F-16 In Ukraine: A Game-Changer for the Battlefield

American fighter jets of the F-16 model are crucial for Ukraine's combat capabilities. Right now, Russian aircraft simply outnumber Ukrainian pilots 5 to 1. Solving this problem has been an essential part of the Ukrainian military strategy since 2022. Also, Ukrainian Air Forces will have Swedish Gripen fighters in the future when Sweden will have a sufficient number of these aircraft.
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[@paulgudedeberitz2335]

I already do. Great work you do, both on UATVEnglish and The Gaze channels. Slava Ukraini! Heroyam slava!

[@stefans2867]

Can you please give more accurate news? Because not all 42 planes from the netherlands (42 is all we have in stock) will be send to Ukraine, since some of them stay here for training, there has no real promise been made yet about how many planes will be send😅

[@gregmunro1137]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@greenwave819]

Woot Woot!! excellent news!

[@brucelamberton8819]

Great news (but long overdue) - thank you Denmark and the Netherlands. Also, well done Greece, who announced they are joining the training coalition.

[@thessalonians6004]

🌻"Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!"🌻 🙏💙✈🔱⚔🔱✈💛🙏

[@martha4257]

Finally, F-16 what a beautiful sight 🫡

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Russia really shouldn't have shot down our MH17...... Our Planes will serve you well. Good hunting! 🇳🇱❤🇺🇦

[@PjotrII]

Payback time!

[@jacobtodd1622]

I remember that horrible terrorist attack on those innocent people on the MH17. I was so angry about that and how our government (U.S.) essentially did and said nothing. Terrible, terrible, terrible. 65% of the passengers on that flight were from Netherlands. In fact, all the passengers were from countries where the U.S. has close relations with. I have always wondered when those who perished on that flight would ever get justice........ Hopefully sometime soon....

[@ruuuuudooooolph]

61 is quite a handsome amount of planes. Still it is just a platform, the real game changer will be how advanced the weapons they will carry. The time for UKR airforce to rise once again has come and I hope they will prove their readiness.

[@PjotrII]

As you say, and also how well info (coordination) between soldiers at front, drone footage, surveillance, intelligence work together with the planes.

[@GerryCorbin-xd6vn]

Its going to be a great day today. SLAVA UKRAINE, HEROYAM SLAVA, from Canada.

[@danieldoherty1029]

Slava Ukraini xxxxx

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

Russia should really just give up.

[@Gstyle1]

What happened to Leopards?

[@James-9999]

@@Gstyle1pro Ruzzian chest beating for killing 5/71 tanks is pretty funny considering they lost 3000

[@nc2000]

Good news - but sorry it should take soooooooo long time. For every day delay in weapons means lost of Ukraine life.

[@PjotrII]

Swedens Gripen is a good, modern and flexible plane, where you can attach a LOT of different weapons. You can also use ordinary roads for take off. I hope Sweden could give a few of those.

[@James-9999]

There aren’t enough, theres 1000s of f-16s so training and equipping is much more realistic but yeah the gripens would be nice

[@PjotrII]

@@James-9999 Yeah exactly, the main reason F-16 is "better" is the amount, so countries can give them or sell them, and there will be spare parts. Gripen is a really good plane, but not many countries have them, and their total number is limited.

[@JenniferIlenePerry]

Fvck yes! Finally!! 🎉

[@johnhmielewski1230]

At the rate Ukrainians are producing more advanced drones I won't be surprised if they find a way to make one of these F16s into a drone.

[@eaglemob]

yea good one !! who knows :)

[@williammccoy7127]

The Grippen is by far the most practical airframe short take off and minimal maintenance can be placed/ stationed closer to the front hidden in wooden areas couple of hundred meters of normal road is enough .

[@patrickmitchell6631]

Great

[@lambdacalculus8316]

Yes! JSOW!

[@natotvwarjimbo3461]

SLAVA UKRAINI🎺💛💙🔰🔱💪👍🥾💤👀= FREEDOM

[@MariaKasova59]

Hell yeah game changer

[@BeautifulRhodeIsland]

Took long enough. I cant wait till we have boots on the ground too.

