If Western countries supply Ukraine with F-16 warplanes, foreign aircraft maintenance personnel will become legitimate targets for the Russian Armed Forces. This was expressed by retired Lieutenant General Charlie Moore, the former vice president of US Cyber Command. news week.
“Unlike Soviet aircraft, F-16s will need central flight bases, making them desirable targets for Russian attacks,” Moore said.
According to him, Ukraine will need Western or NATO specialists to provide care at these bases. Moore pointed out that under the laws of armed conflict, these experts would become targets for Russian troops.
The article also says that it is not yet clear how long it will take Ukrainians to learn not only to fly fighter jets, but also to use them effectively.
On July 4, the head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, in an interview with the LBC radio station declarationUkraine will not receive F-16 warplanes until the end of the counterattack.
Formerly in the Armed Forces in the open Source of information on the departures of Russian strategic aviation.