• REEEEvolution
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    2 years ago

    Even more unrealistic. Ukraninian pilots are not trained for either, and handling a jet well enough to fight in it takes even longer than with a tank. Furthermore, support equipment for western jets does not exist in Ukraine. Nor do doctrines to use them. Romania switched to F-16 years ago and they admit to not being nearly finished with integrating them.

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      2 years ago

      But what if we send them Top Gun Maverick Blu-ray DVDs? Would that speed up training?

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        2 years ago

        Top gun movies are only good for recruiting gay people. And I’m not so sure the Ukrainian army is accepting

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      Romania switched to F-16 years ago and they admit to not being nearly finished with integrating them.

      Poland also got some F-16 and basically everyone who don’t have to lick US boot to keep his job say it was the worst deal ever, planes are pretty shit, half of them are cannibalized for parts or otherwise not working already and the deal itself was horrible, our military has to basically buy everything in the USA for them and by the way US broke the deal instantly by not providing the agreed offset, but not only no one in government dare to mention that but it would be of no use since we’re stuck with the junk. Everyone was mightily surprised when on parade in 2019 we seen 12 of them at the same time because nobody ever seen more than 8 (there is 48 of them overall).

      Of course the only conclusion of that shitfest from our government was… attempt to buy F-35

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      That’s based on the premise of pilots being Ukrainian