When we have F-16 planes, we will win this war, - Ihnat
Yuriy Ihnat, the spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, noted that the F-16 is a multi-purpose aircraft that can operate on ground, air and surface targets, and will also cover our territory where there are no air defense systems.
As Censor.NET informs, he told about this on Espreso.
"I will tell you more, when there are F-16s, we will win this war. If these planes come to Ukraine, they will be on combat duty in various regions at our operational airfields. We emphasized to our partners the need for F-16s for Ukraine, because we cannot cover the entire territory of Ukraine with the air defense means that have existed since Soviet times. We receive supplies of Western air defense systems: NASAMS, IRIS-T, Patriot and already SAMP/T, as well as air defense of the ground forces, the main ones being Crotale, Gepard, Avenger. The territory of the country and the length of the state border are large, and the front line, including Belarus, Transnistria and the Black Sea coast, is more than 2.5 thousand km. Accordingly, it will not be possible to cover with air defense complexes, unfortunately. That is why we need F -16, which has an anti-aircraft missile cover from below and a fighter from above, that is, it is also part of air defense. The fighter can work against air targets both from below and from above. Where there is no air defense, the F-16 will work," he explained spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Yuriy Ignat added that the Soviet MiG and Su are unable to effectively and efficiently train against kamikaze drones, such as Shahed, as well as against cruise missiles. And the F-16 of today's modification is designed to become part of air defense and effectively intercept such types of air targets.
"The second point is that with this fighter, the efficiency of using HARM missiles, JDAM guided air bombs, and so on will increase many times. The F-16 will help our ground troops quickly de-occupy Ukrainian territories, because it will strike at enemy command posts, military groups, and logistics supply chains. In the same way, these fighters are able to restore order at sea, having anti-ship missiles. The F-16 is a multi-purpose aircraft that can work against ground, air and surface targets, as it is armed with Harpoon missiles, too," Ignat noted. .
