MIG-29 Review and An Interview With A Ukrainian Pilot. Why are F-16s crucial for Ukraine?

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The MIG-29 is not suited to engage small targets such as the Shahed or cruise missiles since the aircraft's avionics and radar system are not very advanced. So F-16s are critical for Ukraine as an offensive strategy and to intercept missiles and cruise bombs beyond Ukrainian territories, potentially saving the lives of thousands of civilians. We talk about this in our video interview with a Ukrainian pilot.
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@femtoeclipse860 11 месяцев назад

"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ― John Wayne. There are no better words to describe this pilots and soldiers on the ground.

@eddielee8591 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely true.

@volkerw. 11 месяцев назад

Certainly true - but what would John Wayne know about it? He was an actor - and did not serve in the military.

@skoden1313 11 месяцев назад

@@volkerw.Exactly. He was just a rich guy who portrayed brave/tough guys.

@femtoeclipse860 11 месяцев назад

@@volkerw. serving in the military is not the only way to show courage.

@volkerw. 11 месяцев назад

@@femtoeclipse860 True. But being an actor portraying brave people isnt one of them, i think. But its not important, really. The words still are true.

@kroolis77 Год назад

My god, how banged up those mig29s are! I really hope they get modern jets now

@Denise-vn8wz 11 месяцев назад

They'll have to exhaust the old stock first to allow expensive US contracts to be approved for further weapons/craft etc. It's all about shares. Follow the money...

@pogo1140 11 месяцев назад

up to six sorties a day, for comparison the US maxed out at 3 a day during Desert Storm, but usually only did an average of 1.5 sorties per day

@bekeneel 11 месяцев назад

@@Denise-vn8wz That's not the issue, providing jets just has so many things u need with it, like maintenance, mechanics, spare parts etc. But I'm Glad they get F16. It will have to be the modern variants tho, the F16s originally are same area as mig29 so they could in theory be outdated as well, but im sure they'll be good, radar seems to be most important, especially cuz these aren't stealth like 5th gen F35 for example, which at some point i'm sure Ukraine will get too but only when war is over. That's the biggest vulnerability for F16, russian sams, so they'll have to fly low.. but then you can't fly over enemy territory either cuz there are manpads etc..

@radscorpion8 11 месяцев назад

@@Denise-vn8wz please...don't bring new conspiracies into this. This is not a Joe Rogan podcast where you can yell "big pharma". If you want that kind of stuff go there and join the crowd. The US has invested at least 50 billion dollars into ukraine already. Europe has donated probably a hundred billion collectively or more. This is not about the money. Its about getting the systems ready for transfer to Ukrainian pilots with all the backup supply and repair equipment that is needed. You need a lot to run and maintain an F16 so they need to get all the supply chain issues sorted, pilots trained, and so on...

@TraderRobin 11 месяцев назад

@@Denise-vn8wz The US is NOT sending any F-16s to Ukraine. The ones that are going there are from European countries! So, your right-wing narrative is nonexistent!!

@vtolgorgon4080 Год назад

That MiG warning system (RWR) only tells you where radars are, roughly, and what it might be from. F-16 radar can tell you what it is specifically, where it is specifically, how fast, how high, its relation to you positionally. It is an infinitely more powerful warplane. The MiG isnt useless by any means but Vipers would provide an immediate boost in potential for Ukraine.

@savagespud8038 11 месяцев назад

What radars would the f-16s in Ukraine have ?

@vtolgorgon4080 11 месяцев назад

@@savagespud8038 they use AESA (Active electronically scanned array). Looks like a big honey comb hidden in the nose of the aircraft.

@slevrai9181 11 месяцев назад

like the leoprad can even detect and destroy Helicopters

@johntardigrade176 11 месяцев назад

@@vtolgorgon4080 I don't think the f 16s going to Ukraine will have AESA radars. Ukraine will be getting early A, B models from certain European countries that are converting to the f 35. The early f 16s use a pulse Doppler radar

@drewg7668 11 месяцев назад

@@vtolgorgon4080 no they wouldn't only most modern variants have this. Most US f16 are block c/d and use pulse doppler radars.

@countmorbid3187 Год назад

Operating those museum pieces at that level of success is legendary on it's own. The planes look they were ready to be scrapped 10 years ago. Pls give them the badly needed F16's ...

@rustyshaklferd1897 11 месяцев назад

So do the Russian mig 31s. They’re 47 years old and were $h|+ even back then.

