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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted on 7/7/23 at 2:36 pm to LSUPilot07
Posted on 7/7/23 at 2:36 pm to LSUPilot07
I don’t see why they want F-16s so badly. It’s got no range and can hardly carry any payload. I doubt it’s survivable enough to operate in enemy airspace. Best case throw some Air to Air missiles on it and let fly defensive patrols around Kiev or something. I don’t see it being a game changer.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 2:48 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
They wouldn’t be operating over enemy lines just like the Russians do t really cross that line either. Both sides have strong AA defense. They need f-16s though to patrol their airspace as well as act as a deterrent to Russian attack aircraft and give the Ukes some semblance of an air presence. Their Mig-29s are just completely obsolete and can’t do the job anymore. Credit to their pilots for flying what they have but the f-16 is a far better aircraft than anything they currently have. The radar and fire control systems are night and day to the MiG-29. As far as range, you are right that the f-16 doesn’t have great range but the conforming fuel tanks that look like an extension of the airframe provide a good bit more range while not hurting the aircraft’s performance or increasing it’s radar signature like regular drop tanks would. They are now well on their way to being a western fighting force so they need western fighters that can talk to western weapons packages whereas they had to basically rig up a way for their old soviet Migs to talk to western munitions like the HARM, JDAM or air to air missiles.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 2:50 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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It’s got no range
Please expand on this thought with. I’ve gotta hear this one.
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Air to Air missiles on it and let fly defensive
Thats what they are asking for…
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around Kiev
What exactly do you think the operational range of an f16 is?
Posted on 7/7/23 at 3:40 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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This post was edited on 7/7/23 at 3:44 pm
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