L-39 Albatross?
F-5 trainer
Why in the world would it get that?
Is it a F-5B or an F-5F or a derivative of either of them?
More importantly was it under the Ukrainian Air Force or under a Ukrainian battalion of a foreign army (e.g: Turkish Air Force or USAF?) .
Sources would be really helpful in this
I’m pretty sure that they are in general.
( Federal Register :: Arms Sales Notification )
( Lithuania – AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II Missiles - United States Department of State )
my information was old, i saw a article showing the 9x on a exported aircraft a few days after posting that
Still unlikely that Ukraine has them
Can’t say for sure.
It’s a F-5B then judging by the time period (1965-1975)
It will not have 20mm cannons since the B was never equipped with the M39’s and the only two-seater F-5 that carried the guns was the F-5F. It would still have the secondary mounts though. No ballistic computer either, likely no CM as well though still theoretically can mount them, the ballistics computer came way later in the F-5’s service life.
It would be a event or premium vehicle akin to the F-105 operated by Polish pilots in the USAF since the Polish TT proposal does have the F-105 in it
Oh, how little you know.
if you kept scrolling you’d know ive already discovered that
The Polish F-105 is just a random Polish American who painted some stuff on the side of his aircraft, it was in the USAF and makes no sense in the Polish tech tree
There also is no polish air tree proposal, and the one you are thinking of obviously isn’t that great if it has a USAF vehicle in it
The same is for this, it’s a random Ukrainian American who got his class to have the Trident as their symbol
Makes absolutely no sense in a Ukrainian tech tree, this isn’t a Ukrainian squadron in exile or anything, just a random dude who convinced his class to have Ukrainian symbols
Bro what??? Technically Ukraine can’t get any of these planes???
The Czech Republic plans to transfer more than 10 Aero L-39 Skyfox aircraft to Ukraine, which will be manufactured by Aero Vodochody - praisethesteph reports.
The Czech Prime Minister intends to, together with Ukrainian officials in Brussels, offer allies to help finance the project.
During the 2025 Dubai Air Show, Aero showed a new version of the L-39, specially designed to intercept and destroy UAVs.
The presented L-39 Skyfox was equipped with two FN Herstal HMP-250 suspensions with a 12.7 mm machine gun, two LAU-32 launchers (for 7 missiles each), capable of launching FZ275 LGR/RR or APKWS II, and a Phoenix optoelectronic suspension from SiNAB Technologies.
Ukrainian BE-12
According to various sources it can carry:
- Anti-Submarine Depth Charges: It primarily carries unguided depth bombs designed to destroy underwater and surface targets. A frequently deployed weapon against Ukrainian naval drones is the PLAB-250 unguided depth charge. [1]
- Nuclear Depth Charges: Historically, specialized variants (like the Be-12SK) were modified to carry single nuclear depth bombs intended to wipe out entire submarine groups. [1]
- Conventional Aerial Bombs: It can carry standard high-explosive Soviet gravity bombs for coastal or surface strikes.
- Aviation Markers: The aircraft utilizes specialized OAB lighting/marker bombs used to illuminate the sea or mark targets during night tracking operations. [1]
Could be a Starter bomber
Though it’s not unique to Ukraine since the USSR also operate the Be-12. Though the USSR does have other Be-12 & derivatives to have such as the Be-12N and Be-14
This would literally just be Russian Air but you start at 8.7
You couldn’t be more wrong lol😂 read the thread