ARCHIVE: Ukrainian Su-27 over Starokostiantyniv during Clear Sky 2018

A two-seat fighter jet in blue and grey digital camouflage with the side number 70 flies left across a pale blue sky. — U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Sparks (DVIDS 4803757) · Public domain (U.S. Air Force photo)

ARCHIVE photo from Oct. 8, 2018. The U.S. Air Force caption says a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker flies over the flightline during the opening ceremony of exercise Clear Sky 18 at Starokostiantyniv Air Base, Ukraine. Other photos in the U.S. set describe Clear Sky 18 as the first large-scale, air-centric multinational exercise U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa sponsored in eastern Europe since 2014; it is added here alongside the Ukrainian Air Force's Oct. 15, 2026 cockpit video. This aircraft later crashed on Oct 16, 2018, killing both crew members.

What: ARCHIVE: Ukrainian Su-27 over Starokostiantyniv during Clear Sky 2018
Where: Starokostiantyniv Air Base, Ukraine
When: Oct 8, 2018
Who: U.S. Air Force (DVIDS)
Status: Official release
Warning: Content warning: None. A fighter jet in flight during an exercise flyover; no one harmed. Graphic level: none.

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U.S. Air Force (DVIDS) · A Ukrainian Su-27 Flanker over Starokostiantyniv Air Base, Clear Sky 18 (U.S. Air Force photo, DVIDS 4803757, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Captured 8 October 2018. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: U.S. Air Force (DVIDS). Location: Starokostiantyniv Air Base, Ukraine.

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Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Sparks (DVIDS 4803757). License: Public domain (U.S. Air Force photo).

Archive · 8 October 2018