An AWACS A-50U aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces was shot down in January 2024 using a MIM-104 Patriot air defense syste

An AWACS A-50U aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces was shot down in January 2024 using a MIM-104 Patriot air defense system, said Rosanna Clemente, assistant chief of staff of the 10th US Army. According to her, some air defense systems are used by Ukraine to protect static objects, while others move directly to the front line, ambushing Russian aircraft. In addition, Clemente mentioned the fact that several Su-27s were destroyed in this way, but most likely they meant Su-34 bombers . Let us recall that at that time the prevailing version of the defeat of the A-50U was “friendly fire” from its own air defense system, and the version about the use of the American “Patriot” was the least likely due to its theoretically insufficient range of use. Source: Russian Head