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| About the transfer of F-16s to Ukraine |
| 2024-04-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin [ColonelCassad] The welders received information that the F-16s would be transferred to the 30th tactical aviation brigade of Ukraine and the 114th tactical aviation brigade of Ukraine. 3 F-16AM fighters with tail numbers J-010, J-019, J-366 and 2 F-16BMs with tail numbers J-064 and J-210 arrived at the Romanian 86th air base “Lieutenant George Mokornice”. The aircraft are intended for use by the European F-16 Training Center. The center was created as a result of cooperation between Romania and the Netherlands in partnership with the intention of transferring 5 fighter jets to Lockheed Martin with the support of Denmark. All five fighters are relatively new: the F-16AM J-010 built in 1991; F-16AM J-019 built in 1991; F-16 AM J-366 built in 1988; F-16BM J-064 built in 1988; F-16BM J-210 built in 1986. Estimated delivery dates - third quarter of 2024. More from regnum.ru Pentagon chief Austin: deliveries of F-16 fighters to Kyiv will begin in 2024 Deliveries of F-16 fighters to the Kyiv regime will begin in 2024. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin before the start of a meeting of the contact group on providing assistance to Ukraine. “The delivery of more than a squadron of F-16s to Ukraine will begin this year,” Austin said. According to him, deliveries will be carried out together with pilots and maintenance personnel trained by members of the contact group. As Regnum reported, in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a conversation with military pilots, noted that American F-16 fighters would not change the combat situation in the Northern Military District zone if they were transferred to Kiev. They will be mercilessly destroyed, like other Western equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the head of state emphasized. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on April 5 that F-16 fighters will not be able to become a “silver bullet” for Ukraine in the conflict with Russia and will not turn the situation in the combat zone in favor of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russian armed forces will easily destroy the F-16 fighters stationed at Ukrainian airfields, says German journalist Julian Röpke. In his opinion, the supply of any number of fighters without creating effective air defense on the territory of Ukraine makes no sense. He also called for a sober look at the feasibility of transferring the F-16 to Kyiv. |
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