Ukraine's pilots training as fast as they can to be ready for F-16s
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.พ. 2024
- Select Ukrainian pilots and technicians are currently working overtime to master the ins and outs of the F-16's advanced system. This new video shared on X by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows his country's pilots training at Denmark's Skrydstrup air base.
Training for these jets typically takes at least 8 months for new pilots - but time is not on Ukraine's side, and training has had to be accelerated.
"The duration of the training that we are going through is really short compared to any country training for the F-16 in peacetime, it really takes a lot, lot more but we all are motivated to go back to Ukraine and start fighting on those jets," said a Ukrainian pilot with the callsign "Moonfish."
The F-16 has proven to be a step up for Ukrainian pilots, who are used to flying older, less advanced aircraft.
"It is a really super fun jet to fly," Moonfish said. "I'm not saying that MIG that I flew before is super boring, but the F-16 is definitely more agile."
One Ukrainian technician in the video said at first, the F-16's system seemed 'incomprehensible' and 'unrealistic' for Ukraine - but throughout training, he realized the aircraft's efficiency and the advantage it will provide. Ukraine has been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the F-16 since last July, when the U.S.,Denmark, and the Netherlands announced an international coalition to bolster the Ukrainian Air Force.
Having the F-16 in its arsenal will allow Ukraine to strengthen its air defenses and fend off Russian planes attacking Ukraine's front-line soldiers. Scripps News' Jason Bellini reports.
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Kind of like the ghost of Kiev lol calling bs
Another Ukrainian pilot who is training on the F-16 said that it is like going from a Nokia flip phone to an iPhone, without having gone through all the intermediate steps. He was referring to the plane's advanced electronics systemrs.
Out of the four pilots left in program, how are they doing?
The aircrew have by far the most demanding tasks to learn. Maintainers will love life compared to fixing fossils. F-16s are easy to learn how to maintain and to work on in austere conditions. Anyone transitioning from older airframes with much more labor-intensive systems will have an easy time converting as I did from fixing Phantoms. Proximity to European bases means parts won't be difficult to ship and items requiring back shop or depot repairs will be simple to truck or airlift back and forth.
NOTHING LIKE FREE MILITARY EQUIPMENT. WHERE WAS THIS BRIO WHEN RUSSIA SEIZED CRIMEA IN 2014???
Thank for the information. I have not been hearing too much information about the F16 deployment too Ukraine.
Great!
The People of Ukraine, your Heroic Warriors and your Amazing Leader President Zelenski...."Never Give up, Never Despair." We all stand by your side in Support, Prayers and Hope...God Bless Ukraine from the UK
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You must have a death wish for the people of Ukraine. Check the independent news and you will find out they have no landing strips in Ukraine. Well now if Biden and his fellow criminals want they can get Halliburton of construct a few for a few hundred billion. That is how Cheney made his fortune.
To understand this war, ask yourself: "Why Ukraine doesn't hire trained pilots, waiting on their pilots instead?"
I can imagine them already being used to launch standoff weapons. How much training does that really take?
You don't train to press a button that launches a missile. You train to survive while doing so.
There is no stand-off missile in the US arsenal that would keep F-16 pilots entirely out of harm's way.
@@a5cent .....That's not true. The Ukrainians are already doing it with modifications on their own aircraft.
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Doing what exactly?
@@a5cent ......HARMs , Storm Shadows and Scalps
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Storm Shadow / Scalp aren't compatible with the F-16s
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None have a range that would keep the F-16 entirely out of harm's way, because they aren't targeting front line formations with those munitions.
Pilots are also getting training in Romania, the problem is which country will allow it's air field to be used by Ukraine. Most likely candidates are Romania, Slovakia and Poland. but let's wait and see
They take off from those countries and those countries air fields will be smashed
Ignorance, acquiring F16 jets won't change anything. The West knows this very well, they're just fooling these unsuspecting Ukrainians..... Zelensky already a comedian makes it worse
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Los f-16 se necesitan de manera urgente!..por favor....apurar ls llegada a Ucrania.
Ah yes, the “Game Changers”. Now when Ukraine receives 12 F16 from 1970s, along with 31 M1 Abrams tanks, the Ukrainians will easily reach Moscow.
… yeah, and have as much success as Napoleon and that bad guy from Germany did…
They're not trying to invade Russia? They're trying to defend themselves and stay alive. Bizaare comment
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what # game changer is this now ?? we had the ARty then the himars .. then the Bradley's .. Abrahams now this ? and all i see is the front line moving one way and the death count going up in this pointless war all that for the sake of laundering more $$
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Hard to fly cos of it's agility.
#F16
Every second counts
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I know they have no choice, but a fighter pilot only becomes "good" after *years* of training and experience. It simply cannot be rushed; the good ones reach a level where they don't think, they simply react. These guys will probably be competent at getting into the air, firing the missile, then bugging out for home, but that is about it. With Russia now shooting down 9/10 Storm Shadows sent to Crimea, this will not change anything. Not to mention Russia has drones watching most every air base in Ukraine, and nobody can stop Mr. Iskander.
How DARE you tell the truth!
(But THE TRUTH is you are 100% correct… it takes YEARS to become really good as a flyer and the logistics and maintenance takes a highly trained TEAM. But, of course, this is just more BS propaganda.)
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Some of the pilots may already have flight experience, albeit in different airframes (MiG29s and SU 27s). It's more of a matter of transitioning from a Soviet jet to NATO standard one, especially with language, later the avionics/controls, tactics and maintenance systems.
