More than 4,000 fighter units were released. They can carry all kinds of weapons.
American F-16 fighter jets are the best option for Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said on the air of the telethon.
He noted that it is impossible to put several types of foreign aircraft into service in Ukraine, as each requires an individual approach to maintenance and repair.
“It is impossible to put several types of aircraft into service. They need to be serviced… The path that Ukraine has already decided to take is a single type of multi-purpose aircraft. That is, there should be a single type in service with all brigades. This will simplify its maintenance, simplify the execution of tasks from different locations.” , – said Ignat.
According to him, if we consider the “F” line, then F-16 is needed for Ukraine. “Because there are many of these aircraft in the world. This is the most common aircraft. More than 4,000 of it were produced. The aircraft has undergone several stages of modernization. And it can carry all types of weapons,” explained the spokesman of the Armed Forces Command of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Fighter jets for Ukraine – what is known
As reported, on January 20 it became known that the Netherlands will consider the possibility of transferring F-16 combat aircraft to Ukraine.
On February 8, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Great Britain and other countries to provide combat aircraft to Ukraine. On the same day, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to organize the training of Ukrainian pilots. Sunak instructed Defense Minister Ben Wallace to work out the question of which jets Britain could transfer to Ukraine. At the same time, Wallace noted that Britain will not be able to quickly transfer combat aircraft to Ukraine.
On February 14, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg emphasized that the provision of aircraft to Ukraine is not an issue that needs an urgent solution.
On February 20, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced that the issue of providing Ukraine with modern Western-made aircraft has already been resolved. According to him, it remains to form an “aircraft coalition” and carry out a pragmatic assessment: what would be better for Ukraine, how to train Ukrainian specialists, etc.
