• atro_city
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    3411 months ago

    Did Ukraine just get F-16s and finish training their pilots?

    • @prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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      5011 months ago

      At least 1 f-16 is airborne over Ukraine as of today.

      The pilots and crews have been being trained for some time.

      This is the beginning.

      • atro_city
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        1011 months ago

        Hopefully the beginning of the end of the Russian invasion, but let’s see.

        • @JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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          811 months ago

          It definitely isn’t a win now button for Ukraine. Some estimates are they’d need several hundred to achieve air superiority, and then they’d still need to be able to follow though on the ground. But any additional airframes will help first stop Russian glide bomb attacks, then allow Ukrainian contested close air support of their own.