On August 4, 1988, Soviet Colonel Ruskoy was flying a Su-25 ground attack aircraft to Pakistan to bomb an Afghan air defense training base, according to the tactical arrangement, Ruskoy and his wingman were responsible for suppressing ground anti-aircraft fire, and then four Su-25s took the opportunity to enter the bombing mission, but at this moment, a Pakistani F-16A fighter came out.
During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Pakistan has been acting as a hotbed of guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan, with a large number of weapons and equipment and trained personnel entering Afghanistan from Peshawar and other places to fight the Soviet army. Since the Americans supplied Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to the Afghan guerrillas in 1985, Soviet warplane losses have been rising, so much so that the Afghans have compared Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to quran-like beings.
Unable to bear the losses, the Soviets decided to send warplanes into Pakistan to bomb the training camps and supply lines of the Afghan guerrillas. Soviet fighters used a hit-and-run tactic that left the Pakistan Air Force, which was only equipped with F-6s and A-5s, helpless. However, as the U.S. military supplied Pakistan with a large number of F-16 fighter jets, the situation gradually changed, and there was the opening scene.
Soon Ruscoy piloted the "Su-25" attack aircraft was locked by the Pakistan Air Force's "Sidewinder" missile, in order to cover the evacuation of the wingman, Ruscoy piloted the "Su-25" crazy for maneuver defense, but in the end it did not help. The end result was that the fighter plane was shot down and the pilot parachuted to escape.
Colonel Ruskoy, who eventually parachuted, was captured by a local Pakistani young woman and his son, but faced pressure from the Soviets, Pakistan released the prisoner 12 days later.
It is worth mentioning that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Colonel Ruskoy led a high-level delegation to Pakistan for a visit, and he did not know what it was like to revisit the place and what it was like to be a former prisoner.
