President Biden has declined to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets that have been requested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"The clock is ticking. Ukraine needs fighter jets—soon," Fischer, who served 30 years and participated in seven combat missions,."Western worries about transferring fighter aircraft like the F-16 to Ukraine appear to be based more on political concerns than military strategy.
Over 1,000 F-16s have been flown for some three decades in countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, Norway, Denmark, Portugal, Israel, Egypt and Poland. "The idea is simple," he wrote."Ukrainian pilots fly the jets, contracted experts work on the aircraft while providing on-the-job training to Ukrainian Air Force ground support personnel."
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