If it’s true I’ll be impressed that we didn’t tweet/X out war plans for the enemy to adjust to ahead of time!
Would older F-16s have that kind of an impact?
I thought it was 5…is OP double-counting or have I missed something?
It’s not like they’re F-35’s or F-22’s. They will show up on Russian radar (just before a HARM slams into the array).
I doubt it. They have Western air defense systems too, as well as their own air power.
Maybe it’s ancient aliens? I mean, the Martians could have transferred some saucers to AFU…
It’s not F-16s. It’s believed that within the past two weeks a Patriot system from Germany was deployed somewhere between Kherson and Odessa. Russia is feverishly trying to find it so hopefully they are redeploying it after every use. Otherwise it’s only a matter of time before it’s found.
I think these are practice kills before the F-16 will be officially operational in Ukraine.
(hoping and kidding of course)
In the heads of ruZZian terrorist pilots: Terror.
Someone would have got a picture of one of them flying by now if they were actually in Ukraine. They have to land and take off and fly over areas and they do not have a cloak of invisibility and all these shoot downs were not at night no F-16 yet. Something else is going on and I am not convinced it is just Patriot batteries either but I am sure one of them is responsible for a part of the damage.
Its a good thing that we are all guessing because then you know the Russians are guessing too.
Shaping the battlefield
This is wild speculation. There’s so many holes in this theory that just haven’t been thought through. How did they engage Russian aircraft without themselves being targeted by very long range SAMs and Mig31s sitting inside Russia? If they’re using AIM120D what aircraft is giving them the data link to get the range – remembering the F16 doesn’t have the greatest of radars and is out ranged by several Russian systems? Why waste F16s on air to air combat when they are a SEAD/DEAD platform and can carry most of the NATO inventory?
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Western-provided F-16 fighter jets could already be in Ukraine, Newsweek claims.
[https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/1740053311695294656](https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/1740053311695294656)
Shhhhhhh!
I’m not convinced.
Down some more jets and then I’ll believe it.
If it’s true I’ll be impressed that we didn’t tweet/X out war plans for the enemy to adjust to ahead of time!
Would older F-16s have that kind of an impact?
I thought it was 5…is OP double-counting or have I missed something?
It’s not like they’re F-35’s or F-22’s. They will show up on Russian radar (just before a HARM slams into the array).
I doubt it. They have Western air defense systems too, as well as their own air power.
Maybe it’s ancient aliens? I mean, the Martians could have transferred some saucers to AFU…
It’s not F-16s. It’s believed that within the past two weeks a Patriot system from Germany was deployed somewhere between Kherson and Odessa. Russia is feverishly trying to find it so hopefully they are redeploying it after every use. Otherwise it’s only a matter of time before it’s found.
I think these are practice kills before the F-16 will be officially operational in Ukraine.
(hoping and kidding of course)
In the heads of ruZZian terrorist pilots: Terror.
Someone would have got a picture of one of them flying by now if they were actually in Ukraine. They have to land and take off and fly over areas and they do not have a cloak of invisibility and all these shoot downs were not at night no F-16 yet. Something else is going on and I am not convinced it is just Patriot batteries either but I am sure one of them is responsible for a part of the damage.
Its a good thing that we are all guessing because then you know the Russians are guessing too.
Shaping the battlefield
This is wild speculation. There’s so many holes in this theory that just haven’t been thought through. How did they engage Russian aircraft without themselves being targeted by very long range SAMs and Mig31s sitting inside Russia? If they’re using AIM120D what aircraft is giving them the data link to get the range – remembering the F16 doesn’t have the greatest of radars and is out ranged by several Russian systems? Why waste F16s on air to air combat when they are a SEAD/DEAD platform and can carry most of the NATO inventory?