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  But your title and the article don't have matching titles.
context: Everything I've read suggested that the F16's wouldn't really be a gamechanger despite how amazing they are at what they do.
  Also I'd have to imagine that training someone on an F16 takes way longer than a land vehicle, but this is 100% be being an armchair general and I have no clue if that's true. >
  
  What the US has been sending so far is pretty much limited in range, while an F16 as a multi role "fighter" could strike deeper in to Russian territory. 
  That's probably a red line we don't need to cross. >
  
  Plus the amount of conversion that would need to occur might make the aircraft dangerous to fly.
  First, you’ll need to convert the entire cockpit to run in Ukrainian language. 
  Second, F-16 was designed to work with NATO equipment. Radios work with NATO encryption. Radars guide NATO missiles. Bombs guide on NATO lasers. Data links work with NATO networks. Ukraine is not a NATO Member.
  Converting the aircraft to run with native Ukrainian equipment would involve changing around some pretty sensitive equipment, particularly electronics. The F-16 might not even be able to fly safely after all that. >
  
  Approximately only 50% of Ukrainians can speak English, and the Ukrainian army is not composed of professional pilots. It’s best for their national security if things are translated, because a coin flip on whether or not they’ll easily learn things is not exactly a good thing >
  
  They are required to speak English, yes, but the last time I checked most of the readouts in an F-16 cockpit do not verbalized their output.  It must be read. >
  
  Do you really think there are people who speak English as a second language but can't read the alphabet? >
  
  There are people that speak English natively but are functionally (or literally) illiterate so yes. >
  
  People who speak English natively generally have learned it before they learn to read. So it makes sense that there are some who never learn how to read. 
  People who speak English as a second language are generally not learning it as an infant / toddler, so they are much more likely to be relying on written text as part of their learning process.
  Just take the L. >
  
  Biden has a tough job of balancing helping Ukraine and not starting WWIII. I think he's done pretty well so far. We can help Ukraine in other ways without F-16s >
  
  Somehow way better than the last guy tho.
  Do you wanna read some transcripts? Or parrot nonsense? >
  
  No, he objectively couldn't.  He'd ramble aimlessly on and on. >
  
  Maybe Sweden can give them some Saab Grippens >
  
  “Britain's Ministry of Defence said the Russian force in the new Vuhledar assault was at least the size of a brigade, a unit typically comprising several thousand troops.
  The Russians had advanced hundreds of metres across a river toward Vuhledar and could make more localised gains there, the ministry said in an unusually detailed daily intelligence update. It said the assault on Vuhledar was unlikely to lead to a significant breakthrough, but could be intended to draw Ukrainian efforts away from defending Bakhmut.” >
  
  It takes years to train combat pilots and the ground crews to operate an F-16 squadron. Then Ukraine has to be able to handle the logistics of fuel, armament, and maintenance all while actively at war.  
  By the time the Ukrainian air force is up to speed, the war will likely be over. >
  
  The training and logistics issues keep getting thrown around, except they keep getting overcome again and again. Patriot batteries are massively complex and they are moving ahead just fine. 
  NATO and the US aren’t just providing weapons systems, they have also focused on training how to use them and also how to re-supply and maintain them. Creating a modern, efficient logistics infrastructure is a MASSIVE focus in Ukraine by the US and western powers. And it’s working.
  People consistently underestimate the adaptability of human beings. People also consistently underestimate what is possible during war. The impossible has been done time and time again in the history of humankind when it comes to war. And the covert action supporting logistical and other efforts inside Ukraine should not be discounted. They have advisors helping them each and every step of the way. >
  
  Patriot missile operators take 13 weeks to train from this is what they look like too certified to go to war and use them. F16 pilot takes 18 months and that's not including time spent in classroom and sere training and land and water survival training and officer training which wouldn't be relevant to already certified pilots. To go from joined Air Force too piloting an F16 takes about 2 years or more depending on training availability. >
  
  Stupid title OP. Actual title: Western allies differ over jets for Ukraine as Russia claims gains >
  
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