F-16 aircraft to be received by Ukraine will need to be modernized - Ihnat
Kyiv • UNN
Ukraine will receive F-16 aircraft from its Western partners, which need to be modernized to match the capabilities of Russian aviation, Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said.
Western partners are to provide Ukraine with a number of F-16 aircraft. However, before they are used, they will need to be modernized to compete with the Russian air force. This was announced by the spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ihnat during a telethon, UNN reports.
These aircraft will need to be modernized, because we are up against a serious "machine". Russian aviation is about 1,500 combat aircraft that are part of the Russian Federation. Of course, not all of this armada is attacking Ukraine. Several hundred are concentrated close to the Ukrainian border (a few tens of kilometers away), so they have technological aircraft like Su-35 and Su-34. It is necessary that the F-16 is not inferior in terms of
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