Ukrainian pilots describe how the defend the skies from Russian forces and why they they need F-16s
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2023
- This footage released by the Ukrainian Air Force via the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Twitter, shows Ukrainain pilots describing the first days of Putin invasion and how they defend their skies from Russian forces.
At the end of the clip the troops appeal for more advanced F-16s to replace their soviet era MIG-25s that they are currently using.
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#ukraine #ukrainewar #ukrainenews #russia
F-16 for Ukraine now! 🇺🇦
NO GO BUILD YOUR OWN JETS YOU FREE LOADERS!!
@@a-l-e-x-a0691 ♟👈
What the hell are we doing? Give them the goddamn planes.
Biden has through this full war dragged his feet on ending the war in Ukraine to give Putin the favors Putin was paying Biden the 3.5 million is corruption money then Putin paid Biden 286 million is dirty money to give Putin more favors.
It is all coming out through the GOP investigations of KKK communist Joe Biden and the Biden crime family
It's been one year already... new Western leaders, It's not like Roosevelt, Churchill, or Regan, unfortunately
It takes approx 2 years to train a pilot on a f-16. An f-18 4-7 years.
better give poorer NATO members the f16 and then transfer their existing russian planes to UKRAINE
Give give give. Not our war. Not our responsibility.
The F-16 might be old but it's such a beautiful and capable aircraft
👍👍
they make new updated ones too. but in any case F/A-18's would be better suited to Ukraines needs.
@@JasonBlack66 how so?
Sitting duck for Russian AD.
@@adamc366 that same AD that couldn't stop drones from reaching St Petersburg last week? 🤣🤣🤣
Russian bots and trolls immediately came running here.
Yeah, Joshua Paul couldn't have ratted himself out more as a paid Orc propagandist.
And ???
Denmark has a number of old F16's, that are to be replaced with F35's from this autumn, so gradually I believe some of these will be given to Ukraine as their pilots get ready to operate F16 jets.
The F-16 has been in production almost for fifty years and is in the air force inventory of more than two dozen countries. There are about a dozen countries with multiple squadrons of F-16 able to give some of their F-16s to Ukraine. The former Eastern Block countries that are now part of NATO have very few Soviet era fighters left to give to Ukraine and are equip with F-16 or other Western made fighter jets.
Yes, why not give some of this fighter jets to Ukraine. They are more than capable in flying this birds than russians.
@@rudyd7306 A private Canadian military contractor (Top Aces) bought 29 old F-16As from the Israeli Air Force and did their own upgrades to the old F-16As and was awarded a USAF contract to act as an aggressor force in training the USAF F-35s; it was more economical that having the USAF using their own fighters. The F-16s might be old, but it’s still one of the best multi-fighters in the world and would give more bangs for the buck then any Russian fighter it went up against; and the Russians know that.
Let's give these guys F-16, time to end this war.
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Its coming. Not a matter of supply or if. They will give them F16's when the time is right just like artillery, himars, tanks etc. Need to strategize and deplete Russia's capabilities first so they will never be a threat. Ukraine will probably receive the A10 Warthog before f16s because Ukraine pilots are already training on them A10's
@@allenl9214 To be honest, the time is now. Spring is here and once the ground dryes and heavy armor is able to drive on it, its on. Both RU and AU are planning offensives that should take place sooner than the tech can get there.
Fighting falcon fighting ukraine 🇺🇦🎉
I don’t think they’re giving them to russia
Ukrainians deserve the F-16. Slava Ukraine! - from Texas
Ukraine!! America hears you. We support you!! We will do what we must to make sure Ukraine is a free independent nation. I will contact my Congressional Representative and Senator to tell them to expedite and support Ukraine and get the fighters you need.
shut up bot
You don’t speak for all of us
lol shut up
@@haydotherapper5401 You signed the Budapest memorandum, you are obliged.
@@thecapitalofmind So staying neutral=Applies to NATO 6 times?
Ukranian pilots are already in the U.S. being trained on the F-16 as of March of 2023.
I hope so
Why only 2 Pilots ?
This is not correct. The Ukrainian pilots in the US are a testbed only. They are being put in simulators to evaluate their capability to transition to particular aircraft in the US inventory (I assume the F-16) and the timeframe that it would take. The US cannot put foreign pilots, or flight crews, in actual training unless there is an agreement to sell or give those aircraft to the foreign entity. This is purely evaluation. What they need today are some of our 3000 ATACMS to hit the Kerch Bridge and airbases in Crimea and the Crimean land bridge.
@@ragnarone5409 2 pilots? If that is true, those 2 pilots will become 100 or more once in Ukraine, they'll be instructors....
It takes approx 2 years to train a pilot on a f-16. An f-18 4-7 years.
These guys and gals are true heros and they are defending all of our democracy, Give them F16'S now as well as our fighters from the UK...we must give them everything they need and more to end this asap, Slava Ukraine
Democracy:)))) there is a lot people that have no capacity to grasp what is really happening:)))
@@redbear1935 Go live in Russia, now an Orwellian state. Don't come out screaming when they drag you out to become cannon fodder.
@@loweedwards7807 what a F you talking about?
@@redbear1935 Didn't see the news? Long jail for just any anti-war drawing. The guy with noodle in the ear joke? Same thing. That is Russian world. And Russia is planning to mobilize more (cannon fodders) again, hundreds of thousands.
@@redbear1935 ➡Orwellian is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society. It denotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by propaganda, surveillance, disinformation, denial of truth (doublethink), and manipulation of the past, including the "unperson" a person whose past atrocity is idealised from the public record and memory, practiced by modern repressive governments. ⬅
Evacuate the city, engage all defenses, and get this man an F-16!
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦.... Glory to all brave defenders of Ukraine 🇺🇦💪💪🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
this is a robot used to push support for Ukraine
@@account8494 says the clear bot
@@account8494 Yeah. They are quite boring with Ukraine flags emojis and "Glory t oUkraine".
MIC propaganda justifying war. This channel is riddled
@@t-rex4211 Ukraine did not start the war. But Ukraine will finish it
God bless you and all your pilots Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
✌️🇺🇦...let's give these guys the bloody kit, weapons, and aircraft that they need to turn the tide around!!!✌️🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇲 slava Ukraini!✌️✌️
Glory Eternal to The Ukrainian Pilots Who defend European Sky against russian aggressors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Slava Ukraini! Slava Hierojam! Down with russian imperialism!!!! With greatest respect and most cordial greetings from Poland for Ukrainian Hero Pilots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fantastic spirit!!
International Law -> Donbas and Crimea are Ukraine
Sun News is just War Propaganda.
Look at the bot responders, the weapon videos all shot from same field, and the fact that their country was one of the first to say No Negotiations.
Haha then why isn't Ukriane able to take it back???
@@pavelvasilevich2785 I am right !
-> The 1996 Constitution adopted by Ukrainian parliamentarians notably defines the sovereignty of Ukraine within its borders. Territorial sovereignty which had been recognized by the entire international community, including Russia. The changes of regimes within countries absolutely do not call into question the territorial sovereignty of these countries. The annexations of Crimea in 2014 then of territories to the east of Ukraine more recently at the end of 2022 are neither more nor less violations of Ukraine's territorial sovereignty by Russia.
Moreover, during the recent vote at the UN, very, very few countries voted against respecting the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine, because if the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine is violated, then it means that the territorial sovereignty of any other country in the world can be violated just as much.
International law must apply. END
Not by its own people which were oppressed by ukrainians becasue of having a russian descent blood
@@LORRAINE54500 International Laws are completly are in vain if they wont stand up against those who's denied it... Its like saying "No" to an armed robber.
glory to ukrainian 🇺🇦💪
The fulcrum what a beauty
Vive L'Ukraine ! Vive votre optimiste moral et votre courage! Vous êtes des exemples pour le monde!
God bless the Ukrainian pilots and may you always achieve your objective. VR to Ukraine!
Ukraine bankruptcy: how much does Ukraine cost now without the money of the western states taxpayers?
"God" yea right, lots of blessing he did so far …
@@bobgonzales9680 alot cheaper than Putins War will cost Russia.
@@bobgonzales9680 "Remember my words, Russia will disappear when the Ukrainian sun rises" - Dzhokhar Dudayev 😇
@@Anvilshock God condemned Russia by clogging supply lines with snow...
Another posibilty is to bring the Pilots to Sweden and have them train on F16s and our Gripens. A multirole fighter that is easy to fly and maintain for ground crews. An experienced crew of 18 year old conscripts can have a turnaround time of 10 minutes and it was made to use runways. Ukraine should be provided with all it needs to survive and win. F16 as well as JAS39 is a very good start. Maybe A10s in the future when they rule the sky once more! Slava Ukraini from Sweden!
with how the russias are using their missiles its gonna be impossible to rule the skies without stealth aircrafts.
The Ukrainian pilots were the stars of RIAT. 🇬🇧
Good bless Ukraine and the men and women who fight naked aggression!
Su-30Sm and Su-35BM says hold my vodka.😆
Think of that plane like a suit of armor, an iron eagle.
The question is... can the ukrainian Mig 29 and Su - 27 will able to jerry rig a AN APG Radar from the F-16 Block 20 and the Data link 16?
I know the missile is possible but the weapon system and fire control system is questionable because of the aircraft aged and how it's build that is way different than American aircraft.
Russian Su-35's making the problem for Ukraine. Not the 27's
No one doubts the determination and devotion of Ukrainian pilots, but how long does it take for flying an F-16 to become almost second nature, because this is what's needed in a fight. Also, those carrying out the maintenance need to be almost able to do it in their sleep, which also takes time. Does the Ukrainian air force have pilots, and support crew, that are up to speed. If so then we should give them F-16s, but if not then giving them more MiGs, with upgraded weapons would be a better strategy.
yes I agree, no point giving them countless systems they are not trained on or have logistics. Just give them more of what they can use right now and today. send them all the old MIGS from NATO countries and tons of rockets and lots of things to kill orcs
i think a uk pilot said it takes around 4-7 years.
They don't even need F16s based on their propaganda.
Good luck and God's speed to those guys.
The western countries should start giving the Ukrainian pilots training on flying the Fighting Falcons
If they can do what they do with obsolete Mig 29, with an F16 they would be authentic Top guns
Remember, it’s not just the weapon, it’s the logistics behind it also. Ukraine would need thousands of hours and millions of dollars worth of spare parts to actually use F 16s. Same with other NATO equipment. Ukraine has the will to fight, unlike the ANA in Afghanistan. That’s why we need to help them
Oh give me a break. Everyone in the west talk like its quantum physics. Its simple maintenance that normal human with working brain can learn fairly quicky. You fail to realize mentality in eastern europe. Every man can do basic plumbing, electricity or car repairs. Spare parts are the only problem, just it to them and watch.
“We have freedom, give us the wings to protect it.”
Yet another Ukrainian pearl I was hoping to hear in this video.
Enough thanks to The Sun News for the massive role on Ukraine - Russia war reports and documentary. We are grateful,
A10 - Warthogs for ground support
No. America dosent sell their A10’s
Brave lads! They will have F16s soon that we have no doubt
They will scorch the orcs just with the noise🔥
SLAVA UKRAINI! HEROYAM SLAVA!!
Gloria to Ukraine 🇺🇦 and all her people! The Ukrainians are smart , innovative n adapt quickly to whatever is thrown at them! They should have been given these F16 a longtime ago...too much procrastination from allies! Now another delay with USA...so many lifes are being lost with all their in house fighting !!
F35 for Ukraine now!!!
NO WAY BUMS!!!
Surely there are "former" US pilots and technicians who would "volunteer" to "train" Ukrainians on missions against Russians. Oh, and they just happen to "own" F16s, munitions, fuel, parts, etc. Weren't Russian and Chinese pilots secretly fighting in Korea and Vietnam? Time to put the shoe on the other foot.
Idk about that. Suppose one gets downed and captured? It's not any different than Russians in Vietnam, but it is definitely a calculation.
russian pilot was never caught in vieatnam its still treated as a myth today , maybe the government knows about it. if russia catches america doing that it would lead to ww3.
Already happens they do call them "volunteers". When a US Navy Seal member died in Bakhmut they said he choosed it and went AWOL.
i hope they dont drag this decision out like tanks. SEND THEM WHAT THEY NEED AND END THIS DAMN WAR
YES, F - 16 FOR UKRAINE 🇺🇦
ive been saying this for a while, if they can get round the training problem then its a no brainer, but if training doesnt pay off, then we back out
Yes Commander Manyushkin.
I hope that soon all your pilots will have only training missions in all militaries exercises as a NATO's member .
Also in EU.
Try to stay strong and have no mercy with who haven't too against your Freedom.
i wish them all the best running F16 on dirty airstrip.
Gripen with meteor missiles would be far more impactful and better suited for the conditions on the ground.
Who wrote the title of this video?
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Loan them 6 F-22 and wrap this thing up.
Denmark are changing figthers from F16 to F35, why not donate the old F16s ?
they* in the title
I think NATO needs to step up and send Ukraine modern fighter jets and all the training they need. Vladimir Putin is a danger for all of Europe.
Then why dont europe fights against russia? A lot of Ukrainian dies for it,but not even one NATO soldier?
The Mig-29 is not an inferior weapon platform to the F-16, it just platforms inferior weapons.
So what you’re saying is they need to upgrade their radar packages and equip them with pylons that would support our “western” weapons
@@ziadajam5433 You could do that, but replacing pretty much the whole avionics package is probably more work than just dumping the Migs and replacing them with contemporary weapon platforms.
But the F-16 ain't interior to the Mig-29 ether. It's flight performance is much the same if not better. The F-16 can sustain 9g turns and is very manoverable. As matter a fact the F-16 has real kills on Serbian Mig-29s.
Did you also forget the inferior radar part?
@@265justy I would agree on sustaining 9Gs. It has a much better chance in a rate fight with a much tighter turning radius, however I’ve heard that the mig 29 is arguably better in a one circle fight but then again United States pilots are trained best and the jets maintenance is always better aside from the better avionics components
How?
US must have at least 500 of these in desert storage
Go Ukraine pilots to protect your country and people God Bless yuo all ways from phillipens castellejos zambales Bernabe asid çañeta
They will get the viper
Fun fact about the F-16. The first flight was a accident while attempting to conduct a high speed taxi test on the runway.
it takes about 6 months to train an f-16 pilot just wait
Slava Ukraine
it's been 5 days and the typos in the title has not been fixed.
🤣😂
From the sound of it they absolutely hammered the Russian paratroopers who tried to take Hostomel airport.
I guess the Sun had a seizure when they wrote the title of this video and forgot how to write in english...
Please is that Ghost khiv?
Wait, I thought 30+ years you were all praising the Fulcrum as The Best of The Best?
People love to think modern air combat is still about dogfighting.
Missed an F out of the title
Heroyem Slava ✊🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👏
XEРОЯМ САЛО
We in Sweden should give Ucraine some of our JAS 39 Griffin fighters.
Fighters that has been designed for combatting Russian aeroplanes.
They would fit the Ucraine airforce perfectly. Easy to operate and can operate from ordinary roads.
If Hungary doesn’t approve the Swedish NATO application soon i think we can give their JAS39 fighters to Ucraine instead.
They are a lease to Hungary from the Swedish government.
Ucraine are much more worthy of having those fighters.
As a hungarian dude. I really hope the problems will be solved between our countries,but its not wise to send "Griffins" which ones called "Grippen". Training and logistics would be a nightmare for Ukraine
No one gonna mention the two typos in the title?
Why Does Ukraine like F16 ? How is F16 different from Mic 29 ?
Different stuff. Better aviatonics for example. Also Ukraine lost a lot of fulcrum
@Phillip Banes "Dogfighter"... Why people thinks that these jets are still doing that?
The sunn has made fame from the constant broadcast of Russian Ukraine war … 3.8 million subscribers that’s impressive
when ukraine get billions of dollars but still askes for free f16
You are obliged to protect Ukraine according to the Budapest Memorandum. This is a country that had the world's 3rd nuclear arsenal, and voluntarily gave it up in exchange for security guarantees. So why do you still doubt something?
@@thecapitalofmind Its said in words? BP Memorandum was between Russia&Ukraine. Ukraine gives up its nuclear arsenal and can be independent from russia as a sovereign country.
Why they they need..
I want to hear what the ukrainian pilots who have done f16 training think about f16 vs whatever they usually fly. I know ukraine has a few different su an mig planes
Bro the title of the video- “Ukrainian pilots describe how the defend the skies from Russian forces and why they they need F-16s” 💀💀💀
Right now, the Ukrainian and Russian soldiers are the only 2 that have most experience in modern warfare. It's not the same as fighting in Afghan. I hope the rest of the world is doing a lot of live drill in case it turn into cake.
No one questions the need of Ukraine’s Air Force to be upgraded- the problem is “ TIME” to train and to be combat ready. Flying a fly by wire aircraft is a totally different set of muscle memory for a pilot compared to a MiG. It is like transitioning a F-4 phantom pilot to a F-18 hornet- can be done but it takes time. Ukraine can transition but for her immediate war needs she needs DRONES and precision munitions and missiles to push Russia back.
