First documentary evidence of Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 using 1000-pound American Mk83 bombs

The first documentary confirmation of Ukrainian military pilots starting to use American Mk83 bombs with JDAM ER kits was recorded in the area of the special military operation. The corresponding video was published by the resources of the 39th tactical aviation brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The footage published online clearly shows a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 pilot dropping two Mk83 munitions with JDAM ER kits. In all likelihood, they were used to destroy the positions of the Russian Armed Forces assault units. The footage also shows a powerful explosion.
As military experts explain, the gliding range of such munitions reaches 75 kilometers. Such characteristics of the munition allow Ukrainian pilots to carry out bombings without entering the zone of action of the Russian air defense system. For them, this is a crucial point, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces aviation suffered huge losses after the start of the special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

The inertial unit tracks the bomb's displacement speed in three planes and calculates the distance traveled, providing the system with information about the deviation from the calculated course. The GPS navigator sets the target coordinates and the current coordinates of the bomb. And the microprocessor, based on the data from the inertial unit and the navigator, calculates the current position of the bomb and calculates the flight path taking into account the altitude and speed
- experts explain.
Let us recall that the first reports of the upcoming deliveries of Mk83 aerial bombs with JDAM ER kits to Ukraine date back to February 2023. However, until recently, there were no facts of the use of these munitions by the Ukrainian Air Force.
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