KYIV, Ukraine - On social media, the "Ghost of Kyiv" was a military hero, an ace fighter pilot hailed for supposedly shooting down multiple Russian planes. The tales began just days into the war and ...

Unconfirmed reports of an ace Ukrainian fighter pilot have gone viral, with social media users dubbing the fighter the “Ghost of Kyiv.” Supposedly downing as many as six Russian planes in the first ...

One Ukrainian fighter pilot dubbed the “Ghost of Kyiv” has emerged as an unconfirmed heroic figure as Ukraine pushes back against invading Russian troops. Unconfirmed reports have gone viral on ...

One of the most legendary stories to come out of the Ukraine and Russia conflict is the notorious tale of the "Ghost of Kyiv". The tale began circling the internet in the early weeks of Russia's ...

As Russian missiles burned across the horizon and military aircraft prowled the skies above Kyiv, digital whispers of a lone airborne hero among the Ukrainian resistance began to emerge online. His ...

Over the weekend, Ukrainian officials admitted that the Ghost of Kyiv, a fighter pilot who was said to have shot down 40 enemy planes, never existed. "[The] Ghost of Kyiv is a superhero-legend whose ...

“We want a good product just like the commander does,” said Troy Blaschko, an aircraft painter with M1 assigned to the 57th Maintenance Group. An F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet made its initial ...