@frogfoot1653 11 месяцев назад

This is not museum things .. the mig 29 can be upgraded with israel radar and weapons system ... it really depends on ukran scientist how to do it

@krollpeter 11 месяцев назад

@@frogfoot1653 If you look at one in real, everyone can see immediately the differences in build and engineering.

@Clean97gti 11 месяцев назад

@@frogfoot1653 Poland already did that. They have upgraded their Mig-29s and are sending those to Ukraine as part of a deal with the USA to get F-16s and eventually F-35s. Russian troops are not going to be happy when their armored positions start eating JDAM bombs.

@ege5804 11 месяцев назад

@@rustyshaklferd1897 Shit back then? You might want to check your facts again since the Foxbat and Foxhound were insanely capable interceptors for their time, even managing to score a kill on an F/A 18 Hornet and damaging an F-15 Eagle.

@christopherkelly4555 Год назад

Yes, please do go on for a while! This is fascinating.

@peterkurg8169 11 месяцев назад

Artem and his fellow pilots, and ground crew are legends. Slava Ukraine💛💙

@GEOsustainable Год назад

I love how logical Ukrainians are. Straight from the hip on every subject. I bet these pilots will make the F-16's even more legendary. As an American, they should have them already. Americans, keep writing Joe. Make him approve our will.

@peterrauth118 11 месяцев назад

Go USA from UK 👍

@Sp1n3c 11 месяцев назад

What ?

@markuscev4581 11 месяцев назад

F15 is legendary not the f16 lol

@tsmartin 11 месяцев назад

The US and other Western powers need to supply Ukraine with any and all weapons and intelligence necessary to allow Ukraine to kick Russia out ... this means Crimea too ... and keep them out. To hell with Putin and his threats.

@Ukraineaissance2014 11 месяцев назад

@@markuscev4581sk people abroad which US fighter they can name and most will say F16 first. F15 are great at scrapping close up in the air but that sort of combat is over mostly. Threats are coming from miles and miles away and ground support is 80% of the work

@PaulGuy 11 месяцев назад

Wow, that plane has seen some times. Glad Ukraine's getting some new planes to use, and everyone in Europe seems willing to help train pilots.

@dshaw9665 Год назад

F-16's need to be there now, so they can manage the sky better. Thanks United 24 for another lesson! Slava Ukrainia!!

@squidwarddiesel8462 Год назад

F16/f18 can launch nuclear weapons!!!! Article five world war three apocalypseis NOW!!

@Goe007 Год назад

US Generals (staff) and some pro freezing the war. Doesn’t want Ukraine Victory for fear of Putin going Crazy with Nukes and NATO getting involved into a Nuclear War. Therefore they give Ukraine Weapons to get exhausted into fighting and give up later… That’s why you often hear for F16 to be in Ukraine the Pilot need to got into 3 years Training. Ukrainians Pilot have proven otherwise that’s they can master F16 in 4 months max. Second argument for not delivering F16 is that “the whole US and NATO industry should be built in Ukraine beforehand for the maintenance of F16… Really!!!?? This is just for F16. How about F18, F22, F35? Those countries having have to build a space station installation in their country to acquire it !!!??? Let’s be Honest none want Russia (Putin) to lose this War because Nato and US are not Ready to mess up this world with Nukes because of Ukraine.

@stryker1999 Год назад

The only way F-16s could be there now is if they were flown by western pilots. And no one is quite that bold. But we could be giving Ukraine some much needed ground attack systems to take out Ruzzian artillery and defenses, so what Ukraine flies now, Mig-29s and Su-25s with helicopters, can attack Ruzzian forces directly.

@Paulftate 11 месяцев назад

@@stryker1999Biden will not release them

@stryker1999 11 месяцев назад

@@Paulftate That is a sad truth. Or more appropriately, his handlers won't allow it.

@fgm1197 11 месяцев назад

This war shows more than all previous ones how quickly our equipment reaches its limits. Limits that nobody has taken into account in decades of peacetime. Especially to be observed with tanks and howitzers in continuous use, which we thought would last forever. It's amazing how tough these planes are and what pilots do with their limited capabilities. Just imagine having to visually identify approaching rockets. That is scary. Equipment can be replaced, you cannot. Stay save guy and gals! Слава Україні!

@TraderRobin 11 месяцев назад

Yes, and stay safe, too!!