[@drzoidnilsson73]

Yes!!!🎵 "....There might come JAS 39 [Griffin] ifor Ukraine, There might come JAS 39 for Ukraine...." 🎵 Unknown tune but had to sing a tune cause I was very unsure if that project was possible to materialize but looks seems hopeful. F-16 first is most important but I really like JAS flying the skies of Ukraine too. :-) /Happy Swede

[@AdurianJ]

The Gripen C while not being the most modern Gripen is much better than the F-16 MLU that was released. When it comes to air to ground it won't make much of a difference but the Gripen is much better suited to Air Combat and will be a great complement essentially flying escort for the F-16 using it's better radar situational awareness and Meteor missiles to keep Russian Su-35 and Mig-31's away.

[@ggelsrinc]

Ukraine needs drones and night vision equipment to drop individual cluster bomb bomblets on trenches both day and night. Don't allow the enemy to sleep!

[@veritasvincit2374]

Awesome. Hope the training and needed logistics get in place asap. Keep up your courage, relentlessness and cautiousness Ukraine. Stay strong and resilient - you will prevail!!! 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦

[@jiminhouston34]

Ukraine should try to get some A-10 Warthogs and Apache Attack Helicopters. Both are excellent Tank killers and withstand alot of punishment.

[@alexandrcomiran9362]

Patriot, Storm shadow, Bredley were also a game changer

[@MariaKasova59]

😂😂

[@jennyvanwyk4796]

They should have given it earlier, thank you ❤

[@Chip_in]

🫶 Denmark 🫶 Netherlands ...Slava Ukraini ⛳

[@theophilusenetojole303]

Victory to Ukraine. I think this kind of news shouldn't be out here for the world to know. Putin should not always know what's up next. He'll prepare for the F-16s with so much air defense systems

[@marksnyder8022]

That would happen anyway. And these planes will go through so much to become operation the Ruzzians would know anyway.

[@theophilusenetojole303]

@@marksnyder8022 My fear is: that mad man in the Kremlin will be preparing to counter the possible means to destroy as much as possible. Wars are won by exploring enemies secrets and plans

[@joefish4466]

Remember the Polish RAF No. 303 Squadron during WW2? They were told they needed more training and were held back, being denied operational status (in part because some pilots could not speak fluent English). They quickly became the best squadron in the RAF and saved the British during the Battle of Britain. Also Luke Skywalker wasn't even a trained combat pilot and he single handedly destroyed the Death Star, while flying the X-wing for the first time. Likewise, when I was in Germany, I learned to drive a Porsche in under 5 minutes, even though all the instruments were in German (I only speak American). And when the Porsche broke down, I fixed the transmission in a few hours, even though the repair manual was in German (I only read American). As they say in 'Merica, "I don't need no stinking badges!" A 6-12 months training schedule is RETARDED. Thank you NATO/US for getting Ukraine the F-16s, but stop dilly dallying and make things happen. This should have happened last year! People are dying in Ukraine and for those in the West don't care, keep in mind that the war in Ukraine is worsening inflation everywhere. This means Russia is responsible for the rising cost of food. The sooner this war ends, the faster we can have a normalization to the rising cost of living. I'm a Biden fanboy, but Biden was wrong about holding up the F-16 until recently. How could Ukraine implement combined arms without air power? Biden needs to approve ATACMS now, rather than wait another 3-6 months to allow the transfer. Best regards to all those in Ukraine, fighting for themselves, and fighting for the West so NATO won't have to fight and die in a future war with Russia.

[@paulgudedeberitz2335]

I think we in Norway should give our F-16 fleet to Ukraine as soon as possible. Slava Ukraini!

