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Update March 1st 2022
Tragic news coming from the Ukraine Air Force this morning. SU-27 Flanker display pilot Colonel Oleksandr Oksanchenko has been killed in action by Russian forces.
He came out of retirement to defend his country from the Russian invasion and paid the highest price. Col. Oksanchenko was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine by the president of the Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A hero in many people’s eyes. Blue skies & tailwinds, Sir.
With no Airshow this year at RIAT I thought I'd share some of the more memorable display's!
This was 2017 and we just had a heavy rain shower, and the Flanker was sat at the end of the runway for several minutes when there was some stunning sunshine, so it was a great shame he missed the best of the light but that flat display was awesome
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