On a warfront dominated by satellites, precision missiles and long-range drones, Ukraine has quietly opened a new chapter in low‑tech air defense. Pilots are climbing into 1970s‑era propeller trainers ...

This month, a beaten-up, Soviet-era propeller-driven plane taxied to a halt on a rural runway and two of Ukraine’s top air aces clambered out, one carrying a rifle. The pair, clad in olive-drab flight ...