Ukraine says that it is bulking up its Air Force with the help of the F-16 fighter jets that the U.S. sent them. Remember when we were told that the U.S. would not send F-16 to Ukraine because it could trigger a major war with Russia? What happened there?
Ukrainian President Zelensky said that all he had to do was ask enough times like a petulant child to get those F-16s. He said this on X: “We often heard the word ‘impossible’ in response, but we made possible what was our ambition, our defense need, and now – it is a reality in our sky. F-16s in Ukraine. We ensured this.”
Does Ukraine have pilots who know how to fly these? A U.S. official told the New York Times that “about a half-dozen pilots were conducting test flights on as many jets in ‘uncontested’ Ukrainian airspace. He said the Ukrainian pilots were getting acclimated to operations on a small scale and had not yet engaged the Russians.”
The Times says that the jets at the very least “will bolster Ukrainians’ morale, which has been dampened by months of slow, but steady Russian advances on the battlefield and devastating attacks on the country’s power grid.”
Again, treating them like children. Here are some dangerous toys since you asked enough times. Now go away and try not to bring about a world war.
