Ukrainian Fighter Pilots, Firing U.S. Missiles, Get Back in the Fight



Scripps News’ Jason Bellini interviewed a Ukrainian air force pilot, who described his missions and looking ahead to better fighter jets.
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46 thoughts on “Ukrainian Fighter Pilots, Firing U.S. Missiles, Get Back in the Fight”

  1. Yeah as retiired Air Force genearl Dupta has said , we need to give them the F16s , F15s to Ukraine and hopefully only a matter of time . Sleepy joe still dragging his feet on this . They need Abrams , these modern jets , more armored personnel carriiers , IFVs etc to ensure their victory and their future security

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  2. Send all weapons Ukraine asked for! Biden is a fragile coward! U.S. has been pressuring Ukraine to destroy nuclear weapon, bombers, long distance weapons since the day 1 of Ukraine independence, completion under Clinton administration and regarded as a big achievement of the administration. The west is afraid of Putin’s nuclear intimidations! The world has no justice no freedom no future under the Western nucleophobia! Don’t forget US as the guarantor for the security and integrity of Ukraine in 1994. U.S breaches the pledge! The Western nucleophobia and RussiaPhobia ruin Ukraine!

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  3. They got harm and hymars missles, satellite images and they still can't fly support for the troops on the ground. They can't defeat a little man pad ?
    We are supposed to give them f16's noway no excuses. Put better radar in your mig29 then, no f16s.

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  4. NATO should help the Ukrainian Air Force restructure & rebuild itself . . . the UAF could seriously do with a fleet of 58 – 63 brand new F-16V Fighting Falcon (Block 72+ Advanced) multi role interdictor strike fighter . . . alongwith related air-to-air & air-to-surface ordinance specific to the airframe . . . for e.g. Meteor BVR inertial guided long range air-to-air missile & AGM-158F JASSM XR radar (active) guided air-to-surface land attack cruise missile . . . plus the AGM-154B JSOW (Block II) inertial guided air-to-ground munitions for bunker busting . . . the UAF can operate armed F-16V Fighting Falcon (Block 72+ Advanced) multi role interdictor strike fighter from air bases in neighbouring NATO member countries, but the F-16V Fighting Falcon (Block 72+ Advanced) multi role interdictor strike fighter alone just won't suffice . . . it is anticipated that the Ukrainian Air Force needs no less than 50 SUKHOI Su-30 MKU multi role interdictor strike fighter & 34 upgraded MIG-29 M3 multi role fighter (don't know where the numbers come from though) . . . these too will operate from air bases in foreign NATO member countries because flying any jet from air bases in Ukraine is a sitting duck waiting to be obliterated by Russian R-77 infrared guided air-to-air missile & 3M-14E radar guided air-to-surface land attack cruise missiles . . . probably fired by some random SUKHOI Su-30 MKR (Block II) multi role interdictor strike fighter of the Russian Federation Air Force . . .

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  5. the decoy plan makes sense tactically . . . just hope the Ukrainian MIG-29M3 multi role fighter are equipped with missile warning receiver & more than usual chaff & flare countermeasures . . . because these days air-to-air & air-to-surface missiles are faster (in excess of Mach 3.0) than even the fastest of multi role fighter jets . . . so those countermeasures better be substantial . . .

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  6. When the American and Ukrainian Airforce engineers first sat down I feel like the conversation went something like this…

    USA: We need to make this work but it's going to be very complicated!

    UKRAINE: Sips Coffee β˜•
    USA: Were serious! This is a very complex system and it was never made to work this way!
    UKRAINE: Don't worry, pass me that screwdriver, laptop, and some Borsch, Slava Ukraine!
    USA:😰
    UKRAINE: πŸš€βœˆοΈβ˜‘οΈβœ… now let's talk F16s!

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  7. It would seem to me that these interviews leak more intelligence concerning national security by far than what was leaked by the kid who just got arrested. I call em like I see em. Maybe it's the press who has too much freedom?

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