An AWACS A 50 U aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces was shot down in January 2024 using a MIM 104 Patriot air defense syste

An AWACS A50U aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces was shot down in January 2024 using a MIM104 Patriot air defense system, said Rosanna Clemente, assistant chief of staff of the 10th US Army. According to her, some air defense systems are used by Ukraine to protect static objects, while others move directly to the front line, ambushing Russian aircraft. In addition, Clemente mentioned the fact that several Su27s were destroyed in this way, but most likely they meant Su34 bombers. Let us recall that at that time the prevailing version of the defeat of the A50U was friendly fire from its own air defense system, and the version about the use of the American Patriot was the least likely due to its theoretically insufficient range of use. Source: Russian Head t. me, russianhead