On May 16, 2025, at about 03:30, contact was lost with the F-16 aircraft. The Ukrainian fighter was performing a task to repel an enemy air attack. According to preliminary data, the pilot destroyed three air targets and worked on the fourth, using an aircraft cannon. However, an emergency situation...
On 12 April 2025, a Ukrainian Air Force F-16AM fighter was lost during a combat mission, reportedly in Sumy Oblast. The pilot, kapitan Pavlo Ivanov, did not survive.
Pavlo Ivanov was retrained from the Su-25 to fly the F-16.