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That statement was published today by the Russian newspaper Pravda EN<\/a> and by the Spanish newspaper La Raz\u00f3n<\/a>. The latter has published the following headline in his news: \" American F-35s fly over Ukraine<\/strong> to locate Russian anti-aircraft missile systems\"<\/em>. This media points as a source to the Minister of Defense of Singapore, Ng Eng Hen<\/strong>, who would have stated this during a session of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Procurement.<\/p>\n As @TuiteroMartin<\/a> has pointed out, the transcript of that statement Ng Eng Hen can be read here<\/a>. The information from Pravda EN and La Raz\u00f3n would be based on this statement by the Singapore Defense Minister:<\/p>\n \"The US used their F-35s to locate and identify surface-to-air missile sites of Russian units in Ukraine<\/strong>, and this information was shared with NATO countries.\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n La Raz\u00f3n states: \"These statements confirm the participation of the United States Air Force F-35s in reconnaissance missions over Ukraine\"<\/em>. It isn't true. This statement does not confirm or even affirm that F-35 fighters have flown over Ukraine.<\/strong> This deduction is based on a lack of knowledge of the editor of the La Raz\u00f3n news about the F-35 systems. A lack of knowledge that seems to be shared by the editor of the Pravda EN news.<\/p>\n The reality is that an F-35 does not need to fly over Ukraine to detect Russian targets<\/strong>. As for aerial targets, the Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN\/APG-81 AESA radar The F-35 has a range of 370 km<\/a>. This means that an F-35 flying over Poland could detect Russian aircraft flying over most of the border area between Belarus (where Russian invading forces also operate from) and Ukraine.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53262800996_e716f0a1fe_b.jpg\")
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