Flying F-16 For the 1st Time, Two Ukrainian Pilots Shocked NATO Countries❗
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Two Ukrainian Pilots, who qualified on the MiG-29 and the Su-27, flew the F-16 Fighting Falcon for the first time. The US Air Force gave them a brief familiarization and then tested on a flight simulator, performing "9 simulator events spanning a total of 11.5 hours."
The event produced an assessment that shocked the leaders of NATO Countries.
00:00 Flight Simulation
04:57 Preparing For Flight
08:02 F-16 Fighting Falcon Cockpit View
Full Assessment drive.google.com/file/d/1rTYm...
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give you an example of my son's training on the Challenger tank in Britain-The Ukrainians asked after daily classes and on weekends, to take them to the training grounds and asked the instructors to train at odd hours. The Chev instructor was surprised by the speed and skill ...As a result, the program was mastered for 2.5 months. My son is a young lieutenant platoon commander.Thank you to all the nations that help us defeat RASHISM. With your help, we will do it.Glory to Ukraine!!!
Бодяжить атомные ракетные базы НАТО для убийства народа России смертельно! Не помогут ни ляхи на фрицы!
В Свете последних событий на УСРАИНЕ!!!😂😂😂 С Леопарда и Челленджера ! Можно убежать а вот с ф-16 наварят ли!!!😂😂😂😂 Вперёд РАГУЛИ!!! 😂😂😂
The Ukrainian people have proven themselves capable of learning new skills in a very short time. SLAVA UKRAINE 👍🇺🇦👏
Героям слава!
@@user-ym4ii3rj1z оркам з болот слова не давали, іди цілуй жопу хуйла, раб
If F16's start flying for Ukraine, I will be over there volunteering my 12 years of F16 crew chief experience to help train!!
I have also flown in the sim in Tucson and it is such an amazing experience. These pilots will be up and running in no time!!!
Unless you are also bringing over all of the support equipment needed as well that will be of limited use. Also for the fact that without weapons maintenance and avionics training crew chief training isn't getting it done either. Just saying.
Good for you! I'm sure they'd appreciate the help. Maybe learn a few words in Ukrainian too.
Start packing! Who knows better how to set up operations than the experienced man who has done the job. You should arrive before the jets. How is your Ukrainian?
@@Stubbies2003 I am pretty sure they will have service crews in Poland for any maintenance that needs to be done to the jets. I have heard that there are crews and areas set up for various other weapons systems just over the border in other countries.
@@Lonewolfmike I doubt they go that route simply because you are directly injecting NATO into the war at that point.
I can't imagine the pressure these two pilots are under when the eyes of the entire world are on them..! Good job guys!
There is no time for such thoughts. There is only protecting homeland and victory 🇺🇦🇺🇦
As the world waits anxiously for their proxy war.
FOR REAL!
Not to mention the possible future of their own country!
You can beat that these two pilots were the best of the best that the Ukraine had to send. Bravo for successfully executing a SFO landing, but there's a whole lot more to flying an F-16 against a SU-35. The F-16, with the right pilot is an awesome weapon, but it will take more than a couple of squadrons to change the tide of the war (as Russia will continue to launch weapons from stand-off ranges within the safety of their borders).
I am a Ukrainian and very much so
inspired by your comments. Thank you very much for your support and faith in our soldiers. God bless you
Слава Украине!!!
@@zaporozhetcuk8964 Well done Ukrainians, they destroyed the Pentagon.
@@user-gn1zs2bz7z Together with the Finno-Ugric people😁😁😁😁🤣
Обязательно поможет ...... новыми захоронениями украинского воинства!
It's easy to learn how to fly an airplane, drive a tank or operate military equipment. It's another thing to maintain, trouble shoot and repair. Most every adult knows how to drive a vehicle, how many know how to fix their vehicle when it breaks down? Also, like the Abrams tanks. The United States uses a different fuel than Soviet equipment. The logistics involved to fuel, parts and the right personal to maintain these equipment takes time. It takes at least a year to learn how to repair engines, airframes, electronics, avionics, maintenance management. This is just intermediate level. Then there is Depot level. You need CDI training which takes the minimum two years, QA another two years. Pilots don't know how to repair airplanes, they just fly. So now Ukraine needs to hire contractors with CDI and QA qualifications. Engine CDI/QA, electronic CDI/QA, avionics CDI/QA, ordinance CDI/QA....the list goes on. To support 12 aircraft requires at least 100 ground personal. This is not like playing Call of Duty.
There is another underlying reason the Ukrainian pilots were so able to adapt to the F-16. While American pilots see flying as their "Dream Come True" career, Ukrainian pilots, while loving flying just as American pilots, see learning and adapting to Western Fighter jets as a major contribution to the survival of their families & country from the destructive invasion of their "Bully" neighbor to the East. Remember, there is no greater motivator than that of SURVIVAL.
Hear Hear kshadejr
The history rhymes! It’s enough to remember Polish Pilots in Battle of Britain!
@@ipodman1910 Ay, think more time was spent getting them to learn the english call signs than the kit. The 303 still had the best V/D ratio of any squadron in the BoB
Well said. Addenda to yours above.
@@themisspultone true that! They just wanted to get the Hun! Just like Ukrainians now want to get the orcs!
I retired from the 162nd and we trained a lot of foreign pilots while I was a crew chief there, this is the most important. I hope it becomes operational soon.
thank you for your service.
Had a good friend who was a crew chief there for years, William Russell, and really enjoyed his time there. I almost transferred from 158th VTANG to Tucson but deployed instead.
If that is the case then you know full well that there is a lot more to getting a country that has zero F-16 support or supply to being able to maintain it properly. The best pilots in the world are of no use if all of the aircraft are grounded for lack of maintenance.
Stolen valors? Many super you tube pilots!!!proove your qualifications. After that we can talk....
@@piladominique322 I don't need to prove myself to any clown on the internet. My service and knowledge of the F-16 from 20 years of maintaining it in the USAF is as much as you are going to get. Those that know the aircraft will know that I am speaking the truth. Clowns who know nothing will attempt to throw shade and pretend to be in a position of power.
Oh man, this makes me so happy! These two pilots must be bursting with energy to get going on this amazing project to save their country once and for all! SLAVA UKRAINI! 🌻💙🌻
UKROPAM SALA!
Для их жизни, как таковой, лучше ,чтоб не полетели F-16 над куклаиной. Иначе будут первыми🥀🥀. Умение летать не будет решающим для выживания
Смерть ворогам💥☝️👍😇🤗
ГЕРОЯМ СЛАВА !!!!!✌🇺🇦🤘GEROYAM SLAVA !!!!
@@user-en2vo2pd7t UKROPAM SALA!
When you country is attacked by an invading military force its the greatest motivator to learn fast.
First you must love your country in order to be able and willing to defend it.
This faster learning curve has been observed wherever Ukrainians are being trained on Western Military equipment. Personnel in the West go to their training for 8 hours a day, go home, and do it again the next day. Ukrainians are willing to train around the clock, because they are fighting for their country's survival and want to get the new hardware into action ASAP
@@BillinHungary If they could train on a simulator for 12 hours they could and would. a lot of lessons to learn.
@@510Redneck Being able to fly one aircraft doesn't automatically mean you can fly another. Fighter jet cockpits are complicated and the philosophy behind Soviet era/Russian control layouts is very different from Western. The aircraft these pilots are used to use mostly single function controls and lots of them, which entails the pilot focusing attention on the controls. The Western philosophy is to have multiple functions assigned to controls and to supply salient info to the pilot through head-up displays. The Western pilot needs to learn the way controls are used in different contexts, but once that is mastered he/she can focus their attention on the combat space.
It is hardly trivial to convert the cockpit language. Maybe if the software was initially designed to switch languages it would be OK, but I should imagine it would take a lot of testing to make the conversion on an F-16.
Low flying aircraft are not that easy to bring down with MANPADS. They pass by quickly and you would need a very high density of missiles on the ground. Although Aircraft will be lost, the ability to launch airstrikes with stand-off munitions or otherwise and target distant enemy aircraft is invaluable.
To learn it right takes some time not something that can be done in 2 weeks of training.
It just confirms what we already knew, that the Ukrainian people are highly intelligent, skilled and motivated people with the ability to learn and adapt that makes them outstanding candidates for NATO membership. Putin has made so many mistakes in his life but his biggest was picking a fight with people who far outclass him.
If the Ukrainians wanted to solve their problems with the Russians with the resources of the countries of the military bloc hostile to Russia, then this means that the Ukrainians, on the one hand, are not competitive on their own in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict in principle, on the other hand, they agree with the consequences of the escalation of the war caused by the support of the West.
Дякую за вашу оцінку. Дякую вам за психологічну і моральну підтримку. Дякую за економічну і військову підтримку в найважчий час. Ви справжні друзі яких не забувають, цінують.
Україна дуже хоче бути членом НАТО і Євросоюзу. Але українці розуміють, що сьогодні, корупція на державному рівні, заважає швидко і якісно рухатись до цивілізованого світу.
В нас, українців попереду ще один надважкий бій. - Подолати корупцію всередині держави (спадок від СРСР).
Хай вам щастить.
Україна, НАТО - разом!
Ми швидко вчимося, особливо коли дуже треба.😊👋🇺🇦
Никтоивмреале не воюет это договорные войны как и в Чечне , слив населения и травля народов неужели непонятно? А если бы это была реально война посмотрите сколько людей в России и на Украине? Уже бы забыли про них и там вместо страны было бы Гуляйполе 😂😂😂
@@user-fo1yi8xf6l О да, Леопаоды показали это во всей красе
I keep hearing that the Ukrainian soldiers are very smart and eager to learn and that they are fast learners. I've heard this multiple times from good sources. Also I've heard about some American pilots flying Russian fighters and saying they are harder to fly. They were not talking about complexity, just that they were not all that stable and easy to control. They can be flown very well but it takes some skill. Planes that are very aerobatic tend to be pretty unstable anyway.
I won't be surprised if they end up developing their own hybrid system of fighting that is maybe mostly NATO with some Soviet stuff thrown in. Once they have the NATO training and tactics and equipment they will still have all of their original knowledge. By learning our NATO system and still knowing the Russian tactics really well that will help them to defeat the orcs.
Full faith and admiration for the Ukraine Air force and the Ukraine forces in general. 💯🇳🇱👌✨️
UK’s “Forces News” posted an interview with retired USAF Viper pilot LtCol. Dan "Two Dogs" Hampton mentioning he, a pool of trained pilots, and ground crew (Veterans & civilian contractors) from every nation that operates F-16 are ready to help Ukraine. It’s only a matter of time before we see more on Ukrainian and foreign F-16 pilots, and ground crew.
John Smith becomes Ivan Smitko. Problem solved...
This is good there are men out there willing to train Ukraine pilots in the fine art of war.
God bless Ukraine Airforce pilots
@@BorKagan777I agree. Slap some yellow and blue paint on those bitches, and who’s to say who was behind that tinted visor that just ruined Russia’s day. Now they’d probably know it was me because I’d have Wolverines or dasvidaniya spray painted on my sidewinders.
Seems like they could station f16mground crews in Europe to fix and maintain but let Ukrainian pilots, and mercs, fly missions from Ukrainian territory. Hopefully they have built bunker/hangers in the west of Ukraine 🇺🇦 to protect them on the ground
Can't see why people thought it would take 18 months. These guys have the most robust combat experience out of any pilots in the world. They fight against much more technically equipped enemy, and still manage to down modern RU aircrafts with 30 y.o. jets. Some of UA pilots have about 300! combat missions, who else in the world have anything similar? I'm pretty sure they can share a lot of experience with NATO/US pilots who will be lucky to train them. This is just a conversion training, I'm pretty sure they will finish it even earlier.
So far, the score of air battles is devastating - and not in favor of Ukraine
@@user-sl1yp7jd6w yes, Russian air superiority is set on the first day, right? 🤡
@@user-sl1yp7jd6w +15 rub
@@andriylyash995 Information about the air situation is transmitted by Western countries to Ukraine in real time. This allows you to act in the most profitable ambush method.
@@user-sl1yp7jd6w + 15 rubles another
as a Ukrainian, this brings tears of joy to my eyes. Thanks to all the Allies that help us in this war, we would never survived without your help and we will never forget!
We are with you!
In many ways, you fight for the entire free world. Thank YOU
Вертайся до дому ухилянт довбаний
@@obstreperous1113and there is still a ways to go. I say that as a matter of fact rather than insult.
I would say we help you cause your cause seems right. Now, you got to make your country a good country... avoid and fight extremism. Like a friend we like to help we can also stop being friends when things became not acceptable. I got to say I'm not a fan of zelinski, this guy is hiding things and we better watch him close, we will see how it goes.
Here is only one word - motivation. Motivation to defend their freedom, family and motherland. Glory to Ukraine!
At our flight school we use Microsoft Flight Simulator for bad weather training! It is such an accurate program it is perfect for some training especially NAV and ILS. However I was also an aircraft engineer and that helps. I worked one time on the C130 Hercules and managed to have a go in the REAL SIMULATOR! To the amazement of the SIM TECH I started the aircraft took off and flew a mission then landed safely BEFORE I ever had pilot training! There are 'NATURAL PILOTS' out there - men and women- if you got it YOU CAN DO IT! SLAVA UKRAINI! FREEDOM AND GLORY TO THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF UKRAINE from us all - we love you all!
Never underestimate the honey badger! Our Ukrainian friends are fierce and confident, needless to say, capable of whatever is put in front of them. The two pilots are prime examples of these characteristics and more.
The people of Ukraine hate us now. Just like the people of the middle east.
Rand, when this began a little over a year ago, I thought the Russkies would've overrun them in 30 days. Man, was I wrong. These guys don't quit! Very glad I was wrong! Putin has no idea of the damage he's done to his own armed forces, not only in losses, but in face.
Well, these pilots were already well trained military fighter pilots. It’s not like they put some schmuck like me into the F16.
The story kind of reminds me of the experienced Polish pilots who were put into British aircraft during the Battle of Britain and really excelled at shooting down the German attackers.
@@philshyu5248 Dead right. They had aggressiveness and vengeance to aid them. wonderful people teh Polish.
Try learning to speak, read and write in Ukrainian in 4 month's!
If you are pushed to the corner you can do anything and everything just to survive, SLAVA UKRAINE !
If you fly a plane just to survive you are a dead man flying.
So many people's comments removed why ? You tube censorship is a joke anyone can see the BS here .
Hell yeah, even completely finish aggressor country with few hundreds years of history. Glory to Ukraine!!!
Heroyam Slava!
Indeed! Slava Ukraine!
! As a Ukrainian, I will say - our difficult history has molded us to be strong willed, adaptable. Today's Ukraine was a birthplace of Cossacks, freedom loving people. Cossack lands bordered Polish, Ottoman and Russian Empires who respected them. Cossacks lived freely, they were feared in battle and they fought bravely. We are descendants of Cossacks.
In contrast, Russians have nearly always been under the rule of one man, from Ivan the Terrible to Stalin to Putin. This war has proven that their minds and bodies are owned by the state. If their daily news broadcast tells them tomorrow that the moon is ruled by nazis, then every other person on 1420 youtube channel interview will repeat all the talking points - moon is evil, moon is ruled by the nazis, moon should be bombed, moon is a threat to russia
We are fighting a horde. That is why we call them "Orcs" and see "Z" as a Zombie. We are fighting for our freedom. Thank you all who support us!!!
Great job!!! Slava Ukraine!!!
sosi hui.pidar
Ukrainian pilots successfully fought against the Muscovites over Kyiv being vastly outnumbered, sometimes 1 vs 20, so the very fact they survived proves their skills more than anything else.
No they didn't. They got wiped out in just a few days. That's why the only air power Ukraine has right now are drones.
This Muscovite denies the reality in which Ukrainian air forces do the same 15-20 sorties a day as year ago, whereas the Muscovite sortie rate has dropped from 200-300 a day year ago to 30--40 a day now.
Did anyone doubt the Ukrainians could tackle these planes after everything they've accomplished in this war so far I didn't not for a second. Victory to Ukraine Australia is with you 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇦🇺🇺🇦🇦🇺🇺🇦
Teach them English in 4 months. They need to read and write while learning to fly😏
@@Tbone1492 most already know english
Nooope
@nutty walls the only nuts you can see are the ones dangling off your forehead in front of your eyes🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I always get the impression that Ukrainians are fast learners, committed, adaptable and incredibly brave.
In the Ukraine they still know what excellent flying skills REALLY mean. These guys are real flying aces like our glorious grandfathers all over the world were. I'm so damn proud of the heroes of Ukraine.
💙💛Слава Україні! 💙💛
It's easy to learn how to fly. Ask these two pilots if they can change out an engine? Change oil/hydraulic fluid? Change a tire? Repair the radar? Oh yes electronics/avionics/ejection seat/fueling/load ordinance/troubleshooting.....you need to train ground personal which takes years to learn to become a CDI, even more years to be QA. Also you need different fuel logistics.
@@whitehorse4318
I'm sure there will be western experts on ground to help and educate locals on that.
Спасибо Америке и ее народу за настоящую поддержку Украинского народа , не словом а делом , вот настоящие друзья 😎как говорится друзья познаются в беде 🇺🇦💪🇺🇸
да да.афганистану тоже пмогли.весь мир видел как амеры оттуда бежали
@@user-mq5fv2jt7o малой не смотри скабееву СССР первые убежали с авгана
We’ll be with you for as long as it takes to get every last RuZZian out of your land. 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦
Наивный ты человек. У Америки друзей нет,есть интересы.Когда интересов не будет,вас кинут,как кинули Вьетнам,Афганистан и многих других.
@@vanoschmidt7155 малой не висили 🤣🤣🤣 у нас свои интересы на Америку , это называется отношение , когда на нас напали окупанты , в трудную минуту на помощь пришла Америка , как и во вторую мировую войну , как дед мой бил фашистов так и сейчас отец бьёт рашистов , нечисть опять подняла голову и не дают другим людям жить спокойно.
The pressure of these two pilots is something I can’t even describe !
That's why they're fighter jet pilots.
Very proud of that country as a whole, Go Get Em!!!
Ukrainian sky falcons, the best of the best💙💛!!!
Big thanks to the American people!!! 🤝
Несчастные, эти пилоты....Не спасут их устаревшие американские литаки....
👍🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺
New aircraft, new technologies, new tactics; all while doing so in a foreign language. That's what motivation brings.
Much RESPECT TO THE UKRAINE WARRIORS, AND ALL WHO HELP SUPPORT THEM GOD BLESS
Is anyone surprised? Have been expecting this.
These pilots are under tremendous pressure though. Fly safe boys. Slava Ukraini!
💛💙💪
I'm not surprised at Ukraine's denying Russia a quick victory as so many were. I KNEW Russia would never take Ukraine in 3 weeks. Russia was expecting the untrained unarmed, weak Ukrainian military of 2014. What they encountered was something TOTALLY different. I did 6 years in the US Navy breaking Russian encryptions and they are a pitiful bunch on the high seas. There's no reason to believe their ground or air forces would be any different.
@@jamesstreet228 lol thanks for sharing. we all pretty much know ruzzians are incompetent dolts now
💩💩💩🖕🏳🌈 ukraine
The Ukrainians had many similar and even better aircraft than the F-16, Mig-29, Su-27, and where are they now? The same fate awaits the F-16. The conclusion is simple, the F-16 Ukrainians will not be given, because a modern aircraft is a very difficult thing, and it takes 4 years to study for it. The F-16, though old, is quite a plane, it's a pity for its Ukrainians to scrap...
У хохлов было много аналогичных, и даже лучших самолетов чем Ф-16, Миг-29, Су -27, и где они теперь? Та же судьба ждет и Ф-16. Вывод простой, Ф-16 хохлам не дадут, т. к. современный самолет очень сложная вещь, и учиться на него надо 4 года. Ф-16 хоть и старый, но вполне себе самолет, жалко его хохлам в утиль...
Slava Russia, Slave Ukraine (slave to NATO).
I am not a military. My training is in Public Health and Infectious Diseases from where I retired in 2016 from the CDC and DHS. But I want to say something about this training. I as a Public Servant, was given the task to maintain the Prevention of Respiratory diseases in the region I was assigned. While doing that, I was always planning Contingency plans in case something unexpected or out of the common occurrence could happen. In that way, we were able to face challenges more effectively and control them. I don't see that kind of approach with the Government Officials in charge of the Military Operations here, and because of that, they appear to be totally unprepared of adjusting Military Operations accordingly. They appear to be lagging behind their Military counterparts, so these Officials give an inaccurate assessment of the capabilities of personnel assigned to them. I say that because in this world where there are so many software and electronic games around the world, and the Ukrainians having lots of high quality players, how come someone is going to say Ukrainians would not be capable of learning Western tactics, when they are able to master these games that are mostly Western creations? That is kind of stupid. And I know that because I trained some Ukrainian Techs in advanced molecular TB testing with Western designed and made machines, and they were able to perform all given tasks from A to Z in a matter of days, not weeks!!!! Ukrainians are very Smart and Capable people, and not giving them the opportunity of proving themselves is a dis-service to Ukraine, specially now that they are fighting a War for their survival as a Nation. I really feel ashamed with my government that having all these capabilities, had given Ukraine help at the speed of a sleeping snail.
This is just about the most professional-looking video I've ever seen. Crisp visuals, nice pacing, and NOT EVEN ONE error in the narrative text.
Excellent work, NightHawk Veterans! And believe me, you have to put in a lot of effort to get that level of praise from me.
Bravo you two ,we Love Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤❤❤
Two factors are required to resolve a problem: 1) Time, 2) effort.
The greater the effort the shorter the time.
Giving Ukraine state of the art technology will be an effort multiplyer thus shortening the problem (war)..
3) Money
Yep
@@ta3994 4) skill
Flying an aircraft is one one thing……who’s going to repair and arm them. It’s not as easy as you may think. There’s a saying……fixing them and getting them ready to go is the most difficult……..flying them is the most dangerous.
The Ukrainian people have shown outstanding ability to quickly adapt to and use very successfully NATO weapons and tactics. They really are amazing people.
Ещё в 40-е долбили вас нацистов. Один Кожедуб чего стоит
They have a very powerful incentive to learn and win ,and win they will . Loosing is not an option .
But i have not seen em use any of it at all yet tho. All i see is lame drone attacks. Im not impressed. Fighing drunk kid s from russian slum prison s.
Украинская армия по факту, на данный момент, самая боеспособная армия в Европе.... И очень мотивированная.
@@mermtu1171 флаг в руки и барабан на шею. Каждому боеспособному на могилку, барабан отдать потом детям.
Hat's off Ukrainian pilots 👍 all of you frontliners are the best in the world ❤
Earth. Do you even live on it?
Hahahaha I'm sure you're right 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The people of Ukraine hate the western world now just like the people of the Middle east do.
That's why Ukrops lost over 300k KUA 😂😂Bakmuth now Artemovsk is liberated from NAZI Uktops 🇷🇺👏👏Z
@@arescyp rashizm=fascism, everyone knows it today! So stop lying, Putin's litter!
Not surprising that Ukrainian Pilots can adapt swiftly. This is a glorified “New Type Certification”, as these guys are already combat-experienced pilots. The language barrier isn’t a big deal, but training the visual cues on the airplane HUD will be vitally important for these guys to survive, once battle is joined. Slava Ukraina!
For a seasoned pilot, moving into a different airframe like the F-16 fortunately isn't too tough. An airplane is an airplane and with these pilots flying Su-27s and Mig-29s, the transition to F-16s would be smooth as ice.
I bless all you ukrainian pilots and your trek to learn and operate the f-16!
Are you God?
@@Gabedudley1 Who said I was. I am of spirit just like you with love and understanding. My blessing goes far as I have seen its reaction through out my life. If you are of a true spirit and have great faith, you can bless others as well. By the way ... news flash: we are all a part of GOD once we take responsibilty of our actions, have you taken responsibility of your actions in life?
@@clausbohm9807 so you support Azov and the nazis Biden is funding to spread their ideology across Ukraine? Why don't you bless the people of Ukraine since they hate America now for bringing war to their country?
Claus Bohm-👏👍🤝(from Ukraine).
And to maintain and supplied with all the necessary tools and weapons' AMMO.
I am not shocked or surprised. I expected this from Ukrainian pilots. Plus experts say the F-16 is easy to handle and to maintain. NATO countries use different tactics with combined arms, but seeing how quickly the Ukrainians learn and adapt they will use them wisely. So get the fighters fast to Ukraine if only to protect the cities from the missiles!
Escalating is never good, from USA 🇺🇸
@@carlmorgan8452 escalating how? Ukraine already has fighterjets, but needs more for defense.
@@carlmorgan8452 So you want a long drawn out war? What is happening to the Ukrainians is not good. Escalating, or giving Ukraine effective weapons as most of us call it, is the only means to stop that.
@@dutchgijoe A lot will depend what missiles are going to be used on the F-16s.
Unless it has a GE engine in it, like a block 30 or block 32, then it will spend more time in the hanger than in the air. #PWforlife haha
❤Мальчики наши береги вас ГОСПОДЬ Дай мудрості і здоров'я
я живу у Харкові, біля нашого дому знаходилося Харківське Військове Авіаційне Училище льотчиків імені Кожедуба. Разом з друзями ми бігали до злітної смуги та дивились, як тренуються наші курсанти та мріяли вступити вчитися на військових льотчиків.
I am not surprised that these pilots could do this well this quickly. Lets all remember that they're not learning to fly, they are already very good fighter pilots. They simply have to learn the various systems of the f-16 and aircraft's capabilities and limits. I don't think the pilot training would be a problem. I think the main problem is that since the systems on the f-16 are so more complex than many of the systems on the aircraft that they normally fly that training the ground crews to maintain the f-16 would be the bigger problem and i would imagine would take much longer than four months. Considering the speed at which ukrainian people have learned to operate and maintain other systems that have been sent to ukraine i wouldn't bet against the ground crews learning to maintain these jets much faster than would be expected either. You tend to learn a lot quicker when your lives and the lives of your friends and family literally depend on it.
Ваші слова дуже влучні, я прочитав багато коментарів і це дуже тішить та мотивує далі Україні боротись, пройшло вже півтора року війни, а підтримка людей досі дуже висока. Велика подяка країнам НАТО і союзникам за таку підтримку Україні, дякуємо Вам.
@@MrGreen-nn3ob Well done Ukrainian pilots, immediately attacked the Pentagon.
@@user-gn1zs2bz7z що ти несеш, раб Путінський
I agree. They're learning different systems, getting used to an English-language platform, learning how to fly a more delicate aircraft, etc.
Logistics and base support (inspections, repairs, replacement) are much heavier and probably more customized (given the massive US system) and more different than anything the Ukrainians had before. The range of pods and munitions involved alone could be substantive.
For pilots, it isn't just 'can you do X skill', it is how much of that has you internalized to the point of having it almost in muscle memory (or mental muscle memory if you will) so that you can stay focused on what you must without having to devote cognitive processing to language translations, on which menu tree you had to work down to, and what the 4 different options mean specifically.
There's also the fact that NATO brings to the table AWACS, drones, satellites, and many more things and that communications and sensors that may or may not go to Ukraine but that leads to an aircraft operations being different and more effective - pair or flight tactics, squadron or wing strategies, coordination, complex strike missions, SEAD missions, recon missions, or air superiority missions involve the coordination between flights and squadrons to match the sorts of efficacy the US can deliver.
Still, if you don't own your skies, you are going to keep getting pounded. More air defense missile systems, more sensors, and then when the time is right, direct strikes on Russian staging places - fuel depots, railheads, key road junctions, and air defenses and air bases being used ty the Russians (maybe with help with Russian partisans or somebody's SF spotters...).
If there are Ukrainian relief agencies in your area, help out if you can. The citizens of Ukraine did not deserve the devastation of their country and the hardship and death they are facing. If you can help even a bit, it is appreciated.
One finds the motivation to learn fast when their country's fate is on the line. Slava Ukraini!
You secretly love Hitler, don't ya?
What's Shocking is people don't realise how easy it is for pilots to change aircraft. I have 5 endorsements my self the problem they will have is using the instruments all in English. Even with that the last 5 Aircraft Ukraine sent up all went down in fireballs giving them obsolete aircraft they can't maintain and don't have runways to fly from pure comedy.
We keep underestimating the Ukrainians. These people were ready to fight the Russians with Knifes and Petrol Bombs when they were invaded. Show me a more brave and committed people.
@@yfelwulf True, English is not my native tongue. It is now my first language after three decades living in the United States, going to college, and listening to the people. Spoken as a second language, one thinks one understands English very well but it is not the case.
@@yfelwulf Well done Ukrainian pilots, immediately attacked the Pentagon.
We thank the people of the USA for their support and assistance to Ukraine! People, you are incredible, we wish you and your country happiness and prosperity! Sincerely, residents of the Ukrainian city of Bucha.💙💛❤❤❤
It's the very least that all of us in the free world can do to help the brave Ukrainian people, stay safe and be blessed always there!
Greetings from here Downunder🦘💛💙
@@harryricochet8134 Hello from Buchi! Thank you very much for supporting Ukraine, we wish you peace and prosperity!
@@Masik-os2ue 30 more Bushmasters now on the way, we're keeping the pressure on our government to send more, stay strong safe and be blessed always courageous friends💛💙🦘Slava Ukraini!!
You are fighting, in a tangible way, for the entire free world. Thank you from USA
No stronger motivation than knowing your training is to fight for your family, your friends and your homeland. Battle of Britain pilots knew this very well.
So proud that they showed that they were up there with the best. And not the dummies some people thought they would be. GET THEM F16’s ASAP. 👏👏
i'm an old guy now.. but had this war occurred 30 years ago i would have volunteered to fight for Ukrainian freedom... its truly something worth dying for.
your life must be worth nothing risink it for other peoples problems
I am in no way surprised that Professional Ukranian Military Pilots did so very well, and given more practice, I would like to hear their Opinion of the F16
Slava Ukraini
Learning the systems of the F-16 isn't the hard part, it's a relatively simple jet compared to other fighters like the F-18. That's why we have sold F-16s to so many countries already, I think it's more of a political debate rather than the training or capability of Ukrainian pilots and maintainers.
Slava Ukraine, indeed. These courageous people are our friends and our allies. They have repeatedly, continuously, demonstrated capabilities far beyond Western expectations. It is both immoral and foolish to deny their brilliant military, their citizens, the tools they need to protect their home.
No. They're not. They're being used as tools of the globalist West's elite. The ones that brought you the c00f psyop and now the Ukraine war. Get a god damned clue.
Zelensky is a poppet who could have had peace and could be avoided this invasion if the US and NATO weren't pushing their fists up Putin's ass
Well said....id be there busting caps if able.
@@brianford8493 Well done Ukrainian pilots, immediately attacked the Pentagon.
Не забывайте потом еще каждому дать флажок, который в его могилку воткнут будет.
I'd love to hear the thoughts of the Ukrainian pilots on flying the F-16 compared to their former Soviet era aircraft. This must have been such an unreal experience for them - especially older pilots, who may have already flown for the former Soviet Union.
Technically speaking the F-16 is also a "soviet era" plane, but it must still be a far better one... technically :D
I think it's like switching from a soviet Lada to a Porsche
@@MrAllben Famous military expert from Ukraine, pilot-instructor, said it's more like a switching from mersedes with mechanical gears to automated gears. To be honest, battle planes is a piece of high-tech everywhere. That's one of the reason why the skilled pilots learning so fast. However, the capabilities of F-16 is better and, what is even more important, there are a huge supply of the jets and (what is even more important) - a wide range and huge supply of the compatible rockets. When all of the soviet jets have no spare parts and used intensively. Anyway, thanks to our Western allies for any support and help. It would be much more victims of the war otherwise.
Этот самолёт лучше советских и самых новых российских .
@@Valdemar67 I had suspected as much, but didn't want to come across as presumptuous!
Never underestimate the Ukrainian people! They’ve seen and been through some crap (they survived Stalins famine… heck even surviving the Soviet Union)…. They’re definitely not going to stand for pooptins aggression… supply them with the right tools for victory, and ez clap! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Дивовижний документальний фільм, кадри та результати - thank you
Before Desert Storm most in my unit were lazy about using technical manuals and working on our tanks. Once we deployed everyone suddenly cared about how to keep our tank maintained and everything working right.
Nothing like the fear of death to spur the education of survival.
Ukrainians are extremely fast learners, so I don't think it will take as long to train them as they originally thought.
I wonder when the West will finally come around and realize this?
Kate🇺🇲-👏👍🇺🇦🤝🇺🇲(from Ukraine).
They shot down Russia's best missiles while still a novice on the system they were using. They'll have the F16 mastered in no time.
