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F-16 fighter jets ‘no longer relevant’, says Ukrainian military official (www.yahoo.com)
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Before their arrival, the Western warplanes had been held up by some as a potential war-winner that could turn the tide of the conflict in Kyiv’s favour.

“Often, we just don’t get the weapons systems at the time we need them – they come when they’re no longer relevant,” a Ukrainian high-ranking officer told the Politico news website.

“Every weapon has its own right time. F-16s were needed in 2023; they won’t be right for 2024.”

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 4 months ago

I’m guessing they’re negotiating for Poland to fix/maintain F-16s

Poland can't even maintain their own F16's, because the deal with US was so shitty that most of things above routine maintenance has to be done by US personnel and parts are apparently so expensive that around half up to 2/3rd are unable to flight with many being cannibalised for parts.