Reports of Allegedly Catastrophic Malfunction Rates Among Ukrainian F-16s Are Untrue – MFA Spokesperson
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Ukraine said on Friday that it is still using "the intensive F-16 fighter aircraft of American manufacture and supplied by its Western allies, reacting to an article in the press according to which a large number of such aircraft have...
<p>Claims about the catastrophically low readiness and ultra-long maintenance of the F-16 are false - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Georgy Tykhyi called false statements about the low readiness of the F-16 and long repairs. According to him, service Accelerates.</p>
This was stated by the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Georgy Tykhyi. According to him, Ukraine uses F-16s very intensively in difficult conditions, and servicing aircraft...
Ukraine denies significant problems with the maintenance of F-16 fighters and the availability of spare parts. Ukraine says it can operate the fighters through the winter. The US newspaper Wall Street Journal previously reported, citing sources, that spare parts and maintenance problems would keep more than half of the fighters grounded. The fighters are being maintained in Belgium, and according to the newspaper, the maintenance schedule is lag…
Ukraine on Friday denied difficulties in maintaining and supplying F-16 fighter jets, insisting it can keep the planes operational throughout the winter.
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