Russian Sukhoi SU-25 Frogfoot gets hit by Ukrainian Anti-Air Missile and Keeps Flying - FORTH News

The plane keeps flying and continues its strike before deploying flares to avoid further heat detection by other Ukrainian anti-air missiles.

The SU-25 Frogfoot is the Soviet/Russian equivalent to the US A-10 Warthog and is used for close air support for ground troops in combat while being designed to resist heavy enemy anti-aircraft fire.

A Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was hit by a missile from a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) fired from the ground by Ukrainian troops in the Kherson area.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, The pilot of the damaged aircraft decided to turn off the damaged engine and not leave the aircraft. The pilot of the leading (first) plane, Lieutenant Colonel Denis Litvinov, rebuilt, and realizing that the comrade's plane could not withstand a second missile hit, he covered it with his own plane.

The pilot of the second aircraft visually detected the launch of the second rocket and, firing off heat traps, managed to divert the rocket to the side. (This described scenario matches the footage at 45 sec which is captured by a civilian)

During the landing approach, the pilot of the damaged Su-25 reported on the failure of the control and monitoring systems of the aircraft. The landing was made without incident.

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