Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Sudan

Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Sudan
May 30, 2008: The death of a Russian fighter pilot in Sudan could not be kept secret, despite the best efforts of the Russian and Sudanese governments. The pilot was an instructor, stationed outside Khartoum, at an air base containing the dozen MiG-29 fighters Sudan bought four years ago. The Russian pilot took one of the MiG-29s into action on May 10th, when a convoy of nearly 200 trucks and jeeps approached the capital. The convoy contained 1,200 JEM rebels from Darfur. The heavily armed rebels were headed for the presidential palace when the MiG-29 attacked. But the rebels had some heavy (12.7mm and 14.5mm machine-guns) on some of those trucks, and the MiG-29 was hit and went down. The pilot ejected, but the chute didn't open and he died on impact.


The Sudanese government tried to keep the death, and loss of a Russian pilot, secret. At least one Sudanese radio station was shut down for broadcasting the "rumor." The story also got out in Russia, via the Internet and at least one independent radio station (the government controls all the network operations). The death of the pilot was known to his family and some of his Russian Air Force friends.



The JEM attack was halted, by Sudanese troops, before they could cross a river and reach the palace.

Russian pilots fly Sudan MIGs in Darfour missions

MOSCOW — Sudan has been using Russian pilots to fly its new MiG-29 fleet.
Russian sources said the regime of Sudanese President Omar Bashir has been using former and current Russian Air Force pilots to fly Khartoum's fleet of MiG-29 fighter-jets. The sources said the pilots have participated in operations against rebels in both the Darfour province as well as around Khartoum in May 2008.



"There were significant problems in the effectiveness of Sudanese MiG pilots," a Russian source said. "With the new planes came Russian training and advisers, who also served as pilots."
The sources said one of the Russian pilots was killed in the downing of a MiG-29 Fulcrum jet in the Khartoum suburb of Omdurman. They said a former Russian Air Force pilot was flying the MiG in a mission against the rebel Justice and Equality Movement during its advance on the Sudanese capital.


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"We believe he was shot down by a SAM [surface-to-air] missile," the Russian source said.
The Moscow-based Interfax news agency confirmed the killing of the Russian pilot in Omdurman. Interfax said the pilot, dismissed by the Russian Air Force, served as a foreign adviser to the Sudanese Air Force.

Interfax did not identify the pilot. The news agency said the Russian pilot was not connected to the Russian military mission in Sudan.

The Russian sources said Russian pilots have been flying the 14 MiG-29s since their arrival in Khartoum around 2006. The sources said the MiG-29s were used as part of the effort by the regime of President Omar Bashir to quell the rebellion in Darfour.

Russian analysts have asserted that the fourth-generation Fulcrum was equivalent to the U.S.-origin F-15 fighter. The MiG-29 has been equipped with the advanced R-73 Archer and R-77 Adder air-to-air missiles.

The Sudanese military was said to receive most of its assistance from China and former republics of the Soviet Union. The United States has imposed a weapons embargo on Khartoum.

On Wednesday, U.S. envoy to Sudan, Richard Williamson, arrived in Khartoum at the head of a State Department and CIA delegation. The delegation was said to be discussing ways to remove obstacles toward full U.S. diplomatic relations with Khartoum.


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قالوا ان الجلابة اخوة لنا في وطن واحد ولكنهم خونة وعملاء لجهات
خارجية وهم الاقرب الي الصهيونية اكثر من الاخرين.
استخدام طيارين اجانب في دولة الجلابة شئ قديم منذ استيلاءهم على
السودان في 1956 في استقلال المزعوم.
تسقط دولة الجلابة وتذهب الي الجحيم.

دولة الجلابة ما عندها طيارين في الطيران الحربي هم اصلا
يستخدمون مرتزقة في ضرب شعبنامنذ ان نشأت دولتهم البغيضة.
تسقط استعمار الجلابة وتذهب دولتهم الي الجحيم.

استخدمت دولة الجلابة طيران مرتزقة في كل حرب الجنوب
ودارفور...
تسقط دولة الجلابة البغيضة..

الجلابة ما عندهم شئ غير جلب مرتزقة من الخارج لدفاع عنهم
في السودان...لانهم في ظل دولة سودانية عادلة لا حياة لهم ولا تمتع
بخيرات البلد ولا مجال لسرقات التى يمارسونها ليلا ونهارا..
تسقط دولة الجلابة البغيضة.

ما عندهم ولا طيار واحد قادر على قيادة الطيران الحربي....

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دولة الجلابة صارت ضعيفة تترنح في نهاياتها
تضرب يمنا وشمالا تريد انهيار فوق رؤؤس الجميع.

تحطم مقاتلة روسية في السودان ومقتل قائدها

GMT 16:15:00 2008 الثلائاء 27 مايو

فالح الحمراني



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فالح الحمراني من موسكو:

اسقط المسلحون في السودان مقاتلة من صنع روسي من طراز ميغ 29 في سياق المعارك الدائرة حول ام درمان. وقالت مصادر روسية مطلعة ان تدمير الطائرة في ضواحي العاصمة السودانية اسفر عن مقتل الطيار الروسي الذي كان يقودها.

ونقلت اذاعة "صدى موسكو" المحلية عن تلك المصادر اشارتها الى ان قائد الطائرة تمكن من الهبوط بمقعد الانقاذ الا ان "البرشوت" المرفق به لم ينفتح بالوقت المناسب ولقى الطيار حتفه عند السقوط.

في غضون ذلك، اعلنت وزارة الدفاع الروسية ان لاعلم لها بالحادث. واشارت الى انها لن تقوم باي تحقيق. ورجحت مصادر اخرى ان يكون الطيار الروسي يعمل لدى الحكومة السودانية وفق عقد شخصي بعد تسريحه من القوة الجوية الروسية.