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Chart of Russian air force losses during South Ossetia War
2016-08-08







Date/TimeAircraftLocationPilot/Crew FateUnitOpponentMeans
August 8th 1800 hrsSu-25BMSouth OssetiaLieutenant Colonel Oleg Terebunskogo Ejected Safely368th Attack Aviation RegimentSouth Ossetia militiaMANPADs
August 9thTu-22M3Karbauli Sachkhere district of GeorgiaNumerous Pilots/crewAll but 1 KIA52nd Guards Heavy Bomber RegimentGeogian militarySAMs
August 9th 1020SU-24MShindisi village (Georgia)Colonel Igor Rzhavitin, Colonel Igor Zinoviev Pilot dead, WO Wounded and Captured929th State Flight Test CentreGeorgia militaryMANPADs
August 9th 1030 hrsSU-25SMsouth of Tskhinvali (Georgia)Colonel Sergei CobîlasPilot Ejected Safely368th Attack Aviation RegimentPossibly friendly elementsMANPADs
August 9th 1530SU-25BMSouth OssetiaMajor Vladimir EdamenkoPilot KIA368th Attack Aviation RegimentFriendly ElementZSU-23-4 "Shilka"
August 11th 1100SU-24MTskhinvali (Georgia)Unidentified pilot and WOBoth Ejected Safely929th State Flight Test CentreRussian troopsUnknown


It should be noted that in all six of these incidents, four Russian aircraft were shot down by elements friendly to the Russian military, including their own troops. It also should be noted that the tiny Georgia air force, after an initial bombing raid in South Ossetia at the beginning of the war was not a factor in the fighting.

And for all the guffaws, finger waving, finger pointing, and haw haws that will follow in the comments, this information was put together by a Russian blogger using publicly available sources.
Posted by:badanov

#5  No telling.
Posted by: badanov   2016-08-08 20:27  

#4  Thanks bad.
Well whatever the reason for descending, I guess the crew didn't know it would backfire.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-08-08 19:53  

#3  The foto is of the 9A310-1 "BUK" missile AKA the SA-11, not the same missile or launcher
Posted by: badanov   2016-08-08 18:42  

#2  The text says that for some unknown reason the aircraft dropped from 12,000 meters to 4,000 meters before it was shot down. The platform used was the 9K33 Osa (SA-8A "Gecko")
Posted by: badanov   2016-08-08 18:38  

#1  I get the 24s and especially 25s, but a 22? Interesting, is the site saying that the pic of the SAM system is what they used to get the 22?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-08-08 18:26  

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