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I don't understand why there are no F16s in the offing. I know Ukrainian fighter pilots have been using commercially available flight simulators to get ahead, in the hopes of getting these planes, very resourceful! Not to mention A10 Warthogs, wonderful ground attack vehicles, they were based near where I live in the UK, you're walking down the road and then suddenly you hear them go over as they snuck up and went. [having previously lived with F4 phantoms going over on patrols twice an hour, it was very nice, but also very stealthy.]
I don't understand why there are no F16s in the offing. I know Ukrainian fighter pilots have been using commercially available flight simulators to get ahead, in the hopes of getting these planes, very resourceful! Not to mention A10 Warthogs, wonderful ground attack vehicles, they were based near where I live in the UK, you're walking down the road and then suddenly you hear them go over as they snuck up and went. [having previously lived with F4 phantoms going over on patrols twice an hour, it was very nice, but also very stealthy.]