Ukraine cant win alone? 😂 So its really 18 country vs 1
no terrorussia - no problems for neighbors and the whole world!
Always The Sun who has top social media people working for them check the title before posting please you get paid enough should not be missing spellings lol
how far we've come in technology the shahad 136 is quite a bit of kit , i heard iran is sending quite a few for ukraine
title missing a letter, " how the"Y" defend the skies"
Spelling in the tittle please . Newspaper come on .
Mig-29 is great as part of a airshow team ( and I mean it )
it sits down in the air more camly and not so tempramental as Su-27
In ukraine war dogfights do not happen ..... if it did happen Mig-29 can be bad the first seconds of fight but after 1 minute have passed it get lighter cause fuel being burned off and is very dangerous after that.
When western pilots trained against german former east german pilots the MiGs always had to be loaded down with extra fuel tanks and the german adversary squads did not complain but mensioned it.
But in a simulator the MiG 29 usually suck in the opening but quickly loose weight and becomes very dangerous.
But this is Ukraine war and they only using it as yet another platform to deliver missiles.
F16 is being replaced in numbers as we speak, by the F35. We all appreciate that the 🇺🇦 MIG29 > F16 conversion takes time. So be it - just do it!
How can you guys not even write a title correctly
Just an F16 won’t cut it. You need all the support that goes along with it. You need AWACS, you need the tactics, the logistics, the training and doctrine. Just giving them the jets they’ll get shot down all the same.
awacs will get shot down in ukraine , russians have the r37 they would be able to shoot it down from within their borders.
They they?
First You need a proper airbases, optimised for F16. Mig29 is capable of taking off from an old soviet airfield. F16 requires a nice even runaway. This is a long very long process. It's not only about training pilots.
"How the defend the skies"
Жаль не дають нам самольотів
as much as I'd like to see Ukraine kick Russian ass with some western jets, there's something kind of poetic about Russia coming face to face with weapons the USSR created oh so long ago.
Simple answer to why we cant give them any Logistics and training its much cheaper and easier to transport known munitions and planes that the Ukrainians are experienced in
By the Time the pilots get trained and the planes arrive in ukraine with fuel bombs missiles ammo spare parts and a fleet of fully trained mechanics and aircraft maintainers, id say the war will be over
The F-16 is inferior to Russia’s Su-35S and Su-30SM!
OH MY GOD ELON MUSK IN UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE
The Survivability of F-16 over Ukraine would be no different to their MIG-29s, which on average seems to last only a few days in an environment covered by mobile Russian double digit SAM systems, sophisticated MANPADS and Sukhoi fighters.
Reports from US fighter pilots involved in testing the F-16 against former East German Mig-29s back in the 1990s stated that while the Mig-29 is formidable in certain aspects, the F-16 is superior at speeds above 200 knots, has superior pilot visibility, is more manoeuvrable, and has far better avionics. Don't take my word for it. They're the actual fighter pilots who tested it. They stated that the Mig-29 was designed to scramble, jettison its tank (which is both "G' and speed limiting when carried), go supersonic, fire its missiles, then immediately go home. Also the Russians do not have air superiority over Ukraine even now.
"Lasts only a few days" - dude, them Russkis had a year now to defeat Ukraine's aviation but they're somehow still flying 😂😂😂
the MIG 29 and SU-27 did a great job in Sept. 2022 with the AGM-88 missiles, preparing the offensive on Kherson.
F16 would pretty much wipe out Sukhois in Beyond visual range due to AIM 120. 🤣🤣
@@danielxiong7227 are u forgetting the main missiles used by russians is the r37 ? which outranges aim120 actually even the aim260.
When it al done, Ukraine must fast tracked in NATO. They have proven skill and bravery many many times, so it is the least they deserve. Their innovations such a grenade launching drones and anti-ship missile systems would surely be an asset to the rest of NATO.
you should censore better , or remove some runaway images because they can be geolocalizated.
But no people realize how much maintainence goes into 1 hour of flight in F16. And Ukraine is so used to soviet/russia era planes. F16 is a completely new plane so the training would take sometime aswell.
yea giving them more soviet era aircrafts would help directly with the war , as it has cheaper maintenance , pilot can use it right away. f16 will take time as u need to train pilots , ground crew.