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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Since when did the US get a bunch of MiGs? Those are Russian planes.


3 posted on 03/12/2022 11:13:11 AM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Berosus

They want Poland to give their aircraft to Ukraine.

Poland has MiGs.


6 posted on 03/12/2022 11:14:50 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: Berosus

The Migs would be donated by ex-Soviet states in Eastern Europe like Poland etc.


10 posted on 03/12/2022 11:17:38 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Berosus
"Since when did the US get a bunch of MiGs? Those are Russian planes."

We send hobbits into Russia on a regular basis to steal their MiGs. It's been quite successful.

Just wait until they find out how many of their nuclear warheads are missing.

44 posted on 03/12/2022 11:46:06 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Berosus
They want the DOD to accept old Polish MIGS in a transfer of arms from Poland in exchange for modern USA aircraft. Then the USA can give the Fascist Ukrainians the MIGS to fight the Fascist Russians.

Sounds good except for one problem, the transfer of arms is not so simple, a DOD official pointed out how complicated it was and basically not feasible in this circumstance.

One problem, as I understand it, the MIGS cannot go directly to the Ukraine from Poland, they must go West first. Poland has to preserve it's neutrality. Under normal circumstances they would have the wings removed, be preserved and flown via transports to the USA. Reassembled in the USA, flown to somewhere to turn over to Ukrainian pilots. Who is going to fly them? Likely scenario would be reassembling the aircraft in another Western country nearer to Eastern Europe and the Ukrainians picking up the aircraft there. But where and would that violate neutrality?

Even if the Polish pilots flew them to the USA, for example, those pilots cannot fly them to the Ukraine. Also, there is the question of training Polish pilots on USA aircraft and not leaving Poland vulnerable. Would we fly aircraft to Poland and start the training while we also provided air support? Love all these 60 plus year old desk warriors in DC and wanna be faux warriors in Hollywood pushing for a war that will kill our youth while they get richer.

68 posted on 03/12/2022 12:03:35 PM PST by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me)
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why send migs with one A10 can just give us highway of death part 2?


71 posted on 03/12/2022 12:06:45 PM PST by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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To: Berosus

Some pilots asked some interesting questions. Can all former Warsaw Pact pilots read Russian? Are all the instruments in Russian? Are the 29 manuals in the Ukranian AF in Ukranian or Russian?
Just some thoughts.


101 posted on 03/12/2022 5:19:59 PM PST by bravo whiskey (Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
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