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The United States of America recently confirmed it will deliver F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian air force, ending months of will-they or won’t-they speculation and just down right teasing. The F-16 is a multirole 4th generation fighter jet that has formed the backbone of Western air forces since the 1980s, with 4,600 aircraft produced and 2,100 in-use by 20 different countries, the F-16 is the most widely operated fighter in the world.
Written by: Chris Cappy & Diego Aceituno
Edited by: Savvy Studios
Along with donations of jets from other NATO allies, Ukraine will start to receive dozens of F-16s by the end of 2023, with many more to come in 2024. The West has held off on delivering Western aircraft to Ukraine until now for 2 reasons. First there were potential fears that Russia would view the transfer as a serious escalation leading to retaliation and second U.S. officials believed that learning to fly and logistically support the technologically advanced F-16 might be more difficult and time consuming than it was actually worth. Exact numbers are difficult to come by. It appears Denmark will send 6 this year and from what I could dig up it looks like they’ll eventually send a total of 19. The Netherlands has a total of 42 in their inventory but it’s unclear yet how many of them will be sent.
News agencies are naturally going bonkers with predictions about how these F-16 will either turn the tide of the war in Ukraine, or won’t make a difference at all. So in this video hopefully we can try to untangle some of that confusion. So why is the F-16 such a big deal for the air war over ukraine? I’m your average infantryman chris cappy let’s find out.
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This is going to be a disaster. The F-16's will make 0 difference. In fact the war will likely be over before they even reach Ukraine.
If, F-16s were such a Game Changer, then why did NATO supply Ukraine with Military Equipment worth 100 Billion Dollars, all this while??? For funding the Western Military Industrial Complex???
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Question – "How F-16 fighters dominate the skies of Ukraine"?
Answer – "F-16 don't dominate in the skies of Ukraine".
This is another marketing “wunderwaffe” that will turn into scrap metal almost immediately like US Maxxpro, M2 Bradley and etc.
But I once believed that Western weapons could do something other than advertising.
Considering there will likely be more planes than pilots at this rate. They should just rotate the aircraft to Poland for major maintenance until ukrainian ground crews are fully trained
Who pays the money?
The concern is that this move will escalate the war if American/NATO pilots are used to fly these F16s, drawing the USA/NATO countries into direct war with Russia, a nuclear weapons power with global delivery capability.
The Swedish Saab Gripen is probably more suited for Ukraine's needs. It is NATO standard (it is compatible with most US armament), has modern avionics and shares some of the ruggedness and ease of maintenance features with Soviet jets (maintainable by conscripts). It can take huge G loads. It also can also fire the European Meteor missile that surpasses anything the US has in it's inventory. The Meteor would absolutely be a game changer, more than any jet in itself. Unfortunately, not that many Gripens have been produced and Sweden still needs them.
This is all lies Russia we still defeat them
Seems to me the f16s are being shot down easily by Russian su 57s. You would need a lot to overcome Russia.
Why are you assuming that Russians are going to use mig29 or su27 against F16 , what about mig 31 mig 41 , su 35 , and su57 , how F16 going to battle these ? I wish the Ukrainians all the luck and hope you are right , F16 will be a help and not a
trap .
Maybe Ukraine (as one of existing the major global arms dealers and tank manufacturers) can use these rather than selling them on to terrorist groups in Africa like a lot of its other gifts from Western interests. But then again they need to pay the Bidens so best keep the laundered cash rolling.
Sorry Ukraine..we need to send these to Israel now😂
Yeah this is also clearly why they stopped the money….so they can say the Ukraine BOUGHT the patent for use…the west isn't fighting this war.
By the time the planes land in Ukraine and after 6 months of basic training, the war will be over. And if not, then on one side, Ukrainians pilots with basic knowledge of their new (to them) planes will have to face fully trained and experienced Russian pilots on state of the art fighter jets. The outcome will be clear.
