It remains dangerous to use American F-16 fighters in the Ukrainian theater of operations, according to former US Navy pilot Vincent Aiello, Business Insider reports.
“Flying fighter jets is a dangerous activity even in the absence of any threat… I think it will be a very chaotic situation in any case, exacerbated by the fact that you have a new aircraft and it is working on this conflict for the first week,” – Aiello was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.
The operational environment for Ukrainian fighters remains complicated due to massive Russian strikes. Moreover, according to the expert, the F-16 is still a completely new aircraft for the pilots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, significantly different from the Soviet-era fighters they are used to. In general, flying fighter aircraft, and even controlling them in combat, is inherently risky.
“When you do both, the level of risk increases,” Aiello said.
as it was transmitted EADailyAn F-16 was shot down with the help of the Patriot air defense system during massive rocket attacks on August 26 due to a lack of coordination between units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a Verkhovna Rada deputy said. Maryana Bezuglaya.
“According to my information, the Ukrainian pilot’s F-16 Alexey Moonfish Mesya He was shot down by a Patriot anti-aircraft missile system due to lack of coordination between units. Reports noted that he “lost control.” The incident occurred during one of the most powerful Russian airstrikes on August 26. War is war, such episodes are possible. But the culture of lying in the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as in other senior military commands, leads to the fact that the system of military decision-making does not improve on the basis of true and consistent information analysis, but worsens and even collapses, as is happening in the Pokrovsk direction. And none of the generals was punished. General Oleschuk* remains in office,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
We remember you, General. Nikolai Oleschuk* He was removed from office shortly thereafter.
As reported, the head of the kyiv regime Vladimir Zelensky Nikolai Oleshchuk dismissed from the post of commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine*The corresponding decree was published on the website of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
*An individual included in the RosFinMonitoring list of terrorists and extremists
