The other day, Alexey Danilov confirmed that in the spring of 2024 Ukraine will receive its first F-16s and suggested that they will significantly affect the course of hostilities. Mainly, Western fighters will be used for air defense on the front line.
About it 24 Kanala said aviation expert Valery Romanenko. In his opinion, Ukraine’s future acquisition of F-16s will help the Defense Forces neutralize one of the enemy’s most formidable threats.
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How to use the F-16 most effectively
Receiving Western aircraft will really help the Defense Forces change the situation in certain sectors of the front.
“Probably in the spring Ukraine will receive at least a squadron of F-16s. Accordingly, these 12 aircraft are in the area of our or enemy offensive will be able to effectively deter enemy bomberswhich drop guided and high-explosive bombs on Ukrainian military and front-line settlements,” the aviation expert suggested.
Why Russia manages to effectively use FAB and KAB
Russian aviation drops glide bombs on Ukraine from a distance of 20-30 kilometers from the collision line, thus not entering the range of MANPADS and army air defense systems (they shoot down targets at a distance of 5-10 kilometers).
Most likely, Ukraine will receive an F-16 squadron AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles air-to-air class, capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 160 kilometers. Accordingly, new Ukrainian fighters will be able to destroy Russian bombers without entering the range of Russian air defense.
“The Russians have a simple system: we’ll shoot down 2-3 bombers, and the others will hide. This will force Russia to move back its airfields and actually change its tactics and the type of weapons they use,” Romanenko is sure.
Valery Romanenko about upcoming tasks for the F-16: watch the video
What is known about the training of Ukrainian pilots
As you know, the main protagonists of the “bird coalition” this summer were the Netherlands and Denmark, which together promised to provide Ukraine with 61 fighter jets in August. At the same time, the first exercises of the Ukrainian military began, which, according to the Dutch prime minister, will not be extended. The first country to train Ukrainian pilots was Denmark, where 8 future pilots are being trained. Only a month after this, Ukrainian pilots began training in the United States, and recently it became known that Ukraine is also negotiating to train pilots in Romania. As of mid-October, it became known that future pilots of Ukrainian F-16s began flight exercises in the United States. They have already passed the English language test and will begin training in military simulators.
2023-10-26 01:35:00
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