The pilot from the “Ghosts of Kyiv”: what is known about the MiG-29 pilot who died after the mission
23 August 21:15
Serhiy Bondar, a pilot of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade “The Ghost of Kyiv,” was killed on the night of August 23. The tragedy occurred when the MiG-29 pilot was returning from a combat mission.
This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade “The Ghost of Kyiv” on Facebook.
“Last night, a pilot of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade “Ghost of Kyiv”, Deputy Squadron Commander Major Serhiy Bondar, was killed while returning from a combat mission,” the post reads.
What is known about the pilot
The Ukrainian defender was born in 1979 in Kropyvnytskyi, where he lived with his family: wife, son and daughter.
In 2000, Sergiy Bondar graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He devoted his entire life to aviation, although he had a break in military service. He worked as a lecturer at the National Aviation University.
With the outbreak of full-scale war, the pilot returned to military service and defended the skies in the 40th Brigade. Sergiy Bondar renewed his flying skills on L-39 and MIG-29 aircraft.
It was on MIG-29 fighters that the hero carried out daily combat work to protect Ukraine’s airspace – successfully destroying enemy air targets and carrying out missile and bomb attacks on the occupiers’ positions, their headquarters and equipment in different directions of the front.
“We remember Serhii Bondar as a balanced and professional pilot. A man with a big heart and boundless optimism, humor, sincerity and mutual support for his neighbors. We sincerely condole with his family, friends, comrades-in-arms and everyone who knew the glorious defender of the Ukrainian land,” the Air Force said.
on the morning of August 23, the Ukrainian Air Force reported the crash of a MiG-29 aircraft. After performing a combat mission, fighter pilot Serhiy Bondar was killed during a landing approach.