[@anderseriksen2282]

@paulgudedeberitz2335: seems like a good idea now you got them F-35 (which DK have not yet) - send your "spare-F-16" to DK for use to train Ukrainians - we will take good care of your F-16`s until NO choose to send them to Ukraine - jeg håber i har en dejlig sommer "deroppe" - jeg har familie i Norge, så vi følger situationen med oversvømmelserne dagligt. Bedste hilsner fra Nordjylland/DK

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

Norway should be the first country to volunteer donating its F-16s, for many reasons, with the two most important being: #1, financially it is one of the richest nations on earth, so it could afford to donate those NATO grade F-16s to embattled Ukraine. And Ukraine isn't fighting Russia, which opens wants to return to its USSR days and attitude, for its own sake; it is just a few hundred miles from Berlin and half a dozen other Western/Northern European nations. Whether Ukraine gets to keep its own land, makes it own decision --- bad or good, on which international bodies to join, or not ---- like it was after the collapse of the USSR, THAT will also determine how at-ease the entirety of Western/Northern Europe would be... #2, Norway is transitioning to the F-35. One F-35 equals 3-4 for F-16... in terms of sophistication and, thus, the ability to defeat another fighter jet in a large volume of contested space.

[@paulgudedeberitz2335]

@@kiabtoomlauj6249 I agree completely and feel that our current government is inept in this area, as they are in so many others. Norway has already decommissioned our F-16 fleet, we don't use them anymore now that we have F-35. They are ready to go. And as you correctly point out, we have a lot of money and make even more now that we help out EU with more gas than we used to export. This years state budget estimated EXTRA income from oil and gas of 100 billion USD. I read that we have sold 30 of our F-16 to Romania, if I remember correctly, and we have about 40 more that Ukraine should get. (I might be wrong about the numbers, but I think it is in the ballpark.)

[@MrMAC8964]

its great to hear day in and day out that our brothers and sisters in the western thinking nations are strong and vibrant .lets keep it this way and go forward instead of a$$ backwards.

[@web-navigator]

Hope so.

[@mishaillich9728]

Great news!

[@reversingglobalwarming9431]

❤

[@anderseriksen2282]

A good news - 1 like

[@eaglemob]

A coalition of 11 countries - the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom - pledged in July to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s. Maybe Ukraine get more then just 61 f16's..maybe some with radar range up to 290 km..newer version!!. I hoop so.🤞 All the best for you all, greetings from 🇵🇹🇸🇪, Slava 🇺🇦.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

you can expect Sweden to send Gripens. And those are cheaper and designed to fight russian jets.

[@eaglemob]

Now one more for the list helping !!! Greece wanna help also , Thank you Greece!! greetings from 🇵🇹🇸🇪, Slava 🇺🇦.

[@ColonelJohnmatrix1000]

It will only be as effective as the airmen. That is why we are taking our time to train them fully. They are very different to Soviet avionics

[@PjotrII]

Many thanks to all countries who have and will continue to support Ukraine´s fight against dictatorship. I hope the western leaders know what they do.... I said in the beginning of the year (8 months ago) that west should train pilots, and people to weapon systems that they didn´t even give at that point. The idea is that when the decision comes, some would be ready immediately. The problem was that Ukraine planned a counter attack... and in the west, we had to have a long debate about the planes. Now when decisions are made, it will take 6 months before any real action. More Ukrainians are dying in the counter offensive, because they don´t have planes. * Next thing is the long range missiles. Ukraine should have missiles that with ease reaches the WHOLE of Ukraine, and even longer range missiles, (if) when Russia attacks from it´s space. One could limit the use, not to hit civilian targets, if shot further in. All things needed for Ukraine to stop the war!

[@missilemans6688]

I mean the F-16 is a MiG-29 equivalent and seeing just how poorly Ukrainian MiG-29s have been fairing being destroyed by shaheds even before takeoff I don’t expect them to make much of a difference. You guys said the same about the leopards and Bradleys, look how that turned out

[@DavidGetling]

That game-changer is needed NOW, not next year! There are already Ukrainian pilots who have been training on F-16s for some time now. There are also ace NATO pilots who would love to be allowed leave of absence so that they could go Orc hunting in Ukraine.

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

I remember when I was celebrating HIMARS arriving, and people were saying "Calm down mate, it's not a magic wand." It was. They were wrong. They don't understand that when a system turns up the enemy has to assume they could be anywhere, so even the six HIMARS instantly changed the game. It was the same with Patriot and it will be the same with F-16 and it's ability to target anything in the air from like 100 miles away. Fantastic news and a real morale boost. Thanks for the report. Glory to the Heroes UA !

