c/ukraine · by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz · 2y

A Russian Su-34 was reportedly shot down in the Kursk region. Waiting for confirmation.

https://t.me/dumky_frontovyka/416

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fluxion@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y

Sucks to be RU

Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y

I can confirm, it has a red cross through it so it's unlikely to be operational.

Steveanonymous@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Now I want a Hatsune Miku jet

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Yeah, say what you want, but Russian planes have amazing paintjobs. The SU-57 looks particularly stunning (the fact that they can't use it helps, of course).

NATO "Practical Grey" is also pretty boring

tal@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

NATO "Practical Grey" is also pretty boring

The camouflage isn't very flashy -- though it is practical -- but if you're looking for flashy, are you aware of the annual NATO Tigers event? I think France started it. A number of countries send an aircraft or two, and at some point, they started putting flashy paintjobs on them for the duration of the event, often with a tiger or at least big cat theme. Someone -- Germany, I think -- had at least one year where they had someone in a tiger fursuit, and a tiger-painted support car, to go with multiple tiger-painted aircraft.

https://www.natotigers.org/tiger-gallery

EDIT: Neither the chick from the German airforce in the tiger bodysuit nor the dude in the tiger suit in that gallery is what I remember seeing pictures of, so I expect that there have been a number of occasions.

EDIT2: Some higher-resolution shots than they have on that gallery from various years and various countries: