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F-16 Arrive in Ukraine - Will They Win the War?
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- 🇺🇦 The F-16 Fighting Falcon: Ukraine's Game Changer? ✈️
Air superiority is a decisive factor in modern warfare, and Ukraine is on the verge of shifting the balance with the imminent arrival of F-16 fighter jets. In this video, we dive deep into why Ukraine desperately needs these advanced aircraft and how they can potentially turn the tide in the ongoing conflict with Russia. 🌍
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The fact that the Swedes have donated 2 AWACS-type aircraft should help Ukraine IMMENSELY. They should allow Ukraine's F-16s MUCH greater radar coverage - and multiply their effectiveness.
Awacs are flying in Poland, Romania and the Black Sea 24/7 providing Ukraine with the gathered information. Two more planes flying the same paths will not do any difference.
You are wrong. The Swedish planes will fly over Ukraine itself and will 4:42 be able to radar guide the missiles from the F16s so they can have theirs turned off. That solves a vulnerability the F16s have. The Swedish planes will be a huge advantage. @alexbort3082
Yup they can safely do ovals in western Ukraine, Romania, Poland and the Baltic countries
Then why were they given to them?@@alexbort3082
They will go down as soon as they cross the Ukrainian border.
People complaining about Ukraine not flying the F-16s yet. The F-16 is not a CAR!! These guys aren’t going to magically learn to fly a foreign aircraft and use it in real war combat under a year
I agree better to make sure everything is properly prepared and trained instead of rushing them into service and wasting them.
it take too long to train Ukrainian soldiers they will use the AI 16 they going to test them out
@@damongrant5741 we do have those don't we. It's what I think about when ever someone says something silly like America couldn't win a modern war or some other nonsense.
No but when your already a fighter pilot it doesn’t take as long to learn a different aircraft and I’m sure the combat techniques/maneuvers between us and Soviet pilots aren’t too far apart from each other , after all most of our systems and doctrine was designed to fight and defend from each other .
People been driving cars for 20 yrs and still can't drive. Imagine re-learning how to be a fighter pilot AND learning to speak a different language just so you can read the instruments and all the technical manuals needed to then someday start learning HOW to actually fly what to them would be a space ship compared to the Soviet era Bi-planes they were flying.
Getting these jets doesn't guarantee air superiority, but lets be honest, it increases Ukraine's chance of winning. God bless from Australia.
The F-16's will do absolutely nothing for Ukraine.
Barely, but yes
If God actually blessed everyone, there wouldn't be wars.
@@hsp1316 the devil exists brother.
His biggest trick was making people believe he doesn’t.
Por favor en español
The F-16 is flown with a side stick. It’s not like aircraft that Ukraine is used to flying. In the MiG-29 the stick is between your legs where it is on most planes. Not so in the F16. The stick is by your right hand. And gone are all the analog gages form the MiG 29. There are a couple gages in the F-16 that have analog backups but only like 2-3. Most of
Your info is on digital
Screens. Plus in the F-16 you are sitting at a 30 degree incline to make the rive more comfortable. Pilots of the F-16 frequently say that they don’t feel
Like they are sitting inside an airplane but feel like the airplane
Is wrapped around them. The F-16 can pull
9g maneuvers all day long too. The MiG 29
Would fly apart if it was subjected to constant 9g forces. The F-16 when it came
Out was a o e of a kind revolutionary type of plane. It is fly by wire. Meaning when you pull on the controls there are no belts and caables actually attached to the control surfaces. Those are completly gone. When you move the stick a computer interprets that and tells the control surface how to move. Everything about the F16 was state of the art at the time and honestly it’s still a bad ass plane. Why else do you think it is still in production to this day. They are still building them in Georgia as we speak.
They're still making f15's too... it would be great for Ukraine - a powerful fighter able to carry enormous ammounts of ordnance with 104:0 KD ratio in air to air.
@@mikek9297 agreed. Yea the F-15 EX are new planes. They aren’t refurbished F15 E’s they are brand new airplanes. I think the F-16 is good for Ukraine because they aren’t as expensive as the F15, they are still fast and can deploy any weapons in NATO and it’s the most mass produced fighter plane in history. Ever. Like 6000 I think have been built. Pretty much all of our allies, except for like Sweden and a few other country’s, use them so spare parts will be plentiful. Now on down the road I would like Ukraine to eventually get some F15’s and maybe when they are in NATO the F-35. But the F-16 will give them a lot of bang for not a lot of bucks.
I don’t think the side stick is such a big issue. Many pilots shift from commercial fly by wire aircraft to warbirds and back, they are different, but you adapt. The yak52s the Ukrainians are used to have very light control forces. As to combat Gs, the footage I’ve seen suggests they are pulling hard. Ukraine rejected Australian F18s offered to them, which had tired airframes with G limitations, but otherwise all the capabilities of the older F16s that are coming. Apart from complicating logistics and training, the major limitation was- not good for high G combat
Depending on modification of Mig 29 more likely F 16 will be facing Mig 31 and Su 37 which are much faster and manuvarable then anything US have...
@@NathanDean79 F16 can't be arm with anything which is provided by NATO to Ukraine till now most of the spare parts you are dreaming about are gone ages ago to Romania,Israel and Turkey. Back in 2020 there was a bidding war for parts both Romania and Slovakia brought second hand planes and need it parts .Israel and Turkey still have a big fleet of F16 and even US in the past brought some parts to repair old frames for the National Guard....
As a child in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I had a plastic model of the fighting Falcon the F16. I read articles about this fascinating aircraft, and it was considered the Porsche of combat jet fighting. After all these years and now at age 60, I am impressed that American engineering has proven itself to be the best when greed and avarice doesn't play or stand in the way of a perfect invention that has stood the test of time. It's not the best of the best but has adapted well and it was suppose to have been retired years ago but it still shows that it has a place in the world of fighting evil and avarice today. Let's Go F16 and the Brave pilots who fly them into victory!!!
