Posted on 03/18/2022 1:03:57 AM PDT by TigerLikesRoosterNew
An American who owns a MiG-29 isn't sure the fighter jets will help Ukraine much
Alex Seitz-Wald
WASHINGTON — Jared Isaacman, a billionaire and astronaut, may be the only American individual to own a MiG-29 — the Russian-built fighter jet line that has become the center of an international diplomatic conundrum in the global effort to aid Ukraine.
And as one of only a tiny handful of Americans to have ever flown the high-performance Soviet-era jet, he doesn't think they’d be very useful to Ukraine.
Isaacman, who made his fortune with a payment processing company he founded as a teen, owns what may be the only flyable MiG-29 in the United States, giving him unique perspective on proposals to send Poland's old MiGs to Ukraine.
“On a purely technical level, I don’t know how the good could outweigh the bad of bringing in those MiG-29s,” Isaacman said. “Are people thinking through the implications?"
He said the Russians could eliminate the jets from the battlefield "in a single shot."
"What a momentum swing that would be for Russia," he added. "What a morale boost it would be for them. And it’s been so publicized by now that the Russians could just be waiting for the moment those jets come across the border.”
Kyiv has been pleading with the West to "close the sky over Ukraine," as a video accompanying President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address to Congress stated Wednesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
I am an aviation nut, and was a jet mechanic in the USN on a carrier for four years, but...I sheepishly admit I did not know that.
I learn something new every day...:)
Thank you.
“That’s from Unintended Consequences, IIRC.
Good book. Too bad it’s out of print.”
You can download it online. I have a PDF version.
Ideally these would fly above the envelope of manpads.
The Migs would need to fly into the cover of the S400 SAMs. They would be torn apart. And there are a lot of folks hanging out with Stingers along the way.
But the real danger is the missiles from Belarus and Russia.
45 caliber. Probably hurt to fire its one shot!
Dumbest post of the fkn day.
Do you have any idea what it takes to maintain a combat effective air campaign? Even with the best equipment and billions in support most of your birds are down.
Yeah let’s just throw a bunch of shitty MIGs at Ukraine and watch the festivities
People advocating this utter stupidity are only proving how STUPID they are. Please just STFU and sit down.
Feel the love.
LMAO.
Sorry man, I'm just so sick of the silly "send them MIGs" stupidity... you were just there.
My apologies, seriously.
No doubt!
Apology Accepted... :-) It’s a tough time right now. Regards.
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