Mother Of Deceased Pilot With Call Sign Juice Allowed To Board F-16
Date
8/25/2024 8:06:23 PM
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The mother of the deceased pilot Andriy Pilshchikov was allowed to sit in the cockpit of the F-16 fighter jet her son dreamed of flying.
The commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, reported this on facebook , Ukrinform reports.
He recalled that he had promised the woman to“at least sit” in the F-16 at the farewell ceremony for the pilot in August last year.
“...Unfortunately, Juice was not able to wait for his deployment to the United States for training. And today his mother is in the cockpit of the F-16. She continues her son's work and will do everything to make our wings stronger,” the commander noted.
Read also: Three
aircraft destroyed, five damaged in Aug 16 drone attack on Russia's Savasleyka air base
As reported by Ukrinform, on August 25 last year, two L-39 aircraft collided in the sky over Zhytomyr region while performing a combat mission . The collision killed three pilots of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade: Majors Viacheslav Minka and Serhiy Prokazin, as well as Captain Andriy Pilshchikov, call sign Juice.
The Ukrainian Air Force later said that Pilshchikov had been dreaming of F-16s in the Ukrainian sky.
MENAFN25082024000193011044ID1108599154
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.