F16s have arrived in Ukraine

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The photo below is reported to be in the skies over Odessa. I wouldn’t put too much faith in that claim and think it could be farther west, but who knows, maybe they already brought em to Odessa…seems like a risk

Lets see how it all goes

Mainstream sources
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-f16-jets-russia-missile-98fab7aa19e093bf8df3de015bc9006a

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-31/ukraine-gets-first-delivery-of-f-16-fighter-jets-after-long-wait



The first batch of US-made F-16 fighter jets has arrived in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The number of warplanes is “small,” sources told the outlet on condition of anonymity. Kiev has yet to comment on the reported delivery.

The origin of the aircraft is not yet clear. Last year, a group of NATO states, including Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Sweden, formed the so-called ‘F-16 coalition’. Greece, the US, Bulgaria, and France later joined.

While some countries, including the Netherlands and Denmark, pledged to provide Kiev with 24 and 19 aircraft respectively from their own stocks, others committed to training Ukrainian pilots.

Norway has also recently stated that it would donate six fighter jets to Kiev.

Moscow has repeatedly stated that F-16s, just like the other Western weapons provided to Kiev, will not change the outcome of the conflict. The Russian military will destroy the planes as it has done with other Ukrainian hardware, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this year.

https://www.rt.com/russia/601922-f16-jets-ukraine-delivered/

BTW I think the other photos are stock photos basically and this one is the only “in theater” one claimed so far.

Not sure how many were transferred.

Also I would be very curious to hear who the pilots are… I had heard progress was VERY slow going trying to convert Ukrainian pilots to the new platform

h/t SwampCreature

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