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Lieutenant-Colonel Oleksii 'Moonfish' Mes 26 August 2024 |
 As of June 2022, Moonfish was the commander of a squadron of Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters. In August 2023, Moonfish started a training course in the United States with plans to eventually fly an F-16. In June 2022, Moonfish visited the US with another Ukrainian pilot, call sign Juice, to lobby for F-16s for Ukraine. They met with several US lawmakers and explained which modern weapons systems were needed most in Ukraine. The pilots met with Adam Kinzinger in his office in Washington, D.C. As a result, Kinzinger introduced the «Ukraine Fighter Pilots Act» to the United States House of Representatives on June 17, 2022. After months of advocacy to ensure F-16s for Ukraine, Moonfish was among the first Ukrainian pilots to start F-16 training in the US. He gave an extensive interview to Ukrainian TV describing the process. In the Fall of 2023, his training advanced from a simulator cockpit to actual F-16 airframes. While "repelling the biggest ever aerial attack" on Monday August 26, 2024, Moonfish was killed when his F-16 crashed. |
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