@wizzzer1337 Год назад

After the war ends, I wish Ukraine will bring back it's aerospace and avionics industry, the Antonov shall be ressurected!

@fatdaddy1996 11 месяцев назад

The West destroyed the Ukraine's military and aerospace industries because it didn't want the competition. It still doesn't. So this won't happen.

@cliveengel5744 11 месяцев назад

Why - are you ready to pay for it. Antonov Airlines became a German company based out of Leipzig in March 2022. They are not coming back to Ukraine. There is only maintainence units in Ukraine, they have no clients anymore. Antonov was a Russian Guy and Moto Sich the Engine Producer was destroyed and the other Engine Maker for Antonov is the Kuznetsov Factory and is in Russia. There will never be another Ukrainian Plane built as they rather you give them Fighters, for nothing of course.

@tomoh160 11 месяцев назад

Sure, just like every other industry that flourished in Ukraine in the last 30 years. Right? Oh wait, it hasn't. They ruined everything with their corruption and incompetence. Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe for a reason. The only country who GDP per capita dropped after the soviet union fell apart. The moment russians stopped controlling things and keeping an order, the country fell apart.

@zelenizub2036 11 месяцев назад

Only thing Ukraine will see after the war, no matter what outcome. Is dark ages, for at least 2-4 decades. Play stupid games, win stupid prices.

@Chiungalla79 11 месяцев назад

@@zelenizub2036 They were never asked if they wanted to partake in this stupid game. They just did what every free country is perfectly allowed to do. And the future of Russia is going to be as bleak. Loosing tens of thousands of young men is the biggest tragedy on both sides and will put both countries into demographic hell.

@sherrillwhately7586 Год назад

I kept hoping the F-16 training started long ago. Been writing to my President 🇺🇸 and Senator since January about the need for F-16s in Ukraine 🇺🇦.

@doresearchstopwhining Год назад

In July 2022, Adam Kinzinger passed bill for training pilots. They should be ready as soon as the planes are ready.

@mapleleaf9837 Год назад

You treat this war like a game. I have two cousins in Chernivtsi. They have young children. They don't want to die for what they call "business of blood". They, and most Ukrainians I know are refusing to report for enlistment. Perhaps you and your senetor should go and volunteer instead. You're a sick sociopath.

@xKessa Год назад

Its certainly possible. A lot of what we can see now might be just part of an informational war. We might know, when the war ends :D

@mikefallwell1301 Год назад

I would like to suggest an alternative to the F-16. The mq 28a is a stealth fighter drone developed and manufactured in Australia it could give Ukraine air superiority very quickly because you don't need a trained pilot. It uses many commercial off-the-shelf parts so it is much cheaper than a manned aircraft.

@Unknown1355 11 месяцев назад

@@mikefallwell1301 How do you propose giving Ukraine a drone that doesn't exist? The point of F-16s is that there's plenty of them around, they're integrated to multiple weapon systems and it's combat proven. Giving Ukraine a single prototype or all two of them which are not even in service is just that, fantasy.

@WasLostButNowAmFound Год назад

Wild Weasel F16's come on Ukraine!

@thes_eus 11 месяцев назад

Damn. These pilots are the epitome of fearlessness. 🔱

@speedlover7823 11 месяцев назад

Mig 31 has those hypersonic missles also.

@bungalowjuice7225 11 месяцев назад

Sickening that we haven't started training pilots yet for F-16, Gripen etc. Should have started a year ago.

@asanitationstompout8473 11 месяцев назад

Beyond sickening.

@andersmalmgren6528 11 месяцев назад

There are Ukraine pilots in Sweden training on Gripen as we speak. Problem is we don't have enough planes to spare

@Jasonth131 11 месяцев назад

Sad

@59thfsaviation79 11 месяцев назад

How is it sickening? How are they going to get the crew chiefs, weapons guys, and specialists for this jet? How are they going to get the AGE equipment to support ground maintenance? How are they going to get spare engines and have an engine test cell so they can confirm they're putting good engines in? Who's going to supply parts? Who's going to supply missiles? You don't just give them F-16's. You're looking at years to switch airframes.

@fgm1197 11 месяцев назад

Yea and it is unnecessary to give up the few F16s of the EU NATO partners which would be missing there. The US mothballed hundreds of F16s in deserts combat ready in a few months. send them already!!!!