@@jamesstreet228 👏👍🤝(from Ukraine).
They might as well learn to speak Spanish in two days.
Some of the things which will prove most difficult for Ukrainian pilots is learning not to fight the plane, formation and wingman flying, combined arms using advanced avionics andf learning to think independently of a ground controller.
Fighting for survival...........not politics.
Determination overcomes fear.
Glory to Ukraine. From all over the world.
F-16 is so beautiful! True gem of military aviation
It looks like a sports car!
It's beautiful unless one is coming at you, ready to attack!
Very glad this moved forward, as the F16 will be a huge benefit to Ukraine’s arsenal. It has been a learning experience for everyone, with some wonderful information being obtained regarding the length of time needed for training of pilots with experience using other platforms and regarding overcoming potential language obstacles.
Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦🇺🇸
Hail Azov
@@F16_viper_pilot so your a grammar nazi too?
@@Gabedudley1 Heil Wagner, heil Putin
@@Gabedudley1 “so your a grammar nazi too?” No, but I am educated enough to know how to spell simple four letter words.
Btw, “your” should be “you’re”. Looks like spelling is challenging for you, even in this day of online spell checkers.😁
@@F16_viper_pilot do you have any more narcissistic tendencies you would like to show me? Do you also have the need to belong in the "most educated" political party?
This awesome! Plus, you're not actually training these pilots from scratch. This is more like re-training or maybe updating them a bit as they are already knowledgeable and experienced pilots. You see this in other areas of life or in sports where a professional athlete is able to go from one environment to another, albeit different but pretty similar environment and still perform at a high level and once they fully adapt to the new environment, then they are going to be even better.
No surprises here Ukraine has surpassed all expectations of them and will continue to no matter what is thrown at them.
It's not shocking when you remember they are not only fighting for Ukraine but for their families too! It would appear to me that Ukrainian Pilots are natural born fliers!! Good Job!! 👍🏻👍🏻
what as load of bullcrap, they only fight to protect the ukronazii elensky regime.... they killed for more than 8 years people in the east side (donbass) while all the western media was writhing articles about the naziism in ukraine and now all of a sudden everyone made a 180 ....
They are fighting for the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev. Greetings from Ohio.
At 2 june 2014 those pilots just attacked civilian house of Lugans goverment. Think about it.
ukraine ppl are smart and educated ppl and willing to do anything to get their land free again and these is the reason we should stand with them bc they never stop they keep pushing them self AMAZING PPL when other country say why ukraine getting the attention not only ukraine at war well that's bc they show they willing to give it all when we see that we can't help our self but to help them GLORY TO UKRAINE MAY FREEDOM COMES SOONER THAN LATER FOR THESE BRAVE PPL
these pilots are experienced professionals, and the planes have been designed to be user friendly, over many years and iterations. They'll do just fine, go kick some butt Ukraine!!
As an American veteran of two wars and a tax payer, I FULLY support our support for Ukraine. They are keeping Russian aggression in check for, maybe, the whole of Europe. They deserve our support. They also deserve the weapons and tools they need to drive out the invaders.
GLORIA A UCRANIA!!!, GLORIA A SUS HÉROES!!! 💪💪💪
Каким героям дурачок???? Нацистам и фашистам ? Ты сам значит нацист. Россия во втрой раз защищает Мир от коричневой чумы.
The limiting factor might not be how long it would take Ukrainian pilots to adapt to the F-16, but rather perhaps how logistics and maintenance crews might perform up to needed proficiency.
Are Americans going to ukraine as maintenance crews.
The ground crews will be likewise ambitious.
Very important but NATO is on standby which is something everyone forgets....right across the border in Poland.
@@allanlansdowne340 NATO military commands are strict in preventing member military personnel from becoming involved on Ukrainian soil
certainly with Russia's latest 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
A more likely scenario were that nationals of several countries might have given their lives for an independent Ukraine. This similarly was recounted by many including Hemingway. Picasso captured the horror in his 'Guernica.'
It is possible to keep them in Poland, and go to the frontline only for the missions. It's similar to Russian's Engel's airbase that was destroyed by our rockets. Jets are moved far away and goes to Engel's only to get the rockets before the attacks. Also, F-16 were already used in Ukraine during some military training several years ago - so it's nothing impossible to have a landing for refuelling or loading of the rockets. When the most complex service works can be done in Poland. That also will protect the equipment and technical personnel from the Russian rocket attacs.
Video of snow! And this means that Ukrainian pilots have been training on the F-16 for at least half a year. There is no need to say that there is some kind of language barrier, pilots in all countries are trying to learn English, since all controllers communicate with pilots in English. In addition, those who flew simulators know what the instrument readings mean. Ukrainians speak English better than Russians, and even after graduating from school, knowledge of English is enough for simple communication.
I believe that the reason for the delay in providing Ukraine with these aircraft is mainly logistics and equipment for military airports. Although, in my opinion, it is possible to make sorties from the territory of Poland if there is a great need, which will be within the current month.
IDK why but watching this is like watching your son learn to ride a bike without training wheels. The amount of pride that I have for these brave souls learning at such a fast pace to defend their homes, families and brother/sisters/mothers/fathers is just amazing. I say this as a conservative, and to all the anti war support conservatives I say that this is actually freedom that we're helping them fight for. better than any conflict that we've been in since what WWII or maybe the first gulf war? we're not losing our sons/daughters to fight this war, we're giving older weapons that we designed to fight russia with and the ukranian fighters have shown to be a worthy fighter when given the weapons just like they were in WWII. they suffered a lot, they want freedom, they don't want to live under the soviet or "new russia" thumb. they're stamping out corruption and beating the bastards brains out. If we don't do this, we WILL be in an active war with russia because putin, just like hitler wont be happy with the sudatenland or czechlosovakia he will want more. Appeasement will not work with tyrants.. give them weapons to win. let them push them back to the border and watch the russian civil war break out after that.
slava ukrania!
NATO is like Hitler. Does not stop and continues to go east to capture the whole world. We must stop NATO even if the earth dies in a nuclear war, because NATO does not want to live peacefully. NATO equipment and command attacks Russia with the hands of Ukrainians.
Если нет мозгов, не нужно писать.
Ты до сих пор веришь, что идет борьба за свободу, демократию, что Саддама и Каддафи убили за то, что они притесняли свой народ?
Тогда ты просто глупый ребенок.
If you don't have brains, you don't need to write.
Do you still believe that there is a struggle for freedom, democracy, that Saddam and Gaddafi were killed because they oppressed their people?
Then you're just a stupid kid.
Talley Hoe to both of you courageous pilots. Good hunting! Give any opponent hell! Godspeed .Slava Ukraine.
