F16s
Many of Ukraine’s Western weapons won’t make it to the end of the war if it really uses them, experts told BI.Weapons like Abrams and F-16s have been given in small numbers, so Ukraine needs to take risks to maximize them, they said.If any of them survive the war, “they…
The F-16s that Ukraine’s allies are giving it are older-generation aircraft.That means they can’t outclass Russia’s best jets, a former US general and NATO official told BI.They lack the armaments needed to make them superior to Russian fighters. The old F-16 models that Ukraine’s allies are giving it are no…
A top US Air Force general said that Ukraine is not using its F-16s for the most dangerous missions because the pilots flying them are still new to the fighter jet.Ukraine’s F-16s flew in combat for the first time at the end of August when they helped repel a large…
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Friday it was aiming for delivery of the first new F-16V fighter jets by the end of this year, blaming “acute fluctuations” in the international situation for delays in the island receiving them. The United States in 2019 approved an…
The Biden administration is considering sending long-range cruise missiles for Ukraine’s new F-16 fighter jets so they can hit targets more than 200 miles away, Politico reported.The outlet cited a US official and two people familiar with the discussions who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity.Ukraine received its…
American-made F-16 fighter jets are at last flying above Ukraine, and some of the first images of the planes and their missile loadouts hint at what their starting mission may be.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy published the first official imagery of the F-16s in action on Sunday, calling their arrival a…
Ukraine will soon receive F-16s, combat-proven Western fighter jets able to augment the war-torn country’s depleted force of aging Soviet-era aircraft.A key question is how Ukraine should “optimize the use of the relatively small number of F-16s” it is set to receive and the limited availability of trained pilots, airpower…
The first F-16s that Ukraine is to receive from the Netherlands are due to arrive “soon,” according to the Dutch defense minister, who said that export licenses for the fighter jets had now been issued.Kajsa Ollongren said on Monday that the delivery of the “first aircraft will proceed soon,” Dutch…
