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  • Since I have too much time this morning I did some digging, and I don't think anything is going down.

    You observed 2 airliners that regularly fly between Russia and Turkey:

    https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/tc-jfj/

    https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/tc-jfk/

    D-KSJX is a glider: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-ksjx/

    Aircraft SPIRB is most likely a private plane that took off from a rural airstrip at coordinates 53°58'59"N 20°52'51"E.

  • US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says
  • The article calls the planes unusable, so I don't think Ukraine has enough spare parts to fix up 81 outdated planes just to blow them up. They'll probably strip out everything usable and use the more modern husks as decoys. That being said, I have a feeling Ukraine will scrape together enough parts to get some of the older models flying and cause some embarrassing security incidents and IFF shenanigans. Finally, there's the possibility that other former Soviet countries can pool the resources to refurbish at least a few aircraft, which would be good timing after the latest US aid package and donated F-16s entering service in the next year.

  • Ukrainian Pilots Start Training on the F-16 in Arizona
  • The pilots will be bringing home American doctrine, and be introduced to a wider array of weapons, tactics, and networking technology. Most importantly, in my opinion, the Soviet technology bubble has been broken and Ukraine will gain 21st century air power.

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