As much as Russian determination and perseverance should not underestimated, so too Ukrainians in their abilities in adaptability and ingenuity, especially given their lack of supplies. They're quick and creative learners. Remember, they were able to deploy 155mm artillery systems starting from May '22, acquired HIMARs on June '22 and then were able to operate and field Western Main Battle tanks (Leopard 2s, and Challenger 2s, mainly, M1 Abrams arrived much, much later) in under 9 months, which at least should take less than 2 at the minimum to train. If that level of adaptability (+ speed) impressive, I don't know what is, especially for a country at war.
P.S. I almost forgot, NASAM and patriot missile systems are still present, so those Iskanders still need to strike at an angle where interception is difficult or impossible, or, more often than not, send more missiles than these Western supplied SAM systems to overwhem them. In addition, unless the Ukrainians neglect and don't account for it, it wouldn't be surprising that while F16 pilots are training, they're establishing infrastructure to support those airframes, at the same time, preparing counter measures for possibility of such cruise and ballistic missiles.
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After F16 they will start asking for f35 then it will be f45 after that give up.
The West's support for Ukraine always a day late and a dollar short. The training should have started two years ago with the view to a future approval of providing the F-16.
US warplanes operate as part of a network of ground, sea, land and space assets. It's hard to see how Ukrainians are going to integrate into that network as well as a native English speaker who's had years of training, simulator time and real life maneuvers.
If Ukraine doesn't run out of meat first, the F16s will either be kept out of real combat or be shot down their first few sorties.
How many years did you work on, with or fly Vipers and in what capacity? They aren't integrating into the US combined arms network they're integrating into their own established network with their own controllers etc. Ukraine is used to much more awkward, primitive systems while Vipers are quite user friendly. (I've roughly 22 years working A/B/C/D/CJs and four previous on Bronco and Phantom for comparison.)
@@Comm0utcope. The front is collapsing and Ukraine is out men, ammo and time.
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It's taking too long.
I’m pretty sure learning to flying a jet takes a bit longer than learning to drive a car…
@@jstsayit9434not to mention fighting in an airspace defended by one of the long range anti aircraft systems the S400
FAFO those jets will be able to strike anywhere
In summer said that another 3 month
War can wait no hurry
ma cosa ci fanno questi piloti ucraini in Danimarca? perché non ve li portate negli USA?
😢amerika moechte nicht als kriegstreiber nation dastehen,auch wenn die ganze welt es weiss,das es so ist, schurkenstaadt amerika und ihr president,
Denmark is WAY CLOSER DUH 🙄
@@johnmartin3735 surely! but then also F16 are far away ::
US and UK pilots that are use to flying western aircraft stated that it takes three years to become an effective F-16 combat pilot. Ukraine will lose all of this pilots and 1980's jets fast.
Surr ivan. You have faiked so far to take the sky
@@thinkerly1 I am American and do you know why Joe Biden was able to was able to walk the streets of Kyiv without Secret Service? There were F-22 Raptors overhead and Russia didn't even know they were there.
America owns the sky, full stop.
@@thinkerly1 You failed to take the country.
Shill detected. Pilots in other wars learnt much more finicky and complex-to-use airframes in far less time. You''ve no relevant personal experience so why do you have an opinion?
Russia is still fighting to take Ukraine are 3 days.
These Denmark planes probably do not have state of the art electronics like ours. Maybe they want be blown out of the sky.
Still better than moscowitz 412 technology planes of Russia
Give Western pilots a Ukrainian passport and they can fly tomorrow !!! 👽
motivated and has all the basics of air fighter they can finish in 6-month with combat experience... I would think.
It takes years 😂😂. In the UK most piolts don't go on their first proper mission for around 4-6 years
Russia has really good air defence systems, I dont think there life expectancy will be very long. Just like our sending the Abrahms M1A1 tanks, too little equipment to make a difference.
Delusional
Absolute lack of knowledge..... what a suicide mission. RIP guys
A day late and a dollar short.
Its take already longer than need 😎, for what work F 16 must do . They job go in sky get closer to board with Russia and shot 🚀 to fuel bases and Supply warhorses . Not too have fight in sky . And why it’s suppose to be Ukrainian pilots , it can be any pilots who can fly F 16 and be hired by Ukrainian army . That’s story with Education pilots and F 16? Take super long and suspicious even for Piople who know little about aviation 😁
This will go well….. why are they wearing masks?
Did I hear this last year?
And I’m sure the corrupt president will say Summer is too late. How long do you think a pilot that’s been flying for eight months is going to compare to a Russian pilot with many years of experience.
It was necessary to select candidates for retraining on the F-16 from Ukrainian civilian pilots. They have good English, experience flying foreign planes, extensive flying experience. They chose people with little experience, no experience in foreign technology, with zero English (the problem of learning a language is TIME). Learning to fly combat missions is MUCH easier and will take LESS time than learning a language. The decision to select candidates was NOT made by a PILOT. How many Ukrainian pilots have been prepared?????????????
Waste of lives and resources. This is theater, Ukraine is losing.
Roflmfao, nevermind they trained in america 2 years ago and this is the third time in the last year f 16's are supposedly gonna win the illegal war against Russia. 😂😂😂
Propaganda
ukrain alreadt lost this war, stop sending money to zelenky's wallet
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