Posted on 07/02/2023 9:24:22 AM PDT by Mariner
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is concerned about the delay in the schedule for training Ukrainian pilots to fly Western F-16 fighter jets — urgently needed by Ukraine as it fights to eject Russian invaders from its territory.
The Ukrainian leader was speaking during a joint press conference with visiting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Kyiv on July 1, answering questions about the schedule of F-16 deliveries to Ukraine.
"I have the same questions as you do for our esteemed partners," Zelenskyy said.
“Ukraine can get the F-16s. We have agreed, we have pressed, and we have a coalition of countries that are ready to start training for Ukrainian pilots. (But) there is no schedule for training missions, and they’re delaying it. I don’t know why they’re doing this.”
In May, Western partners started talking about forming a coalition to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, which Kyiv had long been asking for.
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Yet the counteroffensive is proceeding. And NATO is dragging their feet on pilot training and aircraft transfer.
If you were Z, what would you make of this?
“If you were Z, what would you make of this?”
Biden is saving them to bomb dissident American citizens?
Doesn’t the U.S. have something of a recent history of arming certain people, then later offing them?
If you were Z, what would you make of this?
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Z needs to find a dictionary and look up “Perfidious Albion.”
Eventually his backers will “cut bait.”
He’s so stupid he doesn’t understand the purpose is to drag out the war as long as possible
How long does it take to train an F16 pilot? I thought they were winning and Russia was losing ground?
If you were Z, what would you make of this?
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The Big Guy got another multi-million dollar payment from Putin?
What I make of it is that America and NATO are fairly certain that Russian air defenses would kill a lot of planes. The Russians have been working on countering stealth aircraft since the Gulf War 1 and have had 32 years or so to develop countermeasures.
I would rightly conclude that Ukraine is getting f*cked by grifters with no intention of helping them to “win” anytime soon, despite the dollars being sent.
Soon they will not need the Advanced weapons that people running Biden are delaying g be ause they wont have enough of a military left to use them effectively.
How long does it take to train an F16 pilot? I thought they were winning and Russia was losing ground?
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3-4 months training last I heard - 3 if they are familiar with the English terms for things.
The UA is gaining ground using infantry mostly - however Combined Arms Maneuver requires air cover, and the UA does not have enough planes - plus, they are vastly inferior to Russia’s SU35s. So the UA planes have to stay well back from the FEBA to survive.
Moreover it has become clear in the past few days that without F-16s, the goals set cannot be achieved. Using their Western tanks and IFV would be wasted as they are always used in the West with air cover.
The goals cannot be achieved until next Spring-Summer without the planes. Short of a miracle.
They’re doing it because you don’t jump from a MIG29 to an F16. Its 6-12 months of training. By then the war will be over.
They will have F16 pilots with years of training by the time the planes roll to a stop in Ukraine. They may even have proper Ukraine flight suits on.
Same deal as Soviet pilots flying Migs in Viet Nam, only rolls are reversed this time.
nato
could’ve partnered
with russia
to save
Iraq - Afghanistan
the war
on Judeo - Christianity
took precedence
I would right conclude that Z is a little jerk who needs to be cut loose from USA money. Billions to Ukraine while poor American families can’t afford groceries anymore?
Hey, it takes time to paint the swastikas on the tail.
Gimmiat worse than our gimiat. Shut up already!
Who is this leftist turd to “reproach” anyone?
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