A MiG-29 fighter pilot of the Sevastopol Tactical Aviation Brigade shot down two enemy UAVs in one flight mission.
He told about this on the Facebook page of the Air Force Command West.
"I had a feeling of confidence. I took off from one of the operational airfields. Before the flight, I said "hello" to the plane and mentally said that we had to shoot down the Shahed drone," says Pavlo.
He is a fighter pilot of the Sevastopol Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Air Command West.
After Pavlo had destroyed one attack drone, he was tasked with destroying another target.
"Then I said to my plane again: 'We have to do this together, shoot down the second one. And we did it. It was a sleepless night, but productive for me and ended in a calm morning for the Ukrainians who were targeted by these two enemy drones," the pilot summarizes.
He notes that shooting down small and low-speed attack drones is not as easy as it seems. You need to carefully calculate everything: the speed of the aircraft, your maneuvers in the sky.
However, Ukrainian pilots are well trained and have had a lot of training to effectively counter the Shahed attack drones.
"Of course, you feel happy that you managed to destroy the target. But it lasts for a few seconds, and then you focus on the next flight mission again," the military says.