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They F***ing Shot Us Down – Russian Pilot Films Himself After Ejecting (www.kyivpost.com)
submitted 11 months ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] assembly@lemmy.world 28 points 11 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 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Graduate from pilot to payload.

[–] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago

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

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 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.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

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

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Now that is an extreme selfie!

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

did anybody figured out when did that happen?

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 7 points 11 months ago

Yes, shortly after his plane got hit.

[–] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

More likely Russian air defense.