Ukrainian Albatros additions

L-39C ‘72 Blue’ (c/n 934658) of 7 brTA, Ukraine’s sole Su-24 unit, during a training flight over its home base of Starokostyantyniv in August 2012. Together with ‘71 Blue’, this aircraft was delivered to the unit fresh from overhaul in Odessa on June 26 that year. These were the first L-39s to sport the (now standard) grey ‘digital’ camouflage. This year, 7 brTA received two new L-39M1s (also identical ‘71 Blue’ and ‘72 Blue’) from Odessa as replacements. The older