@spacechimp6442 11 месяцев назад

Six sorties a day sounds nerve wracking. Good luck to and God bless the Ukrainian Air Force.🇺🇦

@pogo1140 11 месяцев назад

They are short missions, the MiG will only fly with a single external tank, and if it's got that tank, it's limited to 4.5g. With that limitation, an F-14 pilot once beat the MIG-29 in less than 1 turn

@ljubastojanovic608 11 месяцев назад

Six entries a day, but for how long, how many days? USA plaines are notorious for need for maintenance, I am shure that one should spent more hours on maintenancec for one houor of flight for F1 than on MIG29. I doubt that F1 could have six entries in range with no maintenance.

@pogo1140 11 месяцев назад

@ljubastojanovic608 sustained the f-16's record was a leisurely 1.5 days indefinitely. 3/day surge, but that's because that was the tempo needed to deal with the Iraqi Air Force at it's peak.

@pogo1140 11 месяцев назад

@@ljubastojanovic608 btw the MiG-29 needs 11 hrs/flight hour.

@hardtackbeans9790 Год назад

It is a shame that training wasn't provided last summer about this time. But finally it appears to be happening. Edit: Someone has said the pilot training is a long affair & others talk about a long process of learning maintenance that takes years. These will be experienced Ukrainian pilots being 'type certified' in a new plane. They will not be new pilots. They need to learn some English & gain muscle memory in the new plane. As far as maintenance goes, Ukraine is a country that is far advanced in aerospace engineering. I don't think you will have any problem finding highly qualified techs (and even out of work engineers) that can be trained easily.

@hardtackbeans9790 Год назад

@josefernandezsmith4840 They started, then cut back. It was such a disappointment. There is no need to train someone on planes they won't fly. And now they seem to be getting them. Don't confuse a small evaluation group with training. The west let them down dragging their feet.

@eddielee8591 11 месяцев назад

@@hardtackbeans9790In that case, since the west have let them down, they should stop now?

@hardtackbeans9790 11 месяцев назад

@@eddielee8591Is that what the village idiot in the kremlin is having his trolls say now? Hummm. Lay down your weapons & have the Orcs kill every one of them . . . Or continue to fight? I think I know what I would do. The West still provides them with plenty of help to do that.

@swadeisno1 11 месяцев назад

Just jump on DCS world and practice there - Im sure they are already knowledgeable on the plane if they play this game.

@hardtackbeans9790 11 месяцев назад

@@swadeisno1 Ummm . . . Muscle memory on a game won't transfer to the real thing. They will be training experienced pilots. They only need to cope with the English & muscle memory. Reaching for the wrong button under stress isn't good.

@John_.Cabell_.Breckinridge 11 месяцев назад

I admire the courage and bravery of these guys 💪 Stay strong pilots

@Mark-jq7re 11 месяцев назад

God Bless Ukraine from Australia ❤

@fish1725 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much from Ukraine💙💛💞🙌

@andrewhicks982 Год назад

Mig 29 does not want to dogfight an F16, that will end poorly 99% of the time

@dleechristy 11 месяцев назад

Like the great Leopard Tank! The great Bradleys! Patriots! Storm Shadow! HIMARS will win the war any minute now! Try the V2 Rocket next. Call Steiner!!! or the great "Ghost of Kyiv" once again!!! 👻👻👻👻👻 whatever delusions will help coping!

@pogo1140 11 месяцев назад

No, in a close in fight the MiG will do fine, but the F-16A with the MLU and F-16C have longer range missiles and radar than the MiG-29. So in the mid range fight, the F-16 will detect and launch before the MiG-29 can detect the F-16 using it's radar

@Clean97gti 11 месяцев назад

That depends very much on the pilots. The Mig-29 was a very good dogfighter. The somewhat limited range was offset by powerful engines that make it very capable. The Mig-29 turns well, out-climbs the F16 and has very good AOA. Down low in the rate fight, the F16 will beat the Mig-29 but its up to the Mig pilot to not go there. Of course, this changes as soon as you discover the F16 shot the Mig-29 down before the Mig pilot knew there was an AMRAAM with his name on it. Also, the AIM-9X missile is a murderous little beast that can turn. The Mig can shoot the upgraded Archers but I don't know if Ukraine has any of those. In a dogfight, they are closer matched than you might think. The bigger gun on the Mig will chew an F16 to pieces if it can get nose-on. But if they get into a dogfight, its because the F16 pilot screwed up and didn't shoot the Mig down before they ever merged.

