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F-16 is the only other type of fighters that Poland has, but giving up on those MIGs will reduce the number of active fighters to just around 50, that's a nearl
by isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y ago
F-16 is the only other type of fighters that Poland has, but giving up on those MIGs will reduce the number of active fighters to just around 50, that's a nearly 30% reduction and fewer than Ukraine had before the war. Given the delays in F-16 deliveries to other NATO countries, it would likely take some time for replacement to come in.
- ilamont 5y agoThe U.S. is selling F-16s that will shortly be delivered to Taiwan ... but those reportedly are not going to be diverted to Poland. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202203070023 https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202203070023
- ceejayoz 5y agoThe US has hundreds of F-16s mothballed in Arizona. I'd expect they're about to be busy reactivating a few dozen in the next couple of weeks.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y agoThe question is if they can be given, all F-16 sold by the US were export models, not domestic.
- ceejayoz 5y agoIt's been done before. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/bulgaria-to-receive-surplus-f-16s-from-us-ahead-of-block-70-delivery https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/bulgaria-to-r...
- nicholasbraker 5y agoPoland uses Block 52 F-16's which aren't mothballed at AMARC (yet) Subtypes and blocks differ significantly including logistic pipelines, training etc. So simply grabbing a few from Davis-Monthan won't do the trick.