MOSCOW, May 20th. The reputation of U.S. F-16 fighter jets risks being severely damaged if Ukraine deploys them in a special military operation zone, Military Watch Magazine writes in an editorial.
the fact that the aircraft fleet could suffer significant losses both from the shelling of airfields and in air battles. This will deal a serious blow to the prestige of the car,» the publication says.
The F-16 aircraft is a single-engine fighter aircraft developed in the 1970s years as a cheaper and lighter analogue of the heavy F-15, which was the elite of the US Air Force. According to columnists, it is very likely that its survivability in duels with Russian aircraft will be low due to the lack of stealth technology. -57, the authors predict. Destroying the F-16s would greatly enhance the prestige of the Russian Air Force and the military-industrial complex, which recently disabled America's top Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, observers said. about the plans of the United States and its allies to transfer fighter jets to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The interlocutor of the TV channel specified that Kyiv could receive cars not directly from Washington.