Re:Statement from Poland on providing airplanes to Ukraine
by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:48PM
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F-16 is the only other type of fighters that Poland has, but giving up on those MIGs will reduce the number of active fighters to just around 50, that's a nearly 30% reduction and fewer than Ukraine had before the war. Given the delays in F-16 deliveries to other NATO countries, it would likely take some time for replacement to come in.
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Re:Statement from Poland on providing airplanes to Ukraine
by ceejayoz on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:50PM
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The US has hundreds of F-16s mothballed in Arizona. I'd expect they're about to be busy reactivating a few dozen in the next couple of weeks.
Re:Statement from Poland on providing airplanes to Ukraine
by nicholasbraker on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @02:48AM
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Poland uses Block 52 F-16's which aren't mothballed at AMARC (yet) Subtypes and blocks differ significantly including logistic pipelines, training etc. So simply grabbing a few from Davis-Monthan won't do the trick.
Re:Statement from Poland on providing airplanes to Ukraine
by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:51PM
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The question is if they can be given, all F-16 sold by the US were export models, not domestic.
Re:Statement from Poland on providing airplanes to Ukraine
by ceejayoz on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:52PM
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It's been done before. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/bulgaria-to-r...