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Ukraine’s new fighters: ‘They say F-16s are manna from heaven. Far from it’ (www.aljazeera.com)
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Kyiv’s forces are due to receive the aircraft within weeks, but analysts say they are unlikely to be a game-changer.

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[–] retrospectology 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

The main benefit to the F16s is that they have radar and detection abilities comparable to the aircraft they're up against. In warfare between aircraft a lot of it comes down to who sees who first and that typically happens many kilometers out.

The aging soviet junk that the Ukrainians are flying have essentially half the detection range as the newer Russian stuff.

But yeah, the time to give them F16s was back before their planned summer offensive. Hesitance by the Biden admin has cost Ukraine the initiative they had. The jets won't turn that around on their own.

[–] Cikos 5 points 6 months ago

i read on another article that basically says that the ukraine still using the same tactic to avoid detection (flying low) thus limiting the range of f16 missiles. and they still lacking the means to counter russia glide bombs. it seems they really need to reach air supremacy to effectively use f16 to its fullest potential.

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