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If it wasn’t about seizing territory why all the trouble of passing annexations for regions beyond the control of your troops?
no matter how many times the Russians tell you it's about killing the Ukrainian army.
Crazy what a failure that’s been considering you place it as the primary goal. The Ukrainians are going to come out the other side of this war with all kinds of ex-NATO kit that’s superior to the ex-Soviet trash they started the war with. They’ve just been given more F-16s than they had MiG-29s and Su-27s, and they’ll have an arsenal of available precision weapons for that platform.
From getting kicked out of Kherson to staring down NATO fighters from the Black Sea to the Arctic Circle! Could the Russians have screwed their strategic situation worse than this botched invasion, with the consequent grinding up of their army whilst adding members to NATO?
123 posted on 8/24/2023, 11:17:39 PM by Gunslingr3
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4177248/posts?page=123#123
Heh! What a load of garbage he spews. I figured Bunslinger came here to rescue his French Ukrainian friend. Maybe Bunslinger is his fellow French Ukrainian?
I guess the froggies are a little out of sorts since once again France is being embarrassed on the global stage for their flaming depravity.
I notice this one ended his stupid post at #33 with the patented zeeper “LOL!”
These foreigners are annoying pests.
It takes a year to go through under graduate pilot training. Then three months to go though Lead-in-fighter training. A month for Land, combat and water survival. One week for centrifuge training. At that point you would be able to begin F-16 training which takes 6 months. Once complete you go to an operational unit. The operational unit at that point begins seasoning training in all aspects of the aircraft capability. Depending on weather and other factors, your seasoning training may take an additional 4 to 6 months. After your seasoning training is complete, a pilot is awarded Combat Mission Ready (CMR) Status.