[@mpakakas3518]

keep buying from the same drug dealer: he's doing a hell of a job!! lol

[@esbenm6544]

@@mpakakas3518 cope👶

[@ramadankadriu5336]

@@mpakakas3518 Ivaneee do not MIX Vodka with drugs

[@mpakakas3518]

@@ramadankadriu5336 be quiet till I tell you to speak. go now.

[@marksnyder8022]

@@mpakakas3518 Thank you for supporting Big Pharma, both as an advocate and a customer/end user. ⚗🧪🔬💉💊 💉💊💉💊

[@arselenebitara1356]

Yes! Long live Ukraine! 💞💙💛💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❣🇵🇭PH

[@always-good-stuff]

The coalition need to step up support for Ukraine. These f -16s are awesome but should be there in action already. I love ukraine so much and putin's evil will backfire. My message to ukraine is adopt the best of the west, and do it yiur way. Western values, for all its flaws binds together like no others.

[@4touchdowns1game29]

lol western values, you mean like giving trudeau and zelensky giving nazis a standing ovation?

[@4touchdowns1game29]

what about kidnapping people in the street to go fight in this pointless war.

[@peterundo8380]

Effective F16 needs 4-5 years experienced pilots. Ucrainian pilots aren't able to communicate in english, they first have to learn. There is no infra in ucraine for F16 maintenace/repair. One of the learning pilots is 71 years... And we've heard the word game changer countless times till now. There will be a stop, Mr. Selenski.

[@cesar449]

La enésima svolta con tutte le arme che riceve il ex comico . La zaga della contraofensiva Ucra capitolo X

[@paulthierry510]

Whennnnnnnnnn ???

[@coltonBigblood0045]

It won't be a "game changer" but it will help. In my opinion of course but I really think Ukraine could have used them earlier.

[@user-in3ik3st5b]

Ukraine is a Good independent Nation That Deserves Great Respect By Recognizing All Of The Legal Territories Of Ukraine including Crimea and Donbas, Great Victories By Liberating All of its Territories including Crimea and Donbas, More Better Weapons Like Long Range Missiles and F-16 Combat Jets, Better Military Logistics, Perfect Security by Joining NATO, Better Economy By Joining European Union and a Better Future. 💙💛

[@peterundo8380]

Selenskiland will never be member of nato or eu. Too much corruption, white supremacists nationalism, and much to much bandera, asow, prawdy sektor, ajdar and so on.

[@Ryan_Revier]

It was mostly analog dial that is why the Ukrainian want ti grab it..🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@seregamoto1391]

Where are the leopards?😂

[@deanfirnatine7814]

The Gripen really is a Gen 4.5 fighter, it is more advanced than the F-16, it can match any aircraft in the world that is in full production except for the F-22 (Su-57 is not in full production). F-35 is a stealth aircraft that was never meant to do things like dog fight, it conducts combat only beyond visual range.

[@James-9999]

Issues with that logic is dog fighting is dead unless it’s 2 stealth aircraft, then idk getting a lock might prove harder then dog fighting

[@vicparmi1939]

Ukraine pilots training won't be enough to fly F-16, so NATO pilots will surely fly them.

[@gyanendrakumar2350]

Ukraine's president should travel to developing countries ( India, China, South Africa, Brazil, etc) for support because these countries do not trust and believe in Western countries. Because Western countries did the same in Iraq, Vietnam, Cuba, etc.... here victim is Ukraine, so if Ukraine asks for support, then these developing countries will support it more.

[@Livebaitpro]

S400 waiting for results.

[@gaelicwebtv7675]

Your logo is a rip off of the Bord Failte Logo that is on old road signs

[@gaae2000]

Thank you uncle Biden, you are the greatest!

[@lemontadams3029]

After just six months of language, and six months of flight school, Ukraine’s pilots will not be fully competent to fly NATO-gifted American-made F-16 fighter jets, retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.

