At present, the U.S. Air Force has two stealth fighters, F-35 and F-22, which is also the number one combat power of the U.S. Air Force, but because of the cost structure and small number of F-22 stealth fighters, the United States uses more F-35 fighters to deter competitors in the global deployment process. But U.S. F-35 fighter jets have already begun to move, according to the U.S. Capitol Hill newspaper reported on February 25, the U.S. Air Force has sent six F-35 fighters to the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea, which are used to support NATO.
Russia has set up a clear no-fly zone in the airspace near Ukraine, but even if the United States has F-35 fighters, it is not afraid to break into this no-fly zone, it can be seen that the Reconnaissance aircraft of the United States and other NATO countries, aerial tankers have been flying on the edge of the no-fly zone, because once they enter the no-fly zone, Russian fighters will likely shoot them all down.
These 6 F-35 fighters were originally deployed at Spandalham Air Base in Germany, belonging to the 34th Fighter Squadron, and in recent days have been deployed to the Black Sea and Baltic Sea region, they will carry out air patrol tasks, according to U.S. officials, two of these 6 F-35 fighters were sent to Estonia, two were sent to Lithuania, and the other two were sent to Romania, all of them were close to Russia and Ukraine, just at the critical moment of the redeployment of US F-35 fighters. The Ukrainian side also killed the red eye, and there are signs that the Russian transport aircraft has been shot down.
The Russian transport aircraft that was shot down this time is a large Il-76 transport aircraft, the aircraft can carry more than 100 airborne troops, when the Il-76 transport aircraft was shot down in the south of kiev, the capital of Ukraine, but at that time, how many soldiers were carried on the Il-76 transport plane, it has not been disclosed, Russia should also be thankful, the transport aircraft that was shot down this time is an Il-76 transport aircraft, if an An-124 large transport aircraft was shot down at that time, then there will be more casualties, Because the single-time carrying capacity of the An-124 transport aircraft is significantly stronger than that of the Il-76 large transport aircraft.
In the process of Russia's special military operation against Ukraine, Russia also gave full play to its own advantages, that is, to use a large number of missiles to strike Ukrainian targets, including caliber cruise missiles developed by large surface ships, including Kh31 anti-radiation missiles launched by warplanes, and also including the Army's Iskander tactical missiles, according to media sources, there have been more than 200 Iskander tactical missiles directly hit Ukraine's key military targets. Text/Iris