MIG hunting for Ukraine? Even private individuals have them ..
International news reports that Secretary of State Blinken is actively seeking to send planes for Ukrainian aviation. Yet the US would just have to open its wallet, or look into stock.
Premise: even if they wanted to, the US could not supply out of the blue a dozen F-16s or F-18s to the Ukrainian air force. Beyond the obvious diplomatic aspects, there is a practical problem: a fighter is not a bicycle or a car, it is necessary to train both the pilots and the personnel on the ground, and it is not something that is done in a day or two. Even in an emergency, it takes weeks. For this reason, if the US or NATO wanted to supply these weapons they would have to look to supplies of assets from the former Soviet bloc. Everyone has their sights set on Poland, which has a fair number of MiG 29s in active service. Romania still uses MiG 21s which, even if updated by the Israelis, are literally collectible or museum stuff, given that they are 60-50 years old … A possible dispatch of Polish MiG 29s, light multi-role fighters, would however leave Warsaw uncovered which would immediately require US-supplied NATO vehicles, such as F-16s or F-18s, including pilots, at least until the completion of the passage of Polish pilots to the new standard. Warsaw has already ordered the F-35s, but it takes time for delivery.
Yet, little known, the US and the UK. In the past years the USA bought 21 MiG 29s from Moldova to use them in the training of US pilots, in the role of "Enemies". A part was then sold to private companies, but they can always be bought back. Surely they are beautifully maintained aircraft that have not had many hours of flight. The US then bought 10 Su-27 Fulcrum from Belarus, a couple were bought from the UK and others from private operators. It seems incredible how many ex-Soviet fighters have been seen in private individuals who either collect them, or use them in collaboration for filming or in collaboration with the armed forces of NATO countries for training activities. For example this is a Su-27 in private hands
It is just a matter of opening the wallet, because the military rearrangement can be done in a very short time.
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