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US fighter jets from the 70s to 90s have fairly similar general layouts compared to one another. I can't imagine they'd get anything besides the F16 though from us since it's relatively affordable, maintainable, exportable, and really good.
The US is almost certainly encouraging other countries to donate their F-16s to Ukraine in exchange for buying F-35s at a discount. This has a ton of benefits. It generates new sales (both today and in the future via maintenance contracts) for US produced equipment, it gets Ukraine much-needed lethal aid, and it upgrades the air force of various NATO countries.