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Two Ukrainian pilots are being trained by the US military to fly F-16s - as Biden faces calls to send the fighter jets to Ukraine from both sides of the aisle
UK Daily Mail ^ | Marxh 5 2023 | PAUL FARRELL

Posted on 03/04/2023 11:59:50 PM PST by knighthawk

The US military is training two Ukrainian pilots on American soil to gauge how much time they would need in order to learn how to fly fighter jets such as the F-16.

The pair are being taught using flight simulators at a base in Tucson, Arizona, a senior US official told NBC News.

The official said that neither pilot will fly actual aircraft during their time in the US. As many as ten more pilots will arrive this month for similar training referred to as a 'familiarization event.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1monthconquest; donbasquagmire; escalation; eussr; f16; failedinvasion; fourthreich; ghostofkyiv; nato; putinisgay; ukraine; ww3; wwiii
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To: buwaya

One of the biggest roles the F-16s could play is in UA mastery of Combined Arms Breach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-sCT_maAQ


21 posted on 03/05/2023 3:51:34 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Exactly.. two. And that’s two, too many.


22 posted on 03/05/2023 3:55:34 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: afchief

LOL well everything in YOUR post is certainly a lie

of course Russia is a warmongering menace, only the blind & stupid can’t see that

that’s why new members keep wanting to join NATO


23 posted on 03/05/2023 4:08:11 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: knighthawk

You know, if Biden keeps giving away all the military equipment (Afghanistan, Ukraine), people will be able to fight the government with just guns.


24 posted on 03/05/2023 4:08:12 AM PST by DejaJude (I'll be back, again.)
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To: knighthawk

Two pilots is only a test to see how well they do.


25 posted on 03/05/2023 4:14:43 AM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: knighthawk

I wouldn’t waste my time defending Russians or Putin.


26 posted on 03/05/2023 4:15:29 AM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: popdonnelly

I wouldn’t waste my time supporting the corrupt United States government or NATO.
Cheering on corruption and death.


27 posted on 03/05/2023 4:39:16 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: GranTorino

the America-haters are up early this morning ...


28 posted on 03/05/2023 4:46:41 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

I don’t hate America canuCk.
Just its corrupt government which you support.
Course, it looks good compared to yours.


29 posted on 03/05/2023 5:08:18 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: knighthawk

So, is this a pilot program?


30 posted on 03/05/2023 5:19:17 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: moovova

You win the thread, amidst all the usual bickering.


31 posted on 03/05/2023 5:31:32 AM PST by OKSooner (War is a racket. COVID-19 is a racket.)
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To: knighthawk

Article from August of 2022.

Romania Is a Model for Training Ukraine’s Pilots to Fly F-16s
Aug. 28, 2022
“Romania, a NATO member, offers a case study for how that could go. Its air force is completing a transition from Soviet-era MiG-21s to U.S.-built F-16s, providing a model for training pilots for the switch, according to U.S. Airmen involved with the training. The U.S. Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command even has a course for partner and ally nation pilots that could be tailored for Ukraine.

At Morris Air National Guard Base, Ariz., Eastern European pilots from Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia have been taking the six-month ANG International Initial Qualification Course (Advanced) for more than two decades. In fact, today’s young Romanian pilots have never flown MiGs, which are being phased out of Romania’s Air Force as it seeks to expand its fleet of F-16s and eventually to buy F-35s.”

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/romania-is-a-model-for-training-ukraines-pilots-to-fly-f-16s/


32 posted on 03/05/2023 5:32:40 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: knighthawk

Around 10 years ago, I was deployed OCONUS to a base we shared with a foreign unit we was directly supplied with a squadron of F-16s.

It was never more than 50% ready, even with 100% direct support from us. They never flew more than a few birds at a time.


33 posted on 03/05/2023 5:52:57 AM PST by AAABEST ( NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: Sunsong

MSN is a reliable source? Since when?


34 posted on 03/05/2023 5:53:19 AM PST by ARW
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To: ARW

MSN is a reliable source? Since when?
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Agreed, however brain dead Biden said early he would not send tanks- he is sending tanks…he said he will not send aircraft? Fact is the US has no control over the sent weapons….the Ukies need F16’s to enter Russian airspace to hit targets inside Russia.

Should the Ukies start hitting targets deep inside Russia Vlad will lose all his restraint, and if with welfare Western weapons, this regional conflict easily goes global.


35 posted on 03/05/2023 6:16:47 AM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

Agree 100%. FWIW.


36 posted on 03/05/2023 6:20:11 AM PST by ARW
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To: Gnome1949

The West cannot defeat Russia and the whole world can see it.
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Agreed, sanctions failed miserably, the trickle of western arms is making no impact on the outcome, the collective West is getting desperate.

As Vlad has almost all the ethnic Russian provinces, ( one of his stated objectives) the Ukies should start negotiating to preserve what little they left.
At one point Vlad will stop showing restraint.


37 posted on 03/05/2023 6:22:34 AM PST by delta7
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To: knighthawk

Just have them watch Top Gun a few times and they should be ready.


38 posted on 03/05/2023 6:27:05 AM PST by Nashcash
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To: knighthawk

Game Changer #?


39 posted on 03/05/2023 6:29:26 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: knighthawk

Stay out.


40 posted on 03/05/2023 6:34:35 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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