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Ukraine went to war in February 2022 with no more than 57 flyable Su-27s—and has lost at least 16 in action, including six that were damaged or destroyed last summer in a Russian missile attack while parked at Mirgorod air base, 100 miles from Ukraine’s northern border with Russia.
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David Axe, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The Ukrainian air force went to war with 43 flyable Su-25s, got an extra 18 airframes from Macedonia and Bulgaria and lost at least 20 of the jets in action, leaving at most 41 in service.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
There the Spruce Goose sat under 24-hour guard as a staff 300, reduced to 50 in 1962, kept the plane in flyable condition, even firing up the engines once a week until a special turning apparatus was invented.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
Scaling up to this level while keeping our airplanes aerodynamic (and flyable) won’t be easy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
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David Axe, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The Ukrainian air force went to war with 43 flyable Su-25s, got an extra 18 airframes from Macedonia and Bulgaria and lost at least 20 of the jets in action, leaving at most 41 in service.
—David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
There the Spruce Goose sat under 24-hour guard as a staff 300, reduced to 50 in 1962, kept the plane in flyable condition, even firing up the engines once a week until a special turning apparatus was invented.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
Scaling up to this level while keeping our airplanes aerodynamic (and flyable) won’t be easy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
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“Flyable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flyable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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