F16 training needs to include Red Flag or Top Gun style exercises. These two programs greatly increase the survivability of fighter pilots.
underrated comment
Problem is the cost. The US is in no state to waste more money on foreign countries. We are having an economic crisis
@@Pablo_lens The US cannot afford to allow the situation in Eastern Europe to remain destabilised by Russia. The US needs to be able to focus on Asia and they can't do that while Russia is a credible threat to US interests in Europe. Any result that leaves Russia holding parts of Ukraine and able to rebuild will cause an ongoing threat. The quoted cost of aid to Ukraine is theoretical. Weapons aren't used cars, so there is no real market value. Most of the stuff sent to Ukraine is from old stocks and would be replaced anyway. In many cases it's as cheap, or cheaper, to send them to Ukraine as it is to warehouse or decommission them.
But that means that they would have to go to Red Flag. Gross! HAHA. I had to go there every year for 10 years, for 2 weeks for Red Flag and do not miss that time at all. HAHA. But I do agree, getting them out there for a Red Flag mission, especially with Ukrainian ground troops and drone squadrons to train effectively for their specific mission and goals. It is vital, and I think that is what they will be doing, especially since they are in Tucson and just need a few minutes to get to Vegas.
Aurora 23
ACE23 soon
Чекаємо з нетерпінням на вас, українські пілоти F-16, разом з літаками. Слава українським небесним асам!!
Удачи парни!!! И успехов !!!!
The Ukrainian AirForce pilots have a great deal of training flying with the F15 fighter squadron from the California National Guard. Both the war so they are definitely familiar with Air Force avionics and tactics allready
Praying for Ukraine 🇺🇦 every day
Russia too
Paying for Ukraine every day.
I'd love to know what those Ukrainian pilots thought of the F-16, after spending time in the simulator. It's one thing to know a piece of equipment by reputation, and another when you can actually be hands on.
Same happen with Italian F-104 pilot during early 2000, during training with other countries, they always outclass other pilot on a simulator using newer jet, reason is simple, when you're trained and use to be effective with an old beast, have a new one it's just a matter of different mechanism, than become more easy to them go 110% than other.
Great news - let's go give our airforce warriors all the F-16s they need to eliminate the evil orcs
We don't need so many of them, 50 pieces are enough to destroy the enemy, help the ground troops to knock this scumbag out of our land. Over time, we will update the aviation fleet with more modern aircraft, we will buy or manufacture them, in fact, Ukraine has experience in aircraft construction, we really want to restore it, as well as the construction of space rockets, Ukraine was one of the most powerful countries in the USSR, unfortunately we didn't manage to save everything, but a lot of it was simply stolen from us by Russia, which is what they used to do all their lives, that is, kill and steal. And while the support and help of our partners is very important to us, we ourselves will not be able to resist such a horde
It's not that simple.
@@Stubbies2003 In fact, everything is simpler than it seems, our pilots are highly qualified, the infrastructure of military airfields has been developed in Ukraine since the times of the USSR, it will not be so difficult to prepare runways, air defense systems are being updated, it is simply necessary to immediately start all possible training of pilots, and the political the decision has already been confirmed at the g7 summit
It seems that everyone here seems to forget that U.S.S.R. Still has the nuke card to play. And they are in the hands of a individual who is legitimately insane ! And he’s got an alliance with China! Just imagine the horrible possibilities!! And also think about the people in charge of running our country!! They are our achilles heel!!
@@dark_wolf3647 Eastern bloc countries don't deal with F-16s which are basically vacuum cleaners of everything on taxi/runways so they would need to completely overhaul that. The problem is in logistics of people to fix the aircraft, spare parts, AGE equipment, test equipment, etc. etc. etc. None of what Ukraine has to fix the MiG-29 or the Su-27 are useful to maintain F-16s. No government has an entire air force's worth of this stuff just sitting around waiting to be given to Ukraine. As I stated it isn't nearly as simple a problem to fix as people are hoping it is.
An old favorite fighter jet from my childhood. Good to see them in the right hands. Good Luck.
Tim an "old favorite jet" is the F-4. I think of the F16 as new even though its been around some 40 yrs. I think I am getting old.
@@jcheck6 Well, as they say- if it ain’t broke, just upgrade its weapon systems! lol
, Super hero Ukrianian pilots....best of the best...
I imagine that trained pilots just have to adjust to the controls of a new plane, learn all their quirks, etc. Much easier than learning to fly from scratch and learning all that stuff as well. It also helps that the F-16 is the same generation fighter craft as the MIG-29 and SU-27 so the Ukrainian pilots don't have to learn the new tech that fighters, like the F-35 has. The big problem is probably getting the ground crews trained up to maintain the F-16s, which are more complicated than Russia's fighters.
Back in the 80's, in my youth I tried a F-16 simulator (the one's they trained pilots on). And found it very easy to fly. I had a 30 min campaign and managed to land the plane after, with only minor damages to the undercarage. I had absolute no prior training before this, and was very proud after landing (and sweating like a pig)!
well its supposed to be easy
the plane is unstable
the computer does the actual flying
pilot just tells the computer where to fly.
I bet these Ukrainans have been doing DCS familiarisation, and if they already have pilot wings on other type, the transition really should be a cake walk.. all the buttons and switchology is already learned done in DCS..
В 1988 Миг-23 в Польше после катапультирования пилота сам улетел и упал в Голландии после выработки топлива!
@jonnyueland7790 The fact is that pigs do not have functioning sweat glands. It's worth remembering this whenever you hear someone say that he or she "sweats like a pig."
Any landing you walk away from is a good landing! 😁
@@petemulhearn7787 Well that's an old saying us pilots have used for years..however a bad landing in a F16 can render the plane unable to operate and that's not a good landing, so for the money these planes cost, now you have a possible junk plane not able to perform thereby rendering it useless
Those who think that experienced Ukrainian pilots can’t learn to fly modern western jets probably only fly desks! It’s like saying that an experienced driver can’t switch car type fast enough. Of course language and different interfaces take time to get used to and to master but as soon as they receive new planes, they will fly missions after missions, and who knows they could develop flying tactics against Russians that will benefit western pilots. Nothing beats repetition.
Найкращі 💪🇺🇦
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Ukrainians aren't alone! I Thank and pray to God for helping them, every day by the hour, as I pray for my own family.
Thank you excellent educational presentation.
Those skills involved in operating any fighter aircraft are simply mind blowing. There is no doubt the Ukrainian pilots will quickly master such an incredible task.
Therefore ..go get them and reclaim your beautiful country.
The pilots learning is a drop in the bucket… keeping the jets going and safe is going to be the hardest part of it all .
Pretty sure that's been being taken care of already.
I just hope the Ukrainian pilots flying the F-16... get the chance to use them... and use them well.
