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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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: f16; lol; lolol; newtargets; targets; ww3; wwiii
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To: buwaya

I could, but I didn’t, you know.


81 posted on 01/25/2023 11:58:01 AM PST by null and void (Stupid but believable? Probably satire. Too stupid to believe? Probably reality here in clown world!)
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To: FreshPrince
“There is currently no plausible way Ukraine defeats Russia.”

There no plausible way Britain defeats Germany


Britain did not defeat Germany.

They were on their last legs after the fall of France and would have been ineffective and isolated if it were not for massive US transfer of weapons and supplies combined with the American invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch to open a second front against Rommel's Africa Campaign.

Russia and the United States defeated Germany with Russia being the country that broke the back of the German Army.

82 posted on 01/25/2023 12:01:25 PM PST by rdcbn1
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To: PIF

True. But as you know, most people have no clue, they think it is easy to train and support.


83 posted on 01/25/2023 12:22:59 PM PST by Hulka
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To: GingisK

So your content to have a soldiers do your fighting...


84 posted on 01/25/2023 2:08:31 PM PST by FreshPrince
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To: FreshPrince

You don’t read well, or you inject your own random thoughts.


85 posted on 01/25/2023 5:57:04 PM PST by GingisK
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