On the Independence Day of Ukraine, the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade was awarded the honorary title “Ghosts of Kyiv”. The ceremony took place on Sophia Square in Kyiv.
In the spring of 2022, the “Ghosts of Kyiv”, the unbending and unbowed flight crews of all aviation units of the Air Force, heroically defended the capital from enemy invasion from the sky. Having won the battle for Kyiv and driven enemy aircraft out of Ukrainian airspace, the defenders of Ukraine entered into air defense and combat duty in all strategic directions.
Today, thousands of women and men from the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Air Command Center carry out missions in the hottest spots of the Ukrainian defense. Among the pilots of the brigade, 5 Heroes of Ukraine, unfortunately, 4 – posthumously.
This honorary title is a distinction of the highest valor, courage and patriotism, the merits of each serviceman of the brigade and all the pilots of the Air Force, who in the first most terrible hours and days fought in the skies of Kyiv with the occupier at the cost of their lives.
Source: Racurs
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