Originally Posted by
GlobalNav
I’m curious about the military advice Pres Biden referred to when ruling out F16s for UKR. I know of no USA armored forces general who want to employ his/her forces without air superiority and CAS. How can this time, with the rather meager provision of tanks and the large buildup of Russian forces at the border, be the time when F16s are not needed?
Western intel tells us that Russia has 1,300 fighter type aircraft available. I suspect that the DoD believes that challenging Russia for air superiority is a lost cause and it is best to stick with the current practice of using SAMs etc to limit Russia's air force activities. That's beside the fact that the F-16 is the wrong plane for the job.