What's the thought of Russia increasing FSB or other agents to NATO countries and America to disrupt the countries abilities to help Ukraine or try to change public opinion about the war? Naturally this can be of both covert and-non covert operations. Sometimes, when you see some of what is happening with the younger generations lack of moral or sensible thinking makes me wonder are we hurting ourselves, failing our children, or are we having help?
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No it doesn't besides the F16 is far inferior to the SU30 and 35's besides the Ukrainians aren't used to flying in such planea.
You are big wrong! F-16 is most manuver than russian MIG-29 and SU-27!Also, F-16 have a stronger radar and other electronics.I say that from my experience.
From a neutral and simple mind, no matter what you give Ukraine they can't win because of Ukraine's corruption, military indiscipline and lack of cohesive military strategy
It'll be hilarious to watch the Russians shoot them down
This was an obvious move because you can't have the Abrams out there by itself. It needs air support and specifically F-16s.
In 60 AD Apostle Saint Andrew traveled to the area of Kiev, preached, and said, one day a great city would be built here with many churches to the glory of God. Today there is a church to Saint Andrew in Kiev. The peoples in the area were Slavic. Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv, three brothers and the sister Lybid founded Kiev in 482 AD, Kiev was named after the older brother Kyi. Kiev the older brother was King. Herodotus wrote that Hercules had founded this land.
The Rus were Viking tribes that settled peacefully in Kiev as far back as 750 AD with the Slavs there, 400 years before Moskva existed. The name Russia, coming from the city Moskva, has no connection to the RUS. Russia coming from Moskva started with Batu Kahn much later as a vasal under Mongolian rule. All the early Czars were Mongolian and of no connection to the RUS. The Rus were with the Slavs to the south in Kiev. Moskva were Finnish Urgic Tribes; Mosk means cow and Va water, which are Finnish names. There was no RUS there. The ethnic background of Moskva is Finnish-Urgic and Mongolian. The Rus developed the religion, city Kiev, alphabet, churches, and had its saints. The founder of Kievian Rus (800) or the Rus was a Viking named Askold or Oskold (Norse) from Sweden; not Oleg as in the Russian story. Kievian Rus exists long Before Novgorod and Oleg’s arrival there. Askold is the Slavic name. Oskold, the first King of Kievian Rus was in Kiev before Oleg in Novgorod. Oskold had 200 ships and 20,000 warriors. Oskold was baptized in Constantinople (128 years before Volodymyr) and sent the first bishop back to Kiev. Oskold and Dir were the first Dynasty of Kievian Rus. Askold rules from the 40-60s and Dir to the 80s. Askold is buried in Kiev and the first Kievian Christian King & Dynasty. Oleg followed coming from Sweden through Novgorod and was a pagan. Russia as named today started in the city of Moskva over 400 years later after Kievian Rus or Rus. From Kiev, the capitol of Rus, Kievian culture was spread, much like the Greeks Hellenized the known world, or like the British anglicized the world by the English language. This process does not make Moskva to become RUS in as much as Persian are not Greek. How we are misled by a name; Russia. The capitol of the RUS has always been Kiev. There is no other RUS and no RUS in Moskva. Many say Ukraine began recently; but the culture of the RUS is Kievian RUS, both culture and ethnic background. Ukraine is a name given by Poland meaning outer lands. The land of the RUS before the Mongolian invasion was very large. The name RUS is a Norse name which means men that row; there are no men that row in Moskva. So Moskva adopted the name Russia while being a Mongolian vassal, essentially traitor to the RUS; and all the Czars were Mongolian-Finnish. The Culture of the Mongolian was centralized power, and that cultural imprint was passed on to present day Russia. Ukraine’s real name should be Kievian RUS, or Kievskarus! Russia began in Moskva by Batu Kahn and Novgorod conquered much later, still no connection to the Rus.
