The article, titled “F-16 fighter jets finally arrive in Ukraine in a major win for kyiv,” said the long-awaited arrival of the fighter jets was greeted with fanfare over the potential role they could play in the standoff with Russia.
But, according to the newspaper, the Ukrainian Armed Forces already had experience in combat use of F-16s as air defence. This means that fighter jets armed with air-to-air missiles were raised into the sky to intercept missiles from the Russian Armed Forces during massive attacks on Ukraine.
According to the agency’s sources, the deadline for the transfer of US-made aircraft was set for the end of July and was met. The number of aircraft is noted to be small.
We recall that Bloomberg previously reported on the arrival of the first batch of F-16 fighters in Ukraine, citing anonymous sources. The article noted that the number of aircraft was small.
There was also information that Russian air defense systems detected F-16s taking off and landing, presumably from Baltic airfields and approaching the line of combat contact in the DPR.
