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UAV event in Kachin State, Myitkina area, Myanmar on Fri 26th December 2025

26th December 2025

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The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) launched another attack using suicide drones on the Myitkyina Air Force Headquarters, destroying one fighter jet. Within two days, the KIA damaged a total of one helicopter and two fighter jets.

A KIA military source told Yangon Khit Thit News Agency that the KIA carried out another drone attack against the Myanmar junta’s Myitkyina Air Force Headquarters in Kachin State, damaging one fighter aircraft. The source confirmed that the damage to the jet was verified today following the December 26 attack.

“On December 25, during the earlier attack on Myitkyina Air Base, we managed to damage one Mi-17 helicopter and one K-8W fighter jet. Then, in the second attack on December 26, another fighter jet was damaged,” said the KIA military source.

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