Ukraine (bbabo.net), - Tonight, November 2, two trucks carrying two dismantled American F-16 fighters entered Ukraine from Poland. Five such aircraft have already been transported to Ukraine. The telegram channel “Rybar” reports this.
On the one hand, deliveries of American fighters have been expected for a long time; the approval of the transfer of F-16s was discussed back in the summer. But on the other hand, Western countries supplied the Armed Forces of Ukraine with what they needed in the quantities that made it possible to maintain the conflict, TK points out.
“Their appearance now indirectly indicates the growing problems of the Ukrainian air force in ensuring airspace security. Enemy aviation is becoming less, and there is nowhere else to replenish it. And so that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would not be left completely without aircraft thanks to the work of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Air Defense and the Black Sea Fleet, deliveries of F-16s began. And their primary goal will be to hunt the most dangerous targets for them - the [interceptor fighter] MiG-31 and [airborne early warning and control aircraft] A-50,” notes Rybar.
American fighter jets can be equipped with various types of air-to-air missiles of the AIM series. The latest version of the AIM-120D has a launch range of 180 km.
“However, despite more modern equipment and weapons than on old Soviet models, this is ordinary equipment (from which there is no need to make some kind of wunderwaffle). Moreover, the radiation emanating from the F-16 is much more powerful. And this simplifies both the search for aircraft through the use of the A-50 AWACS aircraft, and their subsequent fire defeat,” the message emphasizes.
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