There have been repeated requests for the delivery of American-made F-16s, leading to debates over how effective the fourth-generation plane would be in the skies. One former F-16 pilot told Insider he wouldn’t want to attempt to fly missions over Ukraine right now, asserting that the aircraft can’t outmatch Russia’s air defense systems.
Fourth-generation fighters “have no business in a modern-day battlefield,” John Venable, a 25-year veteran of the US Air Force, told Insider in a recent interview.
Since the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has sought fighter jets from its Western allies to supplement its diminishing fleet of Soviet-era MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters, which arguably cannot compete against Russia’s superior air force.
Doesn’t matter what planes Ukraine might get. Their pilots don’t have the necessary training to make proper use of them. Pilot skills trump technology every day.
Pilot skills, experience, weapons systems, and honestly surface to air missile superiority of the Russians would exclude most aircraft from being useful there. Unmanned aircraft are the present and future; manned aircraft are going the way of the steamship.
Training the Ukranians is a fantastic profitable contract for some corp.? Reminds me of Vietnamzation under Tricky Dick. and that USSA-Afghan Army soowee, what a pig fest. The “good newz” is that the woke USSA military may not be up to fighting a domestic CW. The Ferals will rely on their ProgreSSive troops like FIB & DHS & ETC Agencies for their muscle on US Citizens.
Interesting times, Comrades
This F-16 driver is spot on!