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F-16 fighter jets: What are they and could they be sent to help Ukraine?
https://news.sky.com/ ^ | 23 January 2023 | Michael Drummond

Posted on 01/25/2023 1:10:36 AM PST by RomanSoldier19

They can fly at more than 1,200mph and are some of the most advanced aircraft in NATO's fleet. Could the F-16 be sent to Ukraine?

Could F-16 fighter jets soon be screaming over Kharkiv or breaking the sound barrier as they tear through the skies above Zaporizhzhia?

It once seemed impossible, but now? Maybe not.

As the Western world looks to Germany for a decision over Leopard 2 tanks, it was from the Netherlands that a possibly more radical idea was floated: sending Western-made fighter planes to Kyiv for use by Ukrainian pilots.

The Dutch cabinet said will look into supplying F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine if the Kyiv government asks for them, the country's media have reported.

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KEYWORDS: f16; lol; lolol; newtargets; targets; ww3; wwiii
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To: GingisK

cant separate the two.

He also called on US soldiers to turn on the govt.


61 posted on 01/25/2023 7:59:17 AM PST by FreshPrince
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To: Jewbacca
It takes a decade, however, to become worth a crap as a fighter pilot in one.

That depends on the mission.

If the mission is to orbit in western Ukraine and intercept cruise missiles, then minimum training would be required.

I have always admired the attack on the Baghdad reactor. Do you know any of the pilots that flew that mission?

Hope all is well with you.

62 posted on 01/25/2023 8:05:07 AM PST by FtrPilot
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To: FreshPrince

Is that such a bad idea at this point in time? ;-D


63 posted on 01/25/2023 8:06:31 AM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK

Yes.


64 posted on 01/25/2023 8:06:57 AM PST by FreshPrince
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To: rdcbn1

We were present at the christening of the F-16 at Hill AFB.
Husband was one of the early maintenance officers on the F-16 and he retired in 1981.
I believe it was one of the first “fly by wire” aircraft, and many interchangeable parts.
I remember several accidents resulting in aircraft loss, but because of the excellent “egress” system no pilots lost while my huuband was there.


65 posted on 01/25/2023 8:19:54 AM PST by chronicles
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To: FreshPrince

The problems with our electoral system are not going to be fixed by voting.


66 posted on 01/25/2023 9:18:13 AM PST by GingisK
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To: FtrPilot

Never heard of it.

What attack? Huh? When? I don’t know anything.

Look, a squirrel!


67 posted on 01/25/2023 9:30:32 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: FreshPrince

“this is what passes for MAGA today!”

Perhaps in Lubyanka Square or 24 Kuznetsky Post, Moscow, Russia.


68 posted on 01/25/2023 9:35:55 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: PIF

Not really.
It is not full blown logistics, maybe enough to fly one or two sorties for all jets.
Getting European stocks? Each country that has Lawn Darts is not going to sacrifice its ability to maintain a viable Lawn Dart squadron.


69 posted on 01/25/2023 9:47:03 AM PST by Hulka
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To: null and void

“If Russia can hire mercenary Serbian infantry, why can’t Ukraine hire recently retired American F-16 pilots?”

Hard to do, especially when those pilots are in or going to be in the airlines.
Big bucks after a couple years.


70 posted on 01/25/2023 9:50:30 AM PST by Hulka
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To: RandallFlagg

“I remember an early documentary on the F-16 saying that they were the most dangerous fighters to fly due to the high Gs pulled. The best pilots were said to be short women with high blood pressure.”
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Well, there you go… TIME TO DRAFT STACEY ABRAMS to save the day.


71 posted on 01/25/2023 9:50:32 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: Jewbacca
Operation Opera (Hebrew: מבצע אופרה), also known as Operation Babylon, was a surprise airstrike conducted by the Israeli Air Force on 7 June 1981, which destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor located 11 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.

F-16s & F-15s flew the mission.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera

No squirrel. I would bet that all of the pilots had at least 10 years experience for this type of mission.

72 posted on 01/25/2023 10:00:36 AM PST by FtrPilot
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To: GingisK

Yes, it is what he said.


73 posted on 01/25/2023 10:15:02 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Hulka

Take it up with some one else, as I’m just reporting what other reputable military people have written elsewhere.

So, really!

PS your comments about lawn darts makes no sense.


74 posted on 01/25/2023 10:35:56 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Hulka

vs. Big bucks now and the thrill of the chase?


75 posted on 01/25/2023 10:58:46 AM PST by null and void (LibWhacker ~ "Thank goodness for bureaucrats." (taken grossly out of context by nully...))
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To: PIF

The F-16 earned the title of Lawn Dart because of its many mishaps when first hitting the skies.

“What is a quick way to get a part of an F-16?”
Answer: buy an acre of land in Germany.


76 posted on 01/25/2023 11:30:36 AM PST by Hulka
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To: PIF

Having been engaged against the F-16 and hanging out with then at Nellis and working in the Pentagon on logistic on a many jets, I am very well aware of preposition issues affecting the F-16s. Can deliver the jet but then it would sit until pilots are mission ready and logistics are sufficient to support operations.


77 posted on 01/25/2023 11:37:42 AM PST by Hulka
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To: Hulka

Can deliver the jet but then it would sit until pilots are mission ready and logistics are sufficient to support operations.

All of that will happen before they are delivered.


78 posted on 01/25/2023 11:42:03 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: null and void

These are things you could look up you know.


79 posted on 01/25/2023 11:53:39 AM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: PIF

Egypt had a complex history and it collapsed or was conquered several times. It did have some good long runs, true.


80 posted on 01/25/2023 11:55:36 AM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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