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It has a grain of truth to it. Poland could donate MiGs to Ukraine, but other countries with US fighters could not, because Ukrainian soldiers didn't know how t

• Tuna-Fish 4y ago
  Actually not true. Many Ukrainian fighter pilots have received training in the US, where they flew F-16:s. (That is, before the current phase of the conflict.) The hard part is actually the maintenance crews. A modern fighter plane requires constant intensive mainentance, they generally spend much more time being worked on than they spend actually in the air. And this maintenance work requires a lot of specific skills that don't necessarily translate well or at all between aircraft types.
  • jacquesm 4y ago
    And a steady supply of parts.