Crashed combat training fighter Su-27

October 16, 2018, in the Vinnitsa region, a combat training fighter Su-27UB of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine crashed. On board the plane were two pilots - a Ukrainian and an American, both died. The plane took off from the military airfield "Starokonstantinov" Khmelnitsky region, Ukraine (7th Brigade of tactical aviation named after Peter Frank of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) The crew performed the flight mission as part of the multinational exercise "Clear Sky - 2018", in which besides the Ukrainian military aviation participated pilots from 8 NATO member countries: from Belgium, Great Britain, Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and the USA..