공격기 리투아니아, L-39 경공격기를 우크라이나에 공여

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리투아니아가 L-39ZA 경공격기를 트럭에 실어 우크라이나로 인도했다고 4월 20일 발표했습니다. 우크라이나 공군은 이 기종을 이미 경공격기 용도로 운영중이라고 하네요. 

리투아니아는 L-39 훈련기 4대, L-39ZA 2대를 운영했었고 이미 퇴역한 상태였는데 이를 부품 상태로 우크라이나로 보낸 것 같습니다. 

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/ukraine-conflict-lithuania-transfers-l-39-light-combat-jet-to-kyiv/

Ukraine conflict: Lithuania transfers L-39 light combat jet to Kyiv

22 APRIL 2024

by Gareth Jennings

The disassembled L-39 light combat jet after being offloaded from a freight truck in Ukraine. (Lithuanian MoD)

Lithuania has successfully transferred an Aero Vodochody L-39ZA Albatros light strike jet to Ukraine, transporting the aircraft in the back of a freight lorry.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced the delivery on 20 April, saying the single-engined jet had been transferred as part of a wider military aid package to Kyiv.

Once assembled and tested, the L-39ZA will join the Ukrainian Air Force, which already operates the type as a light fighter and ground attack platform. The L-39 is equipped with a centreline single 23 mm GSh-23 two-barrel gun, and can carry an assortment of bombs and rockets on four underwing hardpoints. It can also carry AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles on its outboard weapons pylons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Air_Force#After_1992

Lithuanian Air Force - Wikipedia