re: Ukraine getting F-16s will cause NATO to enter the war

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The F-16 Falcon requires a minimum runway length of 3,500 feet and a minimum takeoff distance of 3,000 feet for takeoff. The F-16 also requires a clean runway for landing and takeoff. On unprepared runways, the F-16's large lower air intake could suck up debris from the ground. The F-16 is not designed to operate from damaged or improvised runways, but careful sweeps of runways and ramp surfaces will be required

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So that is why the recent aid package included brooms.

ETA: Damn I can't believe I missed an opportunity to make a joke about training Ukrainian women to be better mail order brides when the war is over.