVs: 89;
Ships: 7;
Other vehicles: 1,249 vehicles, 76 fuel tank trucks, 24 units of special equipment, and 4 mobile SRBM systems.
Even if Russia's actual losses are only half way between the Ukranian claims and the open source confirmed losses that's still north of 525 tanks, 1300 armoured vehicles, 250 artillery and missile systems, 80 fixed wing aircraft and 85 rotary wing aircraft.
(Bear in mind these are minimum losses, as confirmed by pictures/videos)
Tanks: 201 confirmed destroyed, 42 confirmed abandoned 176 confirmed captured
AFVs: 131 destroyed, 32 abandoned, 116 captured
IFVs and APCs (tracked and wheeled): 252 destroyed, 48 abandoned, 194 captured
Artillery (tube and missile, towed and self-propelled): 56 destroyed, 25 abandoned, 87 captured
SPAA & SAM: 27 destroyed, 10 abandoned, 17 captured
Fixed wing aircraft: 19 fighters and 3 transports destroyed
Helicopters: 19 attack helicopters and 20 transport helicopters
Against this, the Ukranian General Staff put Russian losses as:
Tanks: 644 tanks
Other armored combat vehicles: 1,830;
Tube artillery: 325
Missile artillery: 105 MLR systems;
Air defense vehicles: 54;
Aircraft: 143
Helicopters: 134
UAVs: 89;
Ships: 7;
Other vehicles: 1,249 vehicles, 76 fuel tank trucks, 24 units of special equipment, and 4 mobile SRBM systems.
Even if Russia's actual losses are only half way between the Ukranian claims and the open source confirmed losses that's still north of 525 tanks, 1300 armoured vehicles, 250 artillery and missile systems, 80 fixed wing aircraft and 85 rotary wing aircraft.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
Modified IAW this insight.
