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There Is No Easy Way To Counter Iranian Drones Striking Ukraine

December 11, 2022

Last week in a piece for Newsweek I told them that the drone Iran is sending to Russia are not very effective weapons in spite of the fact that they View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Aviation, News + Intel, Russia, Technology, Ukraine, World
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No Air Superiority, No Winning for Russia

November 9, 2022

In a previous analysis by our very own Guy McCardle, SOFREP noted that one of Russia’s most significant gaps is its Air Force. With the US focusing on more ways View More ›

SOFREP 1 Comment Aviation, Russia, Ukraine
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SOFREP Intercept: Ukraine Captures Rare Russian ‘Orlan-30’ Drone

October 23, 2022

A Rare Find Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have become fixtures on the modern battlefield. There are military and non-military versions of UAVs. They have become the “eyes in View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Aviation, News, Technology, Ukraine
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Why Russia Cannot Obtain Air Superiority in Ukraine

October 22, 2022

Size Isn’t Everything Despite having the second largest Air Force on the planet, the Russians cannot, and will not, gain air superiority in Ukraine. This fact has played a massive View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Expert Analysis, Featured, Ukraine, Weapons
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Ukraine Modifies Soviet-made Jets to Fire US-made Anti-Radiation Missiles

October 20, 2022

Pentagon confirmed last month that the US sent some of its High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) to Ukraine to help combat the ongoing war against the Russian Invasion. Since then, the View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Aviation, Global Politics, News, Ukraine
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Ukrainians Blow Multiple Russian Su-35 Fighter Jets Out of the Sky

September 28, 2022

Two Billion Dollars Worth of Smoldering, Twisted Metal According to Newsweek, Russia has lost two dozen expensive Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker E fighter jets thus far in its war on Ukraine. View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Aviation, Ukraine
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Russian ‘Frogfoot’ Jet Fighter Shot Down Over Ukraine

September 20, 2022

Ukrinform reports that according to the press service of the Ukrainian Airborne Assault Troops, one of their paratroopers downed a Russian Su-25 “Frogfoot” on July 29th, 2022. The press service View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Aviation, News, Ukraine
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The Bargain Bin War; Air Force May Unload the A-10 Thunderbolt II on Ukraine

September 14, 2022

Just about 10 days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall stated that he was “not aware of any current plan, or even discussion of a current plan View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Expert Analysis, Foreign Policy, Military, Russia, Ukraine
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The Bargain Bin War; Air Force May Unload the A-10 Thunderbolt II on Ukraine

September 12, 2022 First Lt. Micha Stoddard, flying the lead aircraft, and his wingman, Capt. Casey Peasley, fly their A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in an echelon formation March 26, 2014, enroute from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., to their home base in Boise, Idaho. The crews performed an in-air refueling with a Utah National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker after the air combat exercise Green Flag East. Stoddard and Peasley are assigned to the 190th Fighter Squadron. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur/Released

Just about 10 days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall stated that he was “not aware of any current plan, or even discussion of a current plan View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Air Force, Expert Analysis, Foreign Policy, Military, Russia, Ukraine
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Three of the Largest Military Aircraft Ever Produced

September 8, 2022

If you were to travel back in time and tell the people of the 1700s that there would be vehicles that could fly up the sky like birds and could View More ›

SOFREP No Comments Aviation, Ukraine
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