>For the first time in military aviation history, a Western-made F-16 fighter jet has shot down a Russian Su-35 in an air-to-air engagement.
>The Ukrainian Air Force deployed a Dutch-modified F-16AM, supported by a Swedish Saab 340 AEW&C airborne early warning aircraft. The AWACS platform reportedly detected the Russian aircraft 200–300 kilometers from the border and relayed targeting data in real time to the F-16.