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Ukraine's F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes, Pilot Killed

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AUG 2024

Above: Farewell ceremony for Ukrainian F-16 pilot Oleksiy Mest on Aug. 29, 2024, in Shepetivka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. Image copyright: Libkos/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Imagesstory last updated AUG 2024

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Ukraine's Army General Staff confirmed Thursday that one of the six F-16 fighter jets Kyiv has received from NATO allies to fight against Russia crashed on Monday during a massive Russian aerial attack.

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