I’m 64 and was a child in the 60’s. I think you mean you were a teenager.
Wqq😂❤
The pilots are gonna be faking it till they make it. Hopefully Russia doesn't capture a bunch of them and steal our "secret sauce"
some people are always children! Hello
I think you bought into the toy makers marketing hype and the manufacturers approval to license the rights for a toy designed for an American boy child. Hook line and sinker. It’s not without its flaws. God Bless America - God is in our side.
Not only do they have to take time to train pilots to use F16s effectively and efficiently, which is a lot as it is, they also have to train the maintenance crews on how to repair literally everything on the jet: from weapons systems, the avionics, the engine itself, etc. and not to mention there’s a LOT for each of those. Not to mention they have to fix battle damage and learn how to load bombs properly as well as get the right aerospace ground equipment (AGE) for the jets, obtain the previous maintenance records for each jet AND learn how to properly document the maintenance that will take place once Ukraine is ready to deploy the 16s to the battlefield. It’s not an overnight thing and ALL parties involved have to be trained to handle the 16 properly. Lastly, it’s an American aircraft, it was manufactured completely differently than the Soviet aircraft that Ukraine had. It’s like training a Toyota mechanic to be a Bugatti mechanic: it can happen and a lot of the concepts are similar but the engineering in a Bugatti is a lot different compared to a Toyota
The repair issue is not as critical -Planes can be shipped out to be repaired or even based in neighboring countries, high speed video links provide live assistance.
The missions will not be dogfights but rather deploy weapons from a superior platform and to extend a cone of uncertainty over the F16's operational range ( including weapons)
That was Stated in the video
@@stephenwilkinson1254 I beg to differ, western made aircraft are far more complex than the old soviet era aircraft, the maintenance of western aircraft can’t be supported properly by video link, and basing them in neighbouring countries would be seen by Putin as a direct involvement by that country/NATO in the war and he could possibly attack that country and compel NATO to intervene. I spent 24 years as a “maintainer” of western built aircraft and to properly maintain them you need a conversion/manufacturers course just for starters, then you need time to gain experience and more knowledge and the different skills that you have to employ, and that is hard enough for an experienced engineer to do, the Ukrainian maintenance personnel have to more or less start from scratch, yes there basic skills won’t change, a spanner 🔧 or hammer 🔨 are the same thing in any countries toolbox, but things like computer diagnostic equipment are not, each different aircraft have different support equipment and that can take weeks just to learn the basics, and even when you have the ability to collect data about the issue you have to be able to interpret that data and act to address the problem, the diagnostic kit can only tell you so much, the rest is down to experience, and that is just one of the different challenges they will face, it is not as easy as Hollywood portrays the operation of aircraft, get just one thing wrong and somebody could die, the pilot, or maintenance personnel, they need to train the engineers just as much as they need to train the pilots, and that takes time.
The F-16 is the most commonly produced aircraft in the world , so too should be both experienced pilots and ground crews, active and retired , for a fee of course ,who can “spread the wealth” of there knowledge, fighter pilots had a great deal of input in its design.
Good explanation - thanks
The F16 is not magic but it will help.
help what more deaths ?
@@ufodude1000yes russians please
Its a lot more than the rusty Migs that Ukraine had a year ago!
F-16 training is not about a few pilots learning to fly a jet - it's about an entire air force learning, adopting & implementing an entirely new doctrine. It involves everything from the planes, the pilots, weapons, pods, parts, ground crews, airfields, storage sites, supplies, fuel, tactics, procedures, mission planning, approach & execution, and far, far more, far, far beyond both our knowledge & purview. This is, at a minimum, a 5 year process when done at rushed pace *IN PEACETIME!!!* Doing all of this in less than 2 years in the middle of the largest, most intense & destructive conventional war the world has seen in decades is nothing short of miraculous. So, for all of us looking in from the outside, maybe we oughta keep what we think to ourselves and let these professionals pulling off real-life Herculean tasks do their jobs.
As the saying goes...."Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics"
Well said
That is exactly why the F-16 is the wrong weapon. A better choice would be the mq 28 B, a stealthy drone with a pair of internal amram missiles
America sent Abrams without proper logistics, and Ukraine abandoned them in the middle of the battlefield. It is better to be slow and correct this time around.
@@ppen8359 the Bradley seem to be very successful do they require less support
It's interesting that despite their advanced position, Russia failed to achieve full air superiority.
With the arrival of F16s and the continued destruction of Russian air defence systems it's going to get very interesting
I’m not joking here imagine if you bought russian air defence systems and you’re looking how they don’t work in Ukraine.
Не смеши 😂. Кто тебе такое сказал ? Ты воевал?
@@user-fc5ku2im3m
No, we can do this magical thing called "reading and comprehending"
Considering the Ukraine armed services are using a western fighting style, this could get them not just stability, but proper air superiority. If that happens, that is how they regain their eastern salient from the Russians. If you don't have proper air support, you can't run a proper western ground assault to run the offense. I think the Russians are very scared of the things to come.
@@user-fc5ku2im3mrussian defense systems are real s***. No one will buy russian equipment seeing how inefficient and worthless it is. In fact, as russia ever produced anything of quality
The F-16 will likely be extremely effective at striking air defenses using HARM missiles.
The F-16s can also be maintained and repaired outside Ukraine. Keeping the mechanics safe in Denmark dramatically improves the expected lifespan of the fleet.
Until Putin attacks Denmark.
The F-16 will also be equipped with a small-diameter bomb so that it can fight from a greater distance from the battle lines.
You guys actually believe Russia won’t strike these HUBs ? Smh. The level of ignorance is appalling.
@@jasonmatthews6187 Actually, your level of ignorance is appalling. Russia cannot do a damn thing for 2.5 years. Keep those bull shit veil threats to yourself. Even without F-16s, Ukraine still has an airforce. Don't compare Russia to USA where any opponents air force will not last 1 month.
Striking air defences ? ...which will, presumably , be trying to do the same to them . Wish them luck !
The "delay" is nothing but the monumental task of getting logistics and training up to par for a sustainable new modern weapons platform.
Also: rUSia iS RUnniNg oUt OF AMmo anY DaY noW?!
My guess as to why we haven't seen F-16s yet: probably waiting for more patriot batteries & AA assets to get delivered to better secure flight facilities without leaving Ukrainian cities further exposed.
Reasonable guess
Keep waiting... forever... or until last ukranian you know the western say " you fight russia using russians"... all this nato stuff reduced russian army to ruble but also ukraine. 😅
The pilots are still be trained
the actual reason is that you need the infrastructure and logistics to fuel and maintain them,
That means more US logistics in theatre that can only be manned by US troops on the ground to run the systems and do the maintenance, technicians to arm them on each run etc etc.
It's a very complex thing, you can't just park an F16 in an airfield, pump some gas into and fly it all day long. For every hour of flight they need 17 hours of maintenance. This means you need safe hangers (there are none in Ukraine) and places for those US troops (who aren't officially there) not to get bombed, and specific fuel supply lines that is undoubtedly different that what MIGS use.
Imagine Russia takes out an F16 base which they most surely will take out a few, when the service men come home dead how does the President spin that one to the families and the the world. He would have to admit to Russia that we have active troops in Ukraine (which they know but can't prove yet)
It looks like Ukraine will get F-16's soon. The Ukrainians have been doing their best to destroy the S-300, S-400, and S-500 anti-aircraft systems in Russia.
That would be the main thing that would pose a problem to the F-16 squadrons.
Without those defensive batteries, Russia won't be able to shoot them down easily. The F-16's can operate mostly unhindered.
Hmmm. You are saying it is difficult for Ukrainian pilots to transfer their current skills set, which includes actual combat on the F16 platform and yet the pilots are saying it does not. In reality, given how long this war has been going on, its clear we in the west have been dragging our feet, maybe for our own security reasons.
Thank you
Yes you are correct---someone is STALLING the F-16 program on purpose!
Three years war and no planes?--even the extra mig-29s were STALLED before finally being given.
Plenty of veteran retired F-16 pilots willing to fly for Ukraine if ALLOWED. Permission not given.--Perhaps pilots must learn English, and sewing to make their suits, etc. BEFORE pilot training?
Special training of course is needed on how to fight RuZZian jets without damaging them or without hitting them over RuZZian territory---perhaps rubber missiles so as not to offend Pootler?
it's really not easy tp switch platforms. A jet is not a car and jet fighters are infinitely more complex. It would take them a couple of years to really learn how to fly one and not get instantly killed.
@@likemostthings
Someone is STALLING the F-16 program on purpose!
Three years war and no planes?--even the extra mig-29s were STALLED before finally being given.
Plenty of veteran retired F-16 pilots willing to fly for Ukraine if ALLOWED. Permission not given.--Perhaps pilots must learn English, and sewing to make their suits, etc. BEFORE pilot training?
@@WangAiHua I'd be happy if we allowed retired F-16 pilots to go fight for Ukraine, on a volunteer basis.
That would make a huge difference.
The fact that Ukraine has stopped Russia from bombing every target over Ukraine after almost three years is really shocking. That Ukraine did this less than 200 soviet Era aircraft speaks what they can do to Russia with a modern air force.
The Ukrainian air force has probably little to do with that.
False
Ukraine has been obliterated they use candles for lighting... I don't know in which parallel universe you live in but you should touch ground before its to late. 😮
Yeah listen to the news and media. They're not telling you everything tha happens on the field. They only tell you the part of which you want to hear.
It’s not the airplanes that stopped Russia. it’s the air defence
I watched a documentary once where this young pilot Luke Skywalker went from driving a land speeder to flying an X-Wing Fighter.
May the Force Be With You 🇺🇦
There has actually been Ukrainian pilots trained on JAS 39 but it is as he say a logistical issue.
We Swedes have tested the Meteor missile on the F-16 and we have also provided a couple Erieye planes to the upcoming war effort.
Blah blah... Griffins are old and outdated and never been used in real warfare... but yeah t14 armada is also undefeated in theoretical war according to your logics. 😅
@@peterpanini96You don't know what you are talking about Gripen has 150+ upgrades since first flown. So you'll probably read a bit more, feel free to look at the results from Red Flag
@@larseriksson1741 Also, the Gripen is an aircraft built around the idea of having to fight Russians without direct support from NATO and with dispersed logistics and infrastructure. So it's a great plane for the current scenario. Hopefully Ukraine will eventually get Gripens too.
The Jas Gripen are specifically designed for easy logistics. But the number avalible is a bit low.
@@peterpanini96The F-16 is even older and the newer Gripen are essentially a completly new aircraft with all its upgrades.
People really should just ignore the Nuclear Part of the F-16 Falcon's ordnance. These are NOT the versions used by the USAF. Which only operates a VERY small number of Nuclear-capable F-16s to begin with! These are EUROPEAN operated F-16s that NEVER had the necessary equipment installed to even carry Nuclear Weapons, let alone to be able to arm and drop them.
And on that subject, with the right equipment, a Su-27 and MiG-29 CAN ALSO be made Nuclear-capable. It all comes down to equipment. And just to point out an oft overlooked fact, the United States Air Force actually AIR-LAUNCHED A MINUTEMAN NUCLEAR BALLISTIC MISSILE FROM THE BACK OF A C-5A GALAXY TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT!
Sorry for the big letters, but I wanted people to see the point. And mind you, the USAF hasn't operated a C-5A in 40 years. That should tell you how long ago we did that. Seriously, people of the world don't believe a thing the USA is capable of, until we have to slam it into their faces. Really now. And you wonder why we can be so damn smug at times? It's because you're too damn arrogant until we prove you wrong.
And just to note, it is RUSSIA that keeps bringing up the F-16's Nuclear capability and that it is an American Fighter. Yes. But last I checked, Sukhoi and MiG are RUSSIAN Companies with Ukraine using RUSSIAN Fighters. Now these F-16s are coming from Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands. NONE OF WHO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THEREFORE DO NOT HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO MOUNT AND OPERATE NUCLEAR BOMBS!
Again, just pointing out for those who are obsessing over the F-16's LIMITED Nuclear-capability. You want real fear, there's talk of making Nuclear Warheads for Rapid Dragon. Those Cruise Missiles delivered by Pallet from C-130 Hercules with no special equipment required. Yeah. Panic if you see Rapid Dragon coming.
That said, the Missiles haven't been modified yet. Security and Safety concerns after all. But that doesn't change the fact that the F-16 also uses the HARM Missile in all THREE of its modes, which the modified mounts on Ukrainian Soviet Legacy Aircraft CANNOT do. So, for Russia, that's a big Oh Shit moment.
Oh and rumors are going around that F-15 Eagle might be heading to Ukraine as well. Older USAF F-15C Eagles. And Russia better remember, that right now, F-15 is 104 and 0 and took out a Satellite for show in the 1980s.
The sole purpose of the Dutch F-16s was to deliver nucleair bombs, if needed. Nothing else. Sure the Netherlands don't have their own nucleair bombs, but Russia is well aware about the number of those bombs ready for use at Woensdrecht airbase.
The nuclear capability is nothing more than posturing. The world knows that Russia isn't going to launch any nuclear attacks over this war. Unless Ukraine has some sort of crazy breakout and starts making a bee-line for Moscow, it's not going to happen.
I can say this because Putin isn't going to risk his own life or his legacy as being the guy who started a nuclear war and then lost it in his own country. If you want to know what will bring every NATO ally actively into the fight and ensure Putin ends up in prison or worse, it would be launching a nuke. China isn't going to want any of that smoke, and Russia collapsing only benefits them. Ditto for India. North Korea might make some stupid gesture, but Iran wouldn't fuck that mess with Cuba's dick.
Nuclear war only ensures Putin loses and Russia is wiped away as a functional state. Their military would be gone and Russia would become a military governorate and the federation broken up. Putin would end up assassinated by his own people, standing in front of a firing squad or in Guantanamo Bay for the rest of his life.
He's not dumb enough to launch into that. He needs the war to continue if he wants his economy to not fall apart.
If russia wants to avoid thermonuclear annihilation, they can always just go home.
Yes, and that role is now filled by the F35. Target programming for HARM provides new capabilities.
@@user-wv8tm2iv9b some bullies just don't learn until they get their teeth kicked in.
"Walk softly, and carry a really big stick"
The stick being a couple hundred F16s in this case. lol
Nice 👌🏾
the stick will be a smoking crater inside of a week
@@Insideoutcest The smoking crater being Moscow? I do hope the Russian folk are spared and only Putin is in that crater.
They gave Ukraine 30 Abrams but you believe they will give "couple hundred F16s"
@@BlooDStoNz LOL true AF
As a veteran of the American wars, I can say that your understanding of our equipment will decide how well you succeed
Ukrainian pilots have been training in Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona for a wile now. One of the things that we never read in the news.
Already in March 2023 NBC News had reported that Ukrainian pilots were already training on simulator at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, so they've been at it for a while now. It just takes a long time for all involved to become proficient, and it's far from just the pilots that need training, but also the mechanics, ordnance specialists and loaders, crew chiefs, and more. Supply chains need to be established for parts, fuel, weapons, and everything else. Those who ask what's taking so long don't realize how complex this operation is.
Which further corroborates the fact that U. is merely a tool in NATO's proxy war.
@@BrianMulligan-m6v why does anyone need to read something that was widely reported on national news over 9 months ago? People just need to pay attention
So in Russia, now can be attacked, so by missiles. So does this mean this US airbase in Arizona can equally be attacked??
@michaelglynperkins6692 Everything in Russia is highly limited in scope.
Russia obviously couldn't do that anyway in case you haven't figured it out yet they are not the superpower everyone thought.
Anyways it's a ridiculous question. One half is your not fighting America, and the 2nd half is if you want to be fighting America. Then yeah, you commit to stupid acts.
After all the fastest way for Russia to lose everything quickly in Ukraine is to actually poke the Eagle.
Here in America mixed between the Pro and the I don't care crowd, we'll no one cares either way.
The Ukrianian Army Forces are LEGENDS. They brought the Russian bear to its knees.
They really didn’t. The u.s did by giving them everything
They out-fight and out-think Russians who drive old tin cans that are re-engineered incinerators except they forgot to put in a fire suppression system…..
They really did. The Ukrainians stood up with whatever weapons they could get. Weapons alone don’t defend anything
@@bigcurt7820 They're paying for it in blood and that's far more than what any money can do
Well at the start, they were sucsessful at freeing occupied areas with little aid.
Now it is getting to the point where they are being starved and need foreign aid.
Russia has only been given more opportunities to advance, invade and dominate.
I doubt the f-16 will make a drastic change, but it will do something.
The russian bear continues to stand and advance.
Pay attention and Ukraine has been either destroying AA systems and testing air spaces to pave the way for the F-16’s. Most will argue that the F-16’s being sold to Ukraine are old models, but even an older model F-16’s are one of the fastest and maneuverable fighter available.
@@jubjub7101 One word, “MANPADS”.
In Crimea, air defense is now burning like matches. This is no accident.)
Oh jeez, the “experts” in the comments 😂
Like you'd know any more than everyone else... Get over yourself
and in the video Jeez indeed 🤣
@@MrMemelord00 ok Karen, haven’t you got a manager to complain to?
@@jamesfelix1126 k
Fighting Falcon. Let's Go!
Ukraine is liberty, Ukraine is Freedom, Ukraine is Europe. Slava Ukraini
freedom? nazi state under Marshall law......lots of freedom there.....
Ukraine is a dictator that suspended elections.
Since May Zelensky has been the illegitimate president of Ukraine by America’s own definition, and Ukraine’s definition too. Zelensky canceled the elections and his term of office ran out 10 days ago. Zelensky has also outlawed other political parties he does not like. If you are caught criticizing his government you face jail. There are press gangs who roam around abducting young men off the streets to force conscript them into the army. Video postings of these abductions on Ukrainian telegram channels became so frequent that you now face jail for evening filming these events.
Ukraine is now a dictatorship and evil police state as bad as the USSR was in the past.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is mining its borders and putting up fences to prevent its citizens from fleeing the Zelensky mobilization
freedom and democracy as they are💯💯💯
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The planes are fine and dandy but Ukraine doesn't have enough pilots to fly all the fighter aircraft that have been promised so far. They have 30-33 pilots ready to retrain on the wests fighters and already about 90 fighters promised and that number is growing. We need some volunteer fighter pilots to come forward.
If the USA allows private military contractors to go to Ukraine, Would they be allowed to fill that roll?
The planes are needed if downed and the pilot is ok. And they can't leave the skyes unmanned, got to have reserve planes when they get service. If you have 30 pilots you need to have atleast 90-100 planes just to not have anny unmanned skies.
Read a little, Ukrainian pilots have been training since last year in the US, UK and France.
@@mirre94i second that. A pilot needs a half day at most to rest and replenish. Overhauling hydraulics can take days if there is an issue.
Take into account downtime for maintenance. F16s need a lot of maintenance.
Here’s the problem, they’re releasing 1-6 jets each time and the delivery batches are coming only once every few months. U actually need mass in numbers to make a difference. If Russia has 6 Su35s deployed to fight 2 F16s, it isn’t really fair
The F-16 is the Best Fighter Jet since the Glorious F-4 Phantom.
On the right hands is an Absolute Nightmare to any "Enemy" Airplanes and also to Enemy Ground Troops.
An Outstanding and Brilliant Airplane.
The F4 Phantom is not even in service anymore though.
@@G-Man-half-life and what i Said....!!! Since.
The F-16 is the best multirole fighter but not the best air superiority fighter, that title belongs to the F-22, in terms of range and payload, it remains unmatched but we would never give those to Ukraine, there are the F-15s that reigned supreme until the F-22 arrived as a possibility. The F-15s are contemporary to the Su-30/Su-35 in terms of performance and payload.
@jpmthlhead39 - The F-14 Tomcat outperformed the F-16 in virtually every category. But they are two different planes entirely. The major drawback of the F-16 is its comparatively short range as it does not carry very much fuel.
@@jimjones9239 for an Fighter Jet with 48 years of History,and with the price of one single F-22 "i" can buy 4 Super Deadly F-16 Fighting Falcons.
The F-16 has the Best Price-Quality ratio of any modern Fighter Jet.
Even with is "small" size the F-16 can provide with an Outstanding Efficiency any kind of role that might be requested.
The F-16 is another piece of the puzzle for Ukraine that will help win the war. It has to be a combined arms strategy for the AFU.
Ukraine 🇺🇦 needs the X37B space plane not the F16.
Ты серьезно в это веришь ? 😂 реально смешно . вы реально глупые на западе .
@@user-fc5ku2im3m go home vladbot hows that 3 day military operation going? Youll be on the front lines soon.
They're gonna lose 40% of them just like they lost about a third of their western tanks within the first weeks of combat
Dude, are you dreaming? It's funny how delusional people are when they are not properly informed. The truth is that very soon ukraine will lose the war.
Thanks President Biden and the American people for supporting Ukraine and by consequence keeping Russia from spreading to Europe. ❤🙏
The Rafale is a formidable multi-role aircraft. That's why so many have been sold and are on order. The F16 will hopefully be a great asset to Ukraine.
Forgets to mention that Sweden donated two Saab 340 AEW&C aircraft to Ukraine, a massive force multiplier working with the F16s. Good video overall!
Thank you Sweden. And welcome to NATO.
They are useless and unusable until Ukraine can protect them.
i am for the F16s, but i also hope our goverment can send some JAS-Gripen fighter jets mostly due to their possibility of landing on roads, which could be a nice backup plan and does not require as much things like the F16 does
@@Alex-se4tk Good grief, please pull your head out. The Gripen is manufactured in Sweden. How would the USA send any Gripens to Ukraine? 🇺🇦 🇺🇸
@@pike100 when i said our goverment, i meant the Swedish goverment
@@Alex-se4tk Oh, ok. I understand now. 👍 Thanks.
@@Alex-se4tk 🇸🇪 🇺🇦 🇺🇸
Not only land but also start. A bit of a roadstrip in the middle of nowhere and you have a temporary airbase.
13:03 it's not an AGM-88 HARM, it's an AGM-65E Maverick
The real reason we are hesitant to send F16s is because the F16 is the most purchased fighter jet in history. It is still a top seller for countries that can't afford or are not allowed to have the F35; therefore, they can not allow it to look bad in combat. Therefore, it's not just teaching them how to fly it. It's about teaching them to fly it with modern warfare tactics in coordination with other weapons systems. They also need to have the maintenance capability up and running because the only thing worse than being taken out by the Russians is being taken out by your own mechanics.
The F16 is also Soviet era equipment. It is just better than what the Soviets were making. The SU-27 is, in fact, a more modern platform than the F16. It's comparing a marvel of engineering from our golden age to an end of the empire Soviet shitbox.
They burn more modernly, yeah.)
Praying for Ukraine to win its freedom.
Russia isn't going to like the F-16s capabilities; Inertial navigation system, AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missiles, AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, Storm Shadow cruise missiles, and small-diameter bombs. (Assuming they'll have all those weapons)
Not only the F-16 itself but also the next generation missiles these two together will push Russia back where Russia belongs.
It's like waiting for the dragons to appear in Game Of Thrones 🐉
And Putin does have a passing resemblance to the Night King 👑 😳
Isn’t this the same channel that said the Abrams would change the war lmaooo
How about the 3 day SMO? 🤡
@@Sokrates66Well all of NATO is supplying weapons 🤡 and lots of mercenaries from over the world are fighting for Ukraine
Occupy Kaliningrad and tell them to get out of Ukraine.
Where ARE the F-16s? We've been hearing "any day now" for months
We won't hear about it until the first missions have long been completed.
For a very good reason...... think about it.
They will make little difference. Russia will still have millions of fighters after Ukraine has depleted its own. The numbers don’t lie.
There are claims that some are just now in Ukrainian skies
How long would it take you to figure out how to fly and fight with a fighter jet? 10 or 20 minutes?
SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦
1:55 Why F-16 in particular you asked but I don't agree with your answer.
Why the F-16 is because they are being replaced in many countries by the F-35 so there are plenty of surplus F-16s now and more becoming surplus every month. There are literally countries that have them sitting around wondering what to do with them as they don't need them anymore. Giving to Ukraine not only makes the world safer but gets rid of jet just taking up space at their air bases.
Indeed however the F-35 JPO has had 1 year delay in accepting new F-35 from Lockheed Martin which limits any delivery to partner countries. JPO just agreed to a limited version of Technical Refresh 3 so that acceptance testing of those new aircraft can start. That won't complete without the full function software release that will come later.
So F-35 delays cause F-16 delays in addition to the many training and logistics challenges.
Bravo, Ukraine!
Ridiculous. The war is lost, the F16 will never play a relevant role.
"I'm on my way" ~ Maverick
The Ukrainians are a very, very innovative people. They will find uses for them that will teach everyone else a few new things. In the hands of Ukrainian pilots, the F-16s will be deadly and - I believe - sufficient to get the game going for a strong counter offensive. The addition of more planes to the fleet later will help to build on what Ukraine will undoubtedly achieve with the first batch.
Yes, they are wizzards
Не смеши 😂. В России нет военного положения . нас 140 миллионов . официально более 5 тысяч ядерных боеголовок ( неофициально все 10 тысяч ). Вы серьезно думаете победить Россию ?😂😂😂
their innovation lies in the myriad ways they've managed to lose ground and equipment. despite the world pushing on ukraine it will start feeling like a knife in their back when it will inevitably collapse. what a joke.
@@user-fc5ku2im3m PS: There are 140M of you at the moment...........🤣🤣🤣
@@user-fc5ku2im3m I mean you have less than 5k(of which who knows how many are actually working. I'd wager less than 10%), you have an utterly corrupt military that failed to defeat an inferior in enemy in 3 years, and are only making headway through throwing bodies at Ukrainian positions. If I'm being entirely honest? It won't be Ukraine or the West that defeats you guys, but rather your own corruption and ineptitude.
Oh I hope this title checks out
F-16 WILL be game changer regardless of what the media is telling you.
Don't see why Ukraine couldn't use the old Soviet tactic from Korea and Vietnam and "encourage" pilots from other countries to provide air defense over Ukrainian airspace
I don't see anything additional russia can do as a revenge for F-16 supplying beyond what it's doing now. Counties should be bolder and more proactive helping Ukraine to fight the monster. I spent decades in russia. They understand only strength very well
This should have been handled February 24, 2022.
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8:09 that's my home town airport! Our air national guard unit just transitioned from the F-16 to the F-35.
They should set up a launch system built into a mountain or hillside that could launch F-16s, like an aircraft carrier
Troll alert!...title will trigger russian bots, trolls, fan boyz and paid agents!
And provide false hope for the delusional 🤣🤣🤣
@chrismoseley4828 Let them hope, it's the only cope they had.
Let the trolls bark, they have already lost by starting this shameful war.
Now that Ukraine has air superiority over Ukraine russia is done for!
The Netherlands want payback for MH17!
You should take that issue up with Ukrainian air traffic control as well as the airlines for directing a commercial plane over a war zone. Also remember that at the time Russian separatists in the Donbas were not officially recognized as part of Russia as Crimea was. Russia is not responsible for the shoot down.
of course they're just a bunch of murderers
Ukraine must get many more pilots trained and into the field of action soon
Magnificent Ukrainian Slava xxxxxxx 🇺🇦
Ukraine will have much better close air support with those F-16s. That will push Russian troops far back into their own country.
That's not the role the F-16 was designed to fill. It's an air superiority platform, not precision ground attack.
Russia being so terrified of the Ukrainians getting F-16s tells everything we need to know about the capabilities of the Russian military.
Slava Ukraini!
The West should have started the Ukrainian F16 program 2 years ago, but instead dragged their feet thinking that Putin would withdraw. This shows that the West grossly over estimated Moscows resolve.
How expensive could a ground F16 flight simulator possibly be? I'd wager half the training could be done without burning a liter of jet fuel.
Do you think providing a way for ANYONE to learn how to fly our jets which includes our enemies a good idea? Within a year that flight sim and its information would be sold and duplicated to the highest bidder under the guise of a "surprise attack".
I think simulators are an addition, not a replacement for flight hours... if you want to get very good pilots that is
Yes, Ukrainian pilots are being trained with simulators.
To be so painfully ignorant of the world.......if only.
The physical effects of flight on the body cannot be replicated via a simulator. They need to be able to handle g forces with a different operational system.
Glory to Ukraine
War is not glorious.
@@HiTechOilCo russia is not glorious, thats like when you will say "war is not glorious" after germany has defeated france in ww2
@@jelen7217Russia started the war but Ukrainian have the same responsibility as Russia. don't try to make them innocent victims
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
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The fact is that Ukraine preferes the Jas 39 C for the folowing resson. A larger combat area, lower RCS, can use road bases, needs less maintenance, has a much better radar with a detection range of 150 km. Uses less fuel, cost 6 000 for a flight hour while the F16 costs 15 000, the Jas is a 9 G fighter that can for a time be used at 12 G turns. Jas has a better E warfair suite. Jas can carry Meteor missiles, will probebly be equipped with a GaN radar that at full effect increases detection range to 250 km. Can be equiped with RB 15 that will have a stand of capability of 250 km. Can use the same weapins as the F 16. Ukraine has asked for the Jas 39 C from the Swedish government. The Swedish government was asked by the USA to delay the Jas delivery to let the F16 delivery to be the first to arive to Ukraine thinking that Ukraine has not the capacity to introduce two systems at the same time. What was said here that they prefered the F 16 is wrong since they mostly will be getting F16 block 50 and some block 52. Jas 39 C is superior to those blocks.
Why aren't we teaching English to a new round of maintenance by people a year or so away from being of draft age? We all need to plan ahead.
A lot of Ukranians already speak English.
Do you not think that's the first thing they learn..imean really?
i dont agree with vlog over English problem ... being a high tech force/dept not only these pilots but also their children must have been speaking English from very young
Thank You for Your clear, concise analysis of this fascinating issue!
Slava Ukraine, go USA...🇺🇸👍🎉🥰☮️
Russia is the victim not the aggressor
@@chriscalderin6677 A tree is an animal, not a plant. Mars is an ocean, not a planet. The leprechaun is a figure from Chinese mythology. The peregrine falcon is a species of dolphin. Yes, in that sense... not the aggressor.
The F16 hasn't been chosen over the Grippen or Rafale because of NATO "compatibility". It has been chosen because thousands of them were made and many countries are currently phasing them out so there are the best option at the moment. The F16 is a very well known plane in many different countries so it is also easier to find coaches to train the new pilots. If some F16 are lost, the real pain will be the loss of the pilot, not the plane itself. If you look at all the weapon systems Ukraine got, they are often old and being currently replaced so instead of trashing them, they are sent to Ukraine. For instance the ATACMS development has stopped in 2020 and it was already planned to replace ATACMS from 2023/2024, the first new equipment has been received in December '23. The French AMX 10RC is being replaced by the Jaguar. Of course there are also modern and current weapons sent to Ukraine, like the CAESAR, Patriot or SAMP/T anti missile systems. But this war is, currently, mostly fueled by old technology (beside UAV of course). And Russia isn't able to make any significant progress for 2 years, in a war that happens at its border. It is a total failure for Putin.
the ukrainens have allways been the strongest.
THAT IS WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT ALL THE UPGRADED TANKES
How many crew from Russian tanks have survived hits from western supplied weapons very few I imagine, Nato country tanks are more superior, better armoured and crew survive ability over Soviet tanks would be close to 85-90%,the tanks might get partially destroyed but at least the crew get to fight another day.
Difficult to take anyone seriously if they can't spell....
@@nicholasbrown306 it's over bro quit the cope 🙏🙏🙏
If only there was something Russia could do to end the war and spare itself further embarrassment 🤷🏼♂️
If Russia was invaded by hostile Martians we could fight them on a united front ….but as there’s no chance of that happening………..
The key for Ukraine is the ability to combat the Russian attack helicopters. During their attempted spring offensive, it was these helicopters that stopped the Ukrainian advance. the F-16 is well adapted for this role.
F-16 is badass. So is the F-15, F-18, and others. He who has the most money, wins the war.
Ukraine doesnt have the money nor the men Goober
Try to get the facts correct. JAS 39 Gripen is compatible with the same weapons.
But there are not enough numbers of the JAS built.
Anyway, Ukraine still wants them in the longer perspective. And Ukraine pilots has already received an introduction to the jet.
It was my understanding that the gripen has been promised to other countries that Ukraine wouldn't get any for a couple years. Let alone start training on them. The gripen would be a great choice for any budget minded country.
@@ronaldholverson257
Bingo, the US built more F-16's in a single year than all the Grippen C on the planet.
@pogo1140 yeah. I think they went f16 simply because there's plenty available. It's the cheapest modern multi role fighter in sufficient numbers. I did read that in the long term, Ukraine wants the gripen
@ronaldholverson257 Yeah, if not for availability, the Gripen E would have been a perfect plane for Ukraine. It's built to fight the Russians while using guerrilla war style that Ukraine is using.
Actually, Sweden offered to send them to Ukraine recently but were stopped by the US. Gripen contains US part and as such the US can decide where they can be exported. The reason the US claimed was that its better for Ukraine to focus on one air craft type at a time. But many in Sweden think that its because the US dont want to be upstaged if the Gripen and F-16 were to be featured at the same time.
Edit: Oh and also Sweden have more than 100 of them. If they sent 10-20 they would not be missed.
Absolutely game changer for Ukraine receiving F-16’s
"game changer" the fraud words repeated a million times despite the contrary evidence. Remember Bayraktar drones, Storm shadow missiles, himars artillery, Excalibur artillery, Abrams tanks, Challenger tanks, Leopard tanks? They were all game changers 😂
i for think the F-16 will give Ukraine what they need to get a new grip on the war. But F-16 will not guarantee a victory, but it will for sure make a big difference for Ukraine!
Honestly I was saying back in 2022 when Biden was wavering on whether to provide F16s, do the training now, it doesn't commit us to sending F16s but it means that if the need arises and we think it's a reasonable risk they can be operated as soon as possible.
Add 8 patriot bty's and Ukraine will have even more control of its skies.....coming this year.....
Its not going to be a game changer but will help
Everything is a game changer. Kenny Rogers song The Gambler, "Every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser". Everything counts.
I just pickled some hot peppers fresh from the garden 😁
I would rather have Ukraine's fighter pilots to be trained on the F-16 than handing them over to a bunch of Mig 29 pilots with no training whatsoever.
This cope will age like milk
It's interesting to compare the F-16's hourly cost of operation to other American aircraft. From the 'net:
F-16 - $8k/h
F-15 - $27k/h
F35 - $44k/h
F22 - $70k/h
I don't know how this compares to the Russian jets Ukraine has, but it's by far the cheapest American jet to fly. Why is this a big deal anyway? Why does Putin even care? I mean, if America was supplying P-38s, Russia wouldn't care, right? A target-rich environment, as the saying goes. If Putin's freaking out, the F-16 is better than what he's got.
Cost of ruZZian maintenance is $0 per hour.... They don't go any.
Different numbers than I found, but still the same pattern: F-16=really cheap. If these antique Soviet planes are giving Putin such a problem, I have to think the F-16 will be worse.
@@andym4695 I think putler will be more worried about the stores the F16 can carry...
I find it funny that 100 F-16s is a real problem for mighty Russia. Can you imagine if Ukraine were getting 100 F-35s?
Norway intends to send 22 F16, but only 10 of them are cleared for combat operations on delivery, the last time I checked as a Norwegian.
Wonder if we will ever get the jets. So much talk and not a single plane in sight.
Better late than never 😏✌🏽
they dont want to be seen...that is the point....they are already there....
We'll back later to laugh about this game changer. We'll see how this title checks out. Lmao.
The US should have been training American F-16 instructors to speak Ukrainian.
New pilots with no soviet junk planes learn very fast and their determination is awesome
The simple answer is no. Not by itself.
But Ukraine is learning to fight with a truly combined arms army; witch includes air dominance fighters.
The EU should both donate their F-16s as well as their pilots assuming the pilots are willing to change their citizenship to Ukraine.
I can’t see fighter pilots of any nation doing that. They are the most advanced modern soldiers basically.
Sending fighter pilots from western air forces to fight in Ukraine is not an option but there may well be former F-16 pilots who will volunteer. They too will need extensive training though, partly to refresh their skills on the aircraft but mostly to become familiar with UAF strategies and tactics.
@@tessjuel That might very well be in the works.
EU has no F-16s, although several member States do. They will be reluctant to release them until they get the replacement F-35s
@@philipb2134 That is true for the Nethlands, Denmark and Belgium. They have started to receive their new F-35s but delivery isn't finished yet so there is a limit to how many F-16s hey can spare right away.
Norway finished the transition three years ago but has a different problem. All the F-16s that were in fighting condition were sold to Romania in 2021 and what is left are the most worn out ones. These need extensive renovation and repairs before they are fit for fight. This is also why there's no exact number for how many F-16s Norway can donate to Ukraine. The total number is 22 but many of them can not be fully restored and will only be suitable for training, some of them maybe even only for spare parts.
While some comments and opinion are with some degree of truth here is the real truth.
Ukraines has not had a proper fighter since the begining. They fought well with inferior older fighters and kept the bear out using US taught tactics. What will they do with the F16? We can debate that all we want however in a couple of weeks when they arrive then and only then will we know for sure. Yes some will be shot down but it is the balance of the outcome and the effectiveness that is the proof of the pudding and brave Ukrainians have appetite to eat the pudding and tell the world how it tastes. BBQ bear is on the menu boys.
Well put. I think the delays are due to training the pilots on US, i.e. NATO, tactics so they can work alongside NATO when this inevitably escalates. Remember, neither previous world war just broke out instantaneously into widespread conflict. We spent months on full-speed logistics prior to the liberation of Kuwait (for whatever that was worth to anyone besides Haliburton).
Think like an orc much?
40 year old f16s can help but their contribution is limited !
F16 IS NOT A GAME CHANGER
Didn’t you also say the foreign tanks would be a game changer as well
I love the positivity but I've been hearing Ukraine is about to change the game for the past 18 months.
It's a long game.
The game has been changing all the time. "game changer" does not equal to win. HIMARS changed the game, ATACMS changed the game, Naval drones changed the game, FPVs changed the game. Russian lancet changed the game etc.
You can’t change the game without air power, it’s coming
Haha how’s your 3 day war going comrade?
@@feynou Much better than your counter-offensive, comrade. Aren't you in Moscow yet? 🤍💙❤
Give Ukraine all F-16's that are retired. Add the retired F-15's as well as all the A-10's we have coming off the line. These will change the status quo of the Russia/Ukraine war.
This is a very nice and informative video. Precisely what I wasn't looking for, but glad I found. Nice
Cope does not win wars.
Forced front line duty does not win wars.
Advancing backwards does not win wars.
wow you wrote so much without saying anything.
@@jimjones9239 I'm sorry my russian to English translator is playing up, I knew I should of got the Moscow model, and not the Vladivostok model. Blyatt
@@icarus372That is exactly why Russia can’t make progress, the cope of their internet bootlickers, the poorly trained conscripts with incompetent commands, and their lines are hardly move forward due to reason above.
@@jimjones9239 he says it's over
Economics wins wars and Russia isn't in good shape.