Ukrainian Air Force Independent Tech Tree – Concept Proposal

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Hello!

I’ve been working on a conceptual Ukrainian Air Force aviation research tree, and I wanted to present it here in a structured way for feedback before I polish it into a formal suggestion format.

The purpose of this concept is not to argue politics — it’s simply to show that, just like Sweden, Israel, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, Japan, etc. — Ukraine has enough distinct aviation history — both inherited and modernized — to actually function as a playable air nation in War Thunder.

Ukraine today has one of the most mixed real-world inventories in the game’s time period:

• legacy Soviet airframes (MiG-29, Su-27, Su-24, Su-25, Tu-22)
• post-1991 Ukrainian modernization projects (MiG-29MU1/2, Su-27P1M, Su-25SM, Su-17 modernization, etc.)
• Western cooperation + integration (Mirage 2000-5 deliveries, Gripen potential deliveries, F-16A/B Block 15 etc.)

This combination makes Ukraine a really interesting tree from a gameplay standpoint — because instead of being “just another USSR copy” it actually becomes a bridge nation between Eastern and Western tech.

Tree Structure Philosophy

I used a 4-line split:

Fighter – Fighter – Striker – Bomber

so you have:

• Pure air-to-air interceptors
• Multirole fighters
• Strike / CAS / attack aviation
• Dedicated bombers

Rank progression is paced by known modernization timelines — for example:
MiG-21bis → MiG-23MLD → MiG-29MU1 → MiG-29MU2 makes a logical, historically grounded fighter line.

BRs were based loosely on in-game comparisons, not “wishful thinking.”

Here is the tech tree I made:

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Discussion Points I’d like feedback on:

• Is my BR progression believable?
• Should Yak-52 start Rank IV or Rank III?
• Should helicopters be included in the same suggestion or should they be separate?
• Are there any Ukrainian modernizations I missed (e.g. Su-25MT conversions, export variants, etc.)?

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I’m posting this mainly to gather community feedback to refine this into a polished suggestion draft that could later be submitted to the dev section.

Thanks for taking the time to look at this — I’m interested in any opinion — positive or negative — as long as it’s constructive!

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Probably won’t happen due to an ongoing conflict. Would be too controversial.

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Yes! More copypaste!

Just add the significantly modernized variants into nations that produced the original vehicle.

There is not nearly enough stuff to complete the tree without majority of vehicles being copypaste slop.

People need to understand that making more trees won’t make the game any better. Majority of remaining nations just lack stuff to complete standalone trees and are better off being represented by the few unique designs they have being added into already existing trees.

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Good work bro but this will probably be taken down as there is already a suggestion for Ukrainę air force

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bit of a gap ay?

this man speaks the truth

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This is cool but I feel like we don’t need a whole tree for a few small modernisations of soviet jets. This is almost entirely copypaste and I’m not a big fan of that. I’d rather see Ukraine become a subtree of some other nation once the Ukraine war is over (or just a branch of USSR if people are ok with it)

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Firstly what on Earth are the BR’s
Secondly the L-29 was never armed
Thirdly this is one of the very last nations that should get a tech tree especially air wise

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Su-25 sub tree?

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Nah some nations would arguably have a worse air tree… shoot out to Jamaica (the first one I thought of, there’s plenty others)

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su27 and mig29 tree more like xD

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Remember to use existing topics to discuss Ukrainian air tree

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As stated in your other, locked topic; please use already existing threads (this was also displayed above)

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