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Ukraine used F-16s to repel Russia's mass missile attack, Zelensky confirms (kyivindependent.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/27805943

Ukraine's Air Force used F-16 jets as part of its defense against Russia's mass missile and drone attack on Aug. 26, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed during a press conference on Aug. 27.

Russia targeted 15 of Ukraine's 24 oblasts on Aug. 26, launching over 200 missiles and drones as part of the largest-ever aerial attack against Ukraine.

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F-16s gave "a very good result," Zelensky told reporters. "As part of this huge attack, we shot down some missiles and drones with the help of F-16s."

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Good to hear the F-16 are of use.

Kyiv has been promised at least 79 F-16s from the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Belgium.

With currently only 10 F-16, it should make quite a difference when they have received all 79. That's actually a pretty decent amount of fighter jets.

https://simpleflying.com/russian-combat-aircraft-production-rates/

Allegedly Russia can make around 18 fighter jets per year, while the west produce around 260.
These 79 planes are from 4 small countries, Imagine if 4 big ones did something similar!!!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Number built 4,604 (as of June 2018)

Years produced 1973-2017

Over 100 a year

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Allegedly Russia can make around 18 fighter jets per year,

Before the embargoes, maybe. Strong doubt if they're even running a net positive nowadays

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yes the embargo is a problem for Russia, but according to the article, this is achieved by prioritizing war planes over everything else. meaning civilian are probably near zero.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

We should give them mothballed Tornados as well, those things may be old but versatile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Russia was also the second strongest military on paper. We see how that's going.

Also which jets? God knows they aren't 57s.