US Air Force veteran and former F-16 pilot John Venable said US F-16 fighter jets will not be able to bypass Russia’s air defenses. business insider.
Venable said that the stealth-free F-16s are completely inferior to advanced air defense systems such as Russia’s S-400 systems.
He pointed out that F-16s were unsuitable for the Ukrainian Air Force, because air defenses could easily “intelligently defeat” the guidance systems.
The Air Force veteran concluded that the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine would not affect the course of hostilities and did not increase the likelihood of a positive outcome of the counterattack.
“Fourth-generation fighters have nothing to do on the modern battlefield,” the veteran added.
On the eve of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky declarationThat getting an F-16 fighter jet to Ukraine is as difficult an issue as the country’s entry into NATO.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba judicial “An investment in Europe’s security”, supplying Kiev with F-16s.