Nice video clip here, and presentation of our F-16. It's still an amazing airframe with great capabilities.
When these Ukrainian pilots are trained up, and deliveries have been completed I believe things should become a little more interesting over the skies of Ukraine.
Take care of those birds, treat them right, and more importantly make sure you feed them often!
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Glory to God,
Victory for Ukraine,
Rise Free Nations!
Glad you enjoy it
Taking care of the birds and treating them right is the part that no one is even considering here. It isn't a turn key fix of just hand them F-16s and all is well.
@@Stubbies2003they’ve been training pilots on these for a while now, I think they’ve been preparing for this “contingency” plan since last year and that the government already has been developing maintenance support programs. I don’t think the roll out would be like, tomorrow (would be neat though). But I do think that the government intentionally makes these things seem to take longer than they really do. But I think it’s a good thing in some regards - you can’t show your entire hand at all times. Not with someone like Putin. I just hope this will happen in time to prevent worse harm that is being inflicted on the people. 🇺🇦♥️🇺🇸✌️
@@Rhov9 This still doesn't explain how they are going to produce that much extra support equipment and spares which won't negatively affect another country in having to give up that equipment. There isn't a limitless supply of this stuff. Especially to constitute a new air force from nothing logistics wise.
As far as this uber faith in US government planning this isn't always the case. Sometimes the military are told to do something short notice and they do the best they can. For exhibit A I offer our FUBAR withdraw from the Afghanistan country.
Poland and Romania have converted from MIG-21, MIG 29 to F-16, although not in a war situation, so just to ask them how fast their pilots adapted to F-16. Main thing with receiving the F-16 is to be able to use them safely and effectively!
...and assess what capability it brings that is needed. Great figher and interceptor that can drop some bombs....IMO F-18 would be more useful.
@@TheBDD1970 Ukraine needs a multi purpose fighter bomber and have arrived to F-16 which is a very capable fighter bomber and which is phased out in several countries in Europe. So its a compromise. Other phased out planes could be the first series British Eurofighters, which are just fighters, then Tornadoes low flying bombers and the French Mirage 2000 bombers. The americans have the phased out F-18 and F-16, but it seems they will not part with them any time soon. So a donation of modernised F-16 from european countries could be a compromise for now, and then follow up with other solutions if necessary until the russians finally realize they cannot win this war, rather loose it!
I think the russians are arriving to realize they will lose, so they just need a big counter offensive to give up their project. Even they say all goes according to plan and threaten with all things bad if planes are sent to Ukraine! So they are afraid!
@@TheBDD1970 Why? The F-18 is an aircraft built for aircraft carriers with corresponding disadvantages. But Ukraine does not have aircraft carriers. Apart from that they are quite similar. The F-16 is significantly more common.
@@masel5249 Agree, but still Finland, Switzerland, Canada, and Australia use the F-18 as inland fighter, but the F-16 is much better as a fighter than the F-18. The worry for the F-16 is the not so sturdy landing gear and air intake close to the ground that could pick up drebris form the ground. And Ukrainian runways are a lot worse than the Nato counterparts. So in that regard the Swedish Gripen would be more ideal because its made to land on provisorical highways. They are made to fight an improvised war, while the F-16 is made for nice flat runways without any debris and bumps.
@@gabork.8715 Indeed for this reason i would also vote for Gripen, they are undemanding like those MiG-29 (ruclips.net/video/QyD0liioY8E/видео.html) and can also carry modern missiles and has a capable radar. But they are unfortunately not on the table it seems?
The biggest problem's likely to be that the artificial horizon works backward to them. Soviet ones show the aircraft as seen by an outside observer, Western ones show the horizon as seen by the pilot - which isn't always visible due to natural light levels. They have to build a new set of reflexes.
Putin not only forced Finland into arms of NATO, it seems he has also been successful in stimulating Ukraines AirForce modernization. Well done Vlad!.
I think its also important to start training the ground and service crews and collect the gear to build a support bases in the Ukraine! This also does not come instantly!
Ukraine soldiers are among the best in the world.
In case of genocide and war inside your countrys borders you exceed any limit. It is no doubt that UKAF would be able to use F16 and any other Gen4 jet even without training. They wouls sure not be able to provide the last bit of capability regarding tactics, communication and weapon system to the battlefield but the shear flying is no issue. Those guys flew over 80 sorties each of em since feb 22 in low level stitches between power lines and infrastructure, did aggressive a2g manouvers and are true aviators. They know anything about flight dynamics and won't drop off the sky by pilot errors. All they have to learnis where the right buttons and controls are, a few things that are special, read the PHB and learn about the Radar and weapon systems they are provided with. Hand those jets over and the proud history of the F-16 Viper as the most sporty fighter aircraft is added with a new prout chapter. Those guys are damn motivated, the most skilled war pilots arround and dedicated at a maximum state. As an aviator I only can drop the jaw bones and hail these guys. Crash clurs and off they go.
I am an engineer, we are used to learn and work with operational gadgets and systems, when I sat down in a cockpit of a F-16 and one of the pilots told me what each instrument and system was for, I had it down in one go. Then would be to learn each instrument and how to operate it and understand the information it provides. I can imagine, a trained fighter pilot that have countless hours in the air, in combat situation would have no issue learning to fly this within a months' time.
Remember that these pilots are not fresh off the farm... they already are fully qualified in the MIG-29 and the Sukhoi 27s, so their primary mission was to learn to react to the differing control levers and buttons, etc. on the F-16. That said, there was an article just last weekend that the U.S. instructors thought it would take them 18 months to fully qualify in an F-16, but instead they were found to be fully qualified in only about 4 months. Remember also that these men are fully motivated to get into an F-16 at an early date so as to get into the air and duke it out with Russian pilots.
You said: "That said, there was an article just last weekend that the U.S. instructors thought it would take them 18 months to fully qualify in an F-16, but instead they were found to be fully qualified in only about 4 months." Did you view the video? Obviously not.
@@ownpetard8379 I read the article referenced by the above. The article said the Ukrainian pilots had been running through the simulators, but had not actually flown an F-16. The instructors concluded that, based on their performance on the simulators, they were eminently trainable on the plane, and had passed the simulator testing in 1/4 of the time the trainers had originally projected. Per a previous article I'd read and then posted on FB, the initial duo were there to be Guinea Pigs as being typical Ukrainian pilots, and we wanted to see how long it would take them to get up to speed, just to give us an idea of what we'd be working with as trainees. There were supposed to be 10-12 more pilots to be sent over to our training centers. All were to be fully qualified on MIG 29s, That was my reading of both articles, and according to my readings, that's what was the basis of my comments just posted on FB. If my readings of the articles was flawed, I apologize.
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