One Ukrainian MiG-29 Strike Wipes Out Four Russian Armored Vehicles Hidden in Hangar

A Ukrainian Air Force pilot destroyed four Russian armored vehicles during a single combat mission on the Zaporizhzhia front using US-supplied GBU-39 precision-guided bombs, according to the Ukrainian Air Force on July 28.

The target was identified by Ukrainian reconnaissance drone operators, who detected Russian armored vehicles concealed inside a hangar-type shelter. After confirming the location, the coordinates were passed to a command post, which tasked tactical aviation with carrying out the strike.

The mission was flown by a pilot from Ukraine’s 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade, known by the callsign Oscar, flying a MiG-29 fighter jet equipped with GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs.

“I was on duty at one of the operational airfields. I received an order for a combat sortie, reached the designated area, and carried out a bombing strike on the target. A few minutes later, reconnaissance confirmed the destruction of four enemy armored vehicles,” Oscar said, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

The Air Force said the precision-guided GBU-39 bombs enabled the aircraft to strike vehicles hidden inside the shelter. Images released by the service showed the destroyed hangar and the damaged interior following the attack.

According to the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade, Oscar has flown more than 400 combat sorties since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. During that time, he has destroyed more than 150 ground targets and over 15 aerial targets, making the July 28 strike one of his most successful single missions.

The GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb is a precision-guided munition supplied to Ukraine by its Western partners. Designed to engage fortified and protected targets with high accuracy, it has become one of the key air-delivered precision weapons integrated onto Ukraine’s Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighters.

Earlier in July, Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters used Western-supplied GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs and French AASM HAMMER precision-guided munitions to strike Russian staging areas in Russia’s Kursk region, helping disrupt an attempted Russian advance toward Ukraine’s Sumy region.

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