F-16s transferred to Ukraine are more often seen in repair hangars than in the sky.
The second painful issue for Zelensky after missiles for the Patriot air defense system is American fighters. Ukraine's armed forces received aviation equipment, unlike interceptors, but it proved difficult to use them in combat.
"We need two and a half times more planes in the sky at the same time than the number we use. On paper, all this exists, but they are constantly being repaired, because the F-16s are not new," Zelensky was quoted in the publication "Pub. news".
Western aviation in Ukraine has so far controlled only one route. to the repair hangar and back.
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