Putin & Lavrov should be ashamed of themselves, the USSR was an occupation; it never had the status of a sovereign state and due process of law that would be associated with a free society. Even today the mentality of the gulag exists. There is no freedom of press and speech, people are arrested for speech, there is no due process of law, and the religion is state run making it a totalitarian theocracy. As such, it did not deserve to exist in a free world; and history has shown such totalitarian organizations fail over time and author in many gulags. The true culture of Russia is Finno-Ugric and Mongolian, having nothing to do with the RUS (Kievian), expect borrowed as in the sense of Hellenized or Anglicized "forms" as a comparative reference. The centralized form of Russian politics is a very Mongolian imprint on culture. The actions of Putin seem to be another Mongolian invasion of Kiev; here I suggest as to the correct metaphor. I believe so. Putin & Lavrov insistence to have purview over eastern Europe also seems like paying tribute to the Mongolian Horde. Moskva started as an agglomeration of Finnish tribes, combining a Finnish name meaning cows water and developed by Mongolian culture. Mosk means cow and Va means water. The RUS are men that row, Vikings, Norse, established Kiev 400 years before (750 AD) Moskva even thought to exist. The name Russia for current nation is totally inappropriate. The current Russia started in Moskva; how misleading is the name Russia coming from Moskva that has no connection to the RUS. All the lands should be returned to Kiev; the West of Russia to Finland, and the East to Mongolia. Russia’s place on the globe appears as a temporary aberration in my view. To use threats of Nukes publicly strikes at the heart as adolescent behaviour; surely any nation or person that issues such threats and being an ally to such while not even having war imposed on them is not fit to rule. This would include allies of Russia. Oh yes, I remember, Russia didn't invent the bomb, they stole it in the 1940's and gave it to Kurchatov. Russia struggles with an identity crisis since its beginnings unoriginal to the ethnic groups. Its errors are numerous, 50 million killed by Stalin in WW2, allied to the Nazis to kill the Poles for their defeat in WW2, Holodomor where millions of Ukrainians were killed and grain stolen, and constant antagonist with Europe. We even have the Holy Mother announcing Russia’s errors at Fatima. Russia is a Mongolian culture and all the first Czars were Mongolian and Batu Kahn is the author.
Oskold was the grandson of Ragnar the king of Sweden, his name is old Norse and spoke old Norse, the name Rus is old Norse, he settled peacefully in Kiev and the Slavs made him king, he brought Christianity to Kiev with his son dir…his burial mound is where St Nicholas church is built, Oleg wasn’t even in Novgorod when this happened, and Oleg is not a Rus nor old Norse name. The Slavs called Oskold the name Askold. After came Dir, Oleg was a pagan who assassinated Dir, Oskold becomes the first dynasty…later when the line of kings get to Vladimir, he is captured at a trading post by the Mongols, the post is called Moskva, and the king killed. Moskva as a city was a Mongolian invention, and Novgorod becomes a part of that Russia by conquest, although having nothing to do with the Rus. Oskold line is Ragnar, ironside, Oskold from the King of Sweden Ragnar. Oleg is via Rurik coming much later. The accounts of Oskold are within the time, Al Mamun an Arab writer of the time wrote of Oskold, the Russian chronicles come hundreds of years later. In much the same way accounts of relevant history are better understood by those of the times, much like the Bible, dating to the original times makes the account authentic. The Russian chronicles are merely a tale and inaccurate.
Kiev was a city over 1000 years before Russia even existed. Kiev was Kievian Rus before Novgorod and when Oleg arrived. Putin is kidding himself if he thinks any part of Ukraine belongs to Russia. We can see that Israel belongs to the Jews, similarly all the lands around Kiev of Kievian Rus belong to Kiev as a single nation and city state. Russia's beginnings are a wanting child begun as a captive insurgency having nothing of its own; a captive state that was reeking in servitude to Mongolia and invented by Mongolia. The entire culture of Russia from Moscow is Mongolian centralized power, a pagan culture of no empathy and Christianity. The Christianity is tainted as a state religion or theocracy and politicized. History is often obscured by being written by the ones in charge. The history of Ukraine has been obscured by the Soviet Occupation and cultural appropriations. Moscow in an attempt to appropriate a history not its own, rewrote the narrative of history to cover up its compromised origins; Kiev and Ukraine is a history much older and more civilized; making contributions to civilization. Russian despotism becomes the blueprint, foundation & model for every despot nation, look at its allies; the error of its ways has spread throughout the globe; much like the message from the Holy Mother at Fatima. Those that are sympathetic to Russian atrocities can find similarities in their own histories. Ukraine has a democracy at a local level Moscow never had and fears. Russian boundless ignorance is a type often found in the poorest of nations, and usually the poorest have a history of the hardest tyrants over them that also inflict poverty, physical and spiritual, on others they attempt to subjugate, a reflection of their own lives, an abomination of desolation.
