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Zelensky: Ukraine to receive 42 F-16 fighter jets (kyivindependent.com)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Aug. 20 that Ukraine would receive 42 US-made F-16 fighter jets.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Air superiority has been long overdue.

[–] chaples55 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And is unlikely to be achieved by 42 f16s. Don't get me wrong, this is fantastic news, but it would take many many more f16s and/or more sophisticated jets and more air defenses to establish air superiority.

I haven't seen much discussion about it, but I think F15s for Ukraine would be incredibly helpful. F15s have a very powerful radar with excellent standoff and air-to-ground capabilities. I think they would go a loooong way to keeping Russian jets behind their air defenses, and slowly picking off those air defenses.

[–] zebs 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And is unlikely to be achieved by 42 f16s

Hopefully this is the same as the Challenger tanks given by the UK. In itself it'll make little difference, but enabled other countries to supply their own tanks.