[@best_pilot1002]

F16 in the Ukraine makes absolutely no sense, since there are no military fields with clean runways und the F16 is well known to inhale every kind of runway debris. In contrast to russian aircraft with a totally different design of their "Jet Intake". As a result, F16 would be rquired to operate from Poland or the Baltic States; NATO will hardly go that far.

[@hannisateur]

Take note of the "fully functional" part, that will have to be checked later.

[@SmedleyDouwright]

No F-16 from Norway or USA?

[@westyk52sparky]

norway and denmark are giving the f16's to ukraine. The usa is give norway and denmark f35's. ukraine will get over 100 f16's

[@esbenm6544]

@@westyk52sparky No, Denmark and the Netherlands

[@paulgudedeberitz2335]

@@westyk52sparky Norway has bought F-35 already and replaced our F-16. Some have been sold on to Romania, but the rest should be given to Ukraine. We provide training and a lot of other equipment, but our government has yet to announce donation of planes. I really think they ought to do it now.

[@cut--]

🇺🇸 YES! FINALLY! 🇺🇸 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@AstroGremlinAmerican]

But Mark Milley says they won't be a game changer. Getting rid of him for someone who wants Ukraine to win would be a game changer.

[@user-ic1zb9wy6d]

What is this game changer in order?

[@maggiealena]

UKraine will need much more the just 61 F-16. Ukraine needs apache helicopters. A-10s tornados, Grifen, all kinds of aircraft.

[@evilfingers4302]

You know what would also be a Game Changer for Ukraine, if Ukraine is able to build their own arsenal of Nuclear Weapons.

[@BeautifulRhodeIsland]

Nation building 101.... Step 1. Get nukes

[@esbenm6544]

nah

[@BeautifulRhodeIsland]

@@esbenm6544 I don't see anybody lining up to invade the DPRK, do you?

[@esbenm6544]

@@BeautifulRhodeIsland simplistic take

[@BeautifulRhodeIsland]

@@esbenm6544 ok buddy

[@AstroGremlinAmerican]

Perhaps volunteers already trained on the F-16 will arrive to aid Ukraine?

[@paulmccormick]

The Russians must be so proud of their efforts to de-militirise under their watch Ukraine has now become one of the most well equipped combat experienced nations in the world . Great work Ivan

[@Rtg5637]

Ukrainians don't employ the weapons for aggressive offensive operations and this vastly reduces their impact

[@RebelNine]

Wish it were true. Don’t raise your expectations to unrealistic levels. If western leaders really wanted you to have a potent, strike capable, airforce you would already have these jets. Plus, no statement on what weaponry will be supplied with them; without the right weapons, the planes will be rather ineffective. I wish things were different, better, for your outstanding armed forces

[@RebelNine]

…plus… this somewhat piecemeal training of Ukrainian pilots, a few in this country, a few more in that country, is bad training. These Ukrainian pilots need to train together; they will learn as much from each other as they will from their instructors.

[@cocopufer5667]

yes! bye bye ruzzian s300's and choppers

[@pawelhuszcza9611]

These f16 are very old, have old radars and definitely are not expensive nowadays. They are very cheap. If they were in the latest available configuration - they indeed would be expensive and dangerous for ruzzians, but as always, unfortunately - "west" wants to play stupid games rather than actually end this war by enabling Ukraine to win...

[@nyttag7830]

Russia is on its heels as it is, f 16 will not improve their prospects 🤗

[@Bayouboy5617]

Better not be from America, I won't pay another tax dollars as long as I live.

[@marksnyder8022]

How many rubles did you pay last year?

[@Bayouboy5617]

@@marksnyder8022 you mean dollars? To much.

[@marksnyder8022]

@@Bayouboy5617 How's the weather in Moscow tonight?

[@Bayouboy5617]

@marksnyder8022 bro, I'm in America. Wtf are you talking about

[@vksasdgaming9472]

​@@Bayouboy5617IRS took down Al Capone. It will take you down without effort.

[@nyttag7830]

More importantly the weapons you can strap on 😁

[@lemontadams3029]

After just six months of language, and six months of flight school, Ukraine’s pilots will not be fully competent to fly NATO-gifted American-made F-16 fighter jets, retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.