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They F***ing Shot Us Down – Russian Pilot Films Himself After Ejecting (www.kyivpost.com)
submitted 3 months ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

His (combat jet) flying days are likely over. You can only handle one, maybe two ejections before it messes up your spine from the high G-forces.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 77 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Not sure that’s Russian policy if they’re low on pilots.

[–] assembly@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

Yeah that would be the policy for a normal country but considering Russia they will put him in aircraft until he stops breathing.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good point. They probably don't care if their pilots get permanently paralyzed from one too many ejections, considering their complete indifference to their front line soldiers becoming part of the Meat Cube™.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can still fly but you're not allowed to eject anymore

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Graduate from pilot to payload.

[–] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

Here I assumed they probably had ejection-seat experience as standard training. But that makes sense I suppose.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

What in the Gen z alternate reality are we living in? lol. True “modern warfare”

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago

It is not exactly clear when and where the video was taken, nor who exactly “they” were. According to a BBC report earlier this year almost 350 Russian fighters, ground attack aircraft and tactical bombers have been shot down over the battlefield during the last two and a half years. These have been by both Ukrainian air defense assets and “friendly fire” incidents.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Now that is an extreme selfie!

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

did anybody figured out when did that happen?

[–] GenosseFlosse 7 points 3 months ago

Yes, shortly after his plane got hit.

[–] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Anybody here know if this was from one of the f-16's?

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

More likely Russian air defense.