Askold was in Constantinople in 860 and Oleg arrived in Novgorod not until 862. The Arabs referred to Askold as the Slavic King or King of the Slavs which he had been for a while. Pontius says Askold brings Christianity to Kiev from Constantinople and a bishop. Ragnar the Norse King of Sweden was born in 767 AD, his son Bjorn ironside was born in 796 AD, and grandson Oskold (Askold) was born in 820 AD. Askold arrived in Kiev in 840 and had a son Dir, Both become King and the first Christian dynasty. Askold dies and gets a burial mound in a park in Kiev. Dir follows as King. Dir is assassinated by Oleg who is a pagan. Nobody knows who Rurik is or who the father is . Oleg is a generation away from Askold. Olga of Kiev builds a church on Askold’ s burial grounds. Pontius of Constantinople says Askold brings a Bishop and Christianity to Kiev. Russia much later is a Mongolian invention….Ukraine was called so since kievian rus..Peter the great changed the name of muskovy to Russia in 1871 and forced the peasants who spoke ugric to speak old Slavic from Ukraine and call it Russian. At that time kiev had been for 1000 years. Russia is not older than the USa……
that's a wishful thinking assumption.
Was sollen die Ausrichten ?? Die haben doch eh keine Chance gegen die Jets der Russen.
I disagree re yr China comment China cannot afford for Russia to lose as they know usa will be going after China next this is a well known open secret fact.
Palestinian fighters with no widespread international support and crude weapons have taken more territory in a single day than Ukrainians backed by the entirety of NATO have in half a year!
With Russia everything we send is a Nuclear threat. What Russisn citizens see is "uranium" on US weapons. They have NO IDEA what "depleted" means. This is due to Maskirovka and propaganda on Russian TV radio and internet which does not allow any western news or information other than state controlled news.
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Short answer – it doesn't.
BS.
Very misleading title. F-1 fighters don't do anything in Ukraine. Survivability of older F-16 against latest SU-27 upgrades and medium and long range SAMs is very questionable.
Ukraine will have "imputed losses" of F-16s because maintenance. So why hunting F-16s in the air when destroying support chain would ground them?
Red lines, remember US red lines in Syria? What the hell US has with Syria?
Weaponizing food? As a soldier, you should know that everyone fights with what he or she has, not what enemy has. No stealth capabilities? No problem, there is a substitute.
Calling Russia isolated on world's stage, you probably never look at the map or even better the globe.
NATO accuracy was best seen in Raqqa. HARM is good just against countries like Bosnia. Meanwhile, F-16 turning on it's radar is not attracting any kind of "attention" from SAMs. I wonder about hundreds of F-16s, does Ukraine have that many pilots?
When F-16s show good just as Challenger 2, I wonder what will be next "game changer" of "Wunderwaffe"? M1 supposed to be part of "Spring" offensive and it is nowhere to be seen.
And helping a corrupt Ukraine, that will lead to WW3 is good how?
F16 старье прошлого века. Несомненно самолет хороший. Но эти крохи не зарешают ничего. Видимо увидим кадры сбитых самолетов. Пришлите что по новее)
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Oh they will turn the tide alright, hense why certain (drunk) people talking smake!
Brother Russia has not used all the air force as yet they are waiting for you country to get involved then watch and see what will happen currently Russia is playing along easy doesn't it