BIG AVIATION REPORT

Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 23:05:03 MT

THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE

RUSSIA BEHIND DRONE ATTACK ON UKRAINIAN AN-124 AT LEIPZIG AIRPORT, GERMAN GOVERNMENT CLAIMS...

Explosive-laden drones, including one which hit, but failed to detonate, a Ukrainian Antonov transport aircraft at Leipzig Airport in early August have been publicly identified by German officials as part of a Russian hybrid warfare campaign.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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