The foreign F-16s are already in the territory of Ukraine and are ready for destruction combat tasks. Together with the flights, the partners handed over to Ukraine a low level of armored equipment before them.
What signs of the armored vehicles have now been marked on the Ukrainian F-16s, according to RBC-Ukraine.
Today, President Volodymyr Zelens showing it to journalists the first F-16s that arrived in Ukraine, and their press service published a video of Ukrainian soldiers. In the video you can see that the aircraft already have the latest version installed.
In order to figure out what kind of forces the Ukrainian forces were taking away at the same time as the incoming flights, RBC-Ukraine consulted with aviation expert Valery Romanenko.
Like missiles on Ukrainian F-16s
I to Romanenko’s explanation in discussion with RBC-Ukraine , in the published frames one can see that the Ukrainian F-16s carry two types of missiles back and forth – AIM-9 Sidewinder and AMRAAM AIM-120.
AIM-9 is a short-range missile produced by the American company Raytheon. The bula was accepted for production in 1956, it is subject to several modifications and is still in serial production. Such missiles would be useful against Russian drones, like “Shahed”, and winged missiles. Read more about the AIM-9 missiles in the latest material from RBC-Ukraine.
What is the point of the AMRAAM AIM-120, a mid-range missile designed to engage airborne targets beyond line-of-sight.
“Yakbi wouldn’t have had the AIM-120 – that would have been a great grief. These guys would have been on par with the Mirage-5. Only PPOs would have been victorious. If we stand for AMRAAM, then these are worthless machines,” explained the aviation expert.
To add Romanenko, for the F-16 this configuration actually has no limits on the battlefield and can “compete” with any other aircraft of the Russian Federation.
What else was noted on the Ukrainian F-16
Behind the words of the aircraft expert, on the flights shown in the video, stands the most successful electronic antidote system AN/ALQ-131. This system helps to anticipate threats to the aircraft and detect them.
“This system is ahead of enemy radars and directs the launch of a missile. It is ahead of the aircraft that missiles have been launched, and also helps to directly analyze threats “, – Vyn explained.
Also, Ukrainian F-16s are equipped with electronic warfare communication and navigation systems, the Link 16 system, which supports the exchange of tactical data between commands, airmen, ships and ground personnel health.
In addition, indications F- 16 are equipped with several burning tanks. This, according to Romanenko, you can tell that the aircraft will be based in some kind of soil.
“Judging from this, the stinks will fly with additional fuel tanks. security for the large waste of power and motor resources” – summed up the aviation expert.
It is obvious, according to the words of President Volodymyr Zelensky, that the number of F-16s that are already on Ukrainian soil is still not enough, but The country checks for additional flights from partners.
As previously reported by The Economist, the Ukrainian army could finally take away 10 low-cost F-16s. Another 10 fighters may arrive in Ukraine before the end of doom. The decisions of the political parties will be completed in batches as early as 2025.
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