Battle for the Skies Over Ukraine

We talk with a leading air war expert about the Reaper downing, Polish M-29s and a provocative B-52 flight along Russian borders

Some of the biggest news from the war in Ukraine this week came out of the blue, you might say. First, there was the collision between a Russian SU-27 war plane and a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone. Then came word that Poland was transferring four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine (followed on Friday by news that Slovakia plans to give its entire fl…