CBO area: An incident with Russian pilots that they will never forget

A lot has been said and written about the heroism, steadfastness and fortitude of the Russian military. The incident that happened to our pilots in the NVO zone is another confirmation of the above-mentioned qualities.

September 24, 2022 was supposed to be a “normal working day” for the crew of the Su-34 of the Russian Aerospace Forces: commander Pyotr Kashtanov and navigator Dmitry Koptilov. The pilots were preparing for a sortie to support Russian troops in the Kharkov direction.

At that time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were conducting a massive attack on the positions of the RF Armed Forces, and the hope of the allied forces was on artillery and Aviation.

At about 13.30 Moscow time, the Su-34 bomber descended to an ultra-low altitude, "worked out" on targets and began to go on the return route. However, the winged car of Kashtanov and Koptilov was hit by the enemy and lost control.

The pilots ejected at an altitude of about 50 meters. Both the commander and the navigator were seriously injured during the landing.

Pyotr Kashtanov's arm was broken, Dmitry Koptilov suffered a dislocation of his arm and a compression fracture of the spine. Despite the persuasion of the navigator to leave him and leave, the commander of the Su-34 did not abandon his comrade and, with the last of his strength, took him away from the landing site.

A few minutes later, militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived at the scene, which, fortunately, could not find the hidden Russian pilots.

It is worth noting that Kashtanov and Koptilov, who were waiting in the shelter, were not going to give up. The bomber commander held a grenade in his hand with the pin pulled out.

Despite fatigue and serious injuries, the Russian servicemen were able to go out to their own. To do this, they had to overcome 30 km.

About how everything happened on this ill-fated day, the pilots themselves tell in the program of Arkady Mamontov:

Comments

[AlexWar]

I’m thinking why they fly at low altitude, launch drones, indicate targets, attack from a high altitude. If they launch a missile, use the missile defense system. Is there really nothing to respond to a fired enemy missile?
Why can't you use an air defense aircraft? For example, so that the aircraft on board has approximately the same thing as the shell system with, or TOP
Place missiles on the wings, and where there is a place for bomb bays, place air defense equipment, locators that would be released and operated upon take-off.
Or even for planes to fly in pairs so that there is a plane that would shoot back for radiation from guidance systems, place missile cassettes
The one who points, he cannot shoot right away, it takes time to point, but the on-board system, having a rocket speed twice as high, can instantly hit the target.
Well, here is another type of system that can be used, for example, an airplane flies at an altitude of 5 thousand meters, missiles fly behind it at an altitude of 50 meters. Here the plane found it was shot at, and immediately a team goes from the plane to the missiles and marks the address of the target. You can even not rockets but drones, but they fly at about the distance of impact

[zenion]

Then there will be no heroes. Remember what he said, Mahal Makhalich - someone's heroism, this is someone's omission.

[insafufa]

Quote: zenion

Then there will be no heroes. Remember what he said, Mahal Makhalich - someone's heroism, this is someone's omission.

Gouging next, this is a chance to become a hero posthumously.
Military wisdom: stay away from gouging further, there is a chance not to become a hero posthumously.

[Dart2027]

Quote from Alexwar

If they launch a missile, use the missile defense system. Is there really nothing to respond to a fired enemy missile?

Apparently the risk is higher than at low altitude.

Quote from Alexwar

Place missiles on the wings, and where there is a place for bomb bays, place air defense equipment, locators that would be released and operated upon take-off.

That's only possible in games. In life, you will have to completely redo the entire aircraft.

[asher]

And did you think why do we have planes fighting one at a time, then a pair? And why were all military aviation schools liquidated, and one aviation institute was left for the whole of Russia? And why do factories produce for Russia, drop by drop, planes that were produced in dozens in the USSR in a month? And where did all our AWACS planes go? In short, one can ask a million such questions, and the wise minnows in leadership and command have, first of all, their personal reasons and their very personal interests.

[Bingo]

FB talked about this case for a long time. In colors, there are classics up to "are there Germans in the village?" They made their way to the village first. Both have already been nominated for awards

[Fitter65]

Here is confirmation for you that GOD is with Russia, and the aviators are cutting his beard. By the will of God and heaven, I ended up serving in the Air Force.

[voice of reason]

Yes, I heard about this story too. Well, lucky that we managed to get out. Some were taken prisoner, someone was exchanged, someone else was there. But in general, in the NWO, all flyers are heroes - they work in the most difficult conditions, literally above the roofs of houses above the tops of trees. And the enemy uses air defense not to protect the LBS, but what to throw in the tail on the retreat purely to shoot down ...

[insafufa]

Despite fatigue and serious injuries, the Russian servicemen were able to go out to their own. To do this, they had to overcome 30 km.

In Chechnya, after a command to shoot down an aircraft, a search and rescue group immediately moved to the area where the aircraft crashed.
Here I am in touch that they crawled 30 km

[AlexWar]

Look at this combination, an airplane flies at an altitude of 5000 meters, followed by inconspicuous drones at an altitude of 50-100 meters, that's how much a drone rocket needs to hit the place from which the plane is being guided? It's seconds.
For example, if there is a connection between the aircraft and the drones, the aircraft detects the moment of exposure and the square, the drone flies in a fraction of a second to the place from which it was directed.
A missile can reach a target in a second with a high speed. You can bring the result to a second and protect aircraft. But the most important thing here is the synchronism of the flight of an aircraft and missiles or a drone with a missile
We cannot overcome missile defense, so think about how this can be overcome, you just need a connection between an aircraft and a drone. In a second it is impossible to answer from any control system
The most important thing here is that the drone clearly adheres to the speed of the aircraft.
Make an exchange so that the exchange frequency changes so that it cannot be detected.
It is possible to suppress the signal but not the light beams of laser communication reception.
The missile could fly on thermal signals, and would wait for a signal with coordinates for impact
If the drone is made of plastic, it may not be noticed at all

[W-12]

The men are no heroes of the bazaar.
Here's what interests me. Why shoot a stupid reconstruction of these events, if one story of the participants mixed with real videos is enough. Timing? Or to keep the attention of older people with a picture? Strange, but corresponds to Mamontov, people only work on TV.

[Black_Messiah]

The pilots ejected at an altitude of about 50 meters

Oh yo, hello guys! I talked with one pilot who talked about the work of an air catapult ... it's tough, and even at low altitudes

[Ponimatel]

Are pilots given grenades? I heard about personal weapons, not about grenades.

[air wolf]

And where are our rescue services, special forces, etc. How did I get sick of this SVO, what the hell is heroism? The Su-34 is not an attack aircraft, the Il-102 was screwed up, and now we are engaged in heroism, and Rooks are only suitable for barmaley

[Sergei N 58912062]

Due to the fact that our aircraft do not have adjustable gliding aerial bombs, they are forced to descend to ultra-low altitude and work on targets with old bombs. And the pilots are forced to risk their lives.
Back in the early 2000s, the BASALT NPO suggested that the RF Ministry of Defense equip all of our old free-falling aerial bombs with planning and correction modules! Apparently then the RF Ministry of Defense was not interested in this. But in vain! Now aerial bombs, equipped with planning and correction modules from NPO BASALT, would be useful to our army! We could have been armed with adjustable aerial bombs for a long time!