The Karenni People’s Liberation Front (Kalalata) was able to shoot down the army’s K-8W fighter jet in a battle near New Village in Karenni. According to a press release, the president of the military council awarded medals to the two pilots who died as a result of being shot down.
On July 27th, the Kalalata side released the details of the incident after investigating that a fighter jet sent by the military was shot down in the battle near the Ywa Thit village area on June 30th. The military fighter jet that the Kalalata shot down was a K-8W, flight number (3935), and was piloted by Captain Thaw Zin (Air 4198) and Captain Aung Phyo Kyaw (Air 4349) on the day it was shot down, and it took off from Taungoo Airfield.
It was reported that it was not easy to approach the forest in the eastern part of New Village where the plane crashed, and we could only take some recorded photos from a distance. It is reported that the Chairman of the Military Council presented the “ Major/Hero” title to Captain Thaw Zin, who died in the plane crash, and the “ Captain/Hero Record Medal” to Captain Aung Phyo Kyaw on July 24. It is said that the K-8W fighter jet crashed because the K-8W fighter plane crashed After all, the commander and soldiers of the force fought with all their small arms in a sudden incident of death. According to Kalalata’s statement, the K-8W shooting and crash were reported to the chairman of NUG’s Public Security and Defense Council, and special thanks to those who provided the information.
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