Russian pilots chase Ukraine’s glide-bomb jets. They will soon meet Gripens’ 200-km Meteors.

Russian pilots chase Ukraine’s glide-bomb jets. They will soon meet Gripens’ 200-km Meteors.

Ukraine is beginning to fly its glide-bombing jets in escorted pairs—one low with the bombs, one high to drive off Russian fighters—and the Swedish Gripen jets it has on order could make that tactic far more effective, Euromaidan Press defense writer David Axe reported. Explore further Ukrainian jets now fly in pairs: one lobs cheap glide bombs, the other swats off Russian jets The shift matters because Ukraine's air war is turning around. For …