@MrSuzuki1187 11 месяцев назад

I wish Artem was flying for the US Air Force. We need pilots like him.

@s3cunit 11 месяцев назад

We have tons of pilots like him who are passionate, enthusiastic, and extremely professional. I'm biased, but I think we have the best pilots in the world.

@PeterPerez. Год назад

Retro fitting is a good solution as well

@RayW808 Год назад

Like asking why get Chevy/Ford, you already have a Lada... 😀

@jonwingfieldhill6143 11 месяцев назад

The whole situation with Ukraine is that their allies are perfectly happy to provide equipment and personnel training to fight within Ukraine but they don't want to increase their ability to strike beyond the borders of Ukraine, If Ukraine strikes back beyond its borders with western supplied weapons the west fears retaliation from Putin. It is perfectly Ok if thousands of Ukranians die holding the line but one western soldier or civilian is unacceptable.

@regularSenseAppeal 11 месяцев назад

It is solely a matter of potential for nuclear war. NATO would have crushed Russia in no time if it wasn’t for the nukes.

@swadeisno1 11 месяцев назад

Its really more a matter of does the west want Ukraine to win? Or for this war to go on for 3-5 more years.

@59thfsaviation79 11 месяцев назад

F-16 Crew Chief for ten years here and 3 on the F-15 before that. Not an expert, but I read these comments and know that people have good intentions, but you don't just send F-16's over. First question is why didn't Ukraine purchase updated fighters over the last 20 years? That's a whole different question, but to the maintenance side of things. Any fighter, and especially the 16, takes an army on the ground to keep it running. 4 different avionics shops. Crew Chiefs. Weapons. Fuel. AGE. Engine shop. Hydraulic. Fab shop. Depot. There's engine cells that need to be built to test and then trim. How would you get parts? There's so much that goes into it. Then lets talk pilots. Teaching someone to fly the Viper, vs years of dog fighting and intercepts is drastically different. You'd be better off taking Polish 29's and upgrading them and then the current fleet or using SU-27's than trying 16's mid war. I mean hell, why not give them F-35's?

@paulbarron9745 Год назад

God protect those MiG-29 Ukrainian pilots. I cannot wait for the 16’s to get to Ukraine,

@dleechristy 11 месяцев назад

They will land gloriously in Bradley Square!!!

@commandingjudgedredd1841 11 месяцев назад

You fancy joining their air force? The thrill of being killed mid air for the glory of another country? Go on, it'll be fun.

@MrMrmoody70 11 месяцев назад

Neither can the Russians.

@mikhailryzhov9419 Год назад

I wish US stopped chickening out and give Ukraine at least F-15 as well. Ukraine need air superiority.

@jdogdarkness Год назад

I hope Ukraine gets MODERNIZED F16s. Unfortunately they will probably get 80s & maybe 90s F16s. But it will still represent an upgrade & much needed infusion of air frames.

@_Flying_Dutchman_ Год назад

They will get, among others, Dutch F-16's that are Block 20 MLU which is equivalent to block 50. In addition these have been updated with new hardware and software under the MLU programme up until at least 2015. (Tape M7.2, with for example the Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar) So, they're gonna get pretty state of the art avionics and weapon systems, just not the block 70 that was just released.

@Clean97gti 11 месяцев назад

Any F-16 still flying today is more modern than a Mig-29 from the 1980s. There aren't any F-16s from the 1980s still in active US service and very few from the 90s. That's actually kind of an issue with them. When you start loading them up with bombs and fuel tanks, you're exerting a lot of force on an airframe that wasn't originally designed for that kind of force. The F16 was intended to be a better dogfighter than things like the F4 Phantom and the F8 Crusader. It absolutely was and is still one of the best dogfighters in service today. But in a world of HOBS missiles and ever-improving radars and detection as well as heavier and heavier loads, the F16 is starting to show the limits of her design. There's a really good post on Quora as to why the cancelled F20 Tigershark would have likely been a better choice than the F16 for the fights the US is engaging in today vs. the 1970s when they were designed.

@hsaurid Год назад

Godspeed,Хлопці! Слава Україні!

@victorvandillen5297 Год назад

F16'S is not enough, they need some E3C centuries with it. Slava Ukraine ✌️

@danielmiller3781 Год назад

Or at least E-2C Hawkeyes, like Israel and Taiwanese are operating. Smaller and more suited to frontline use.

@Clean97gti 11 месяцев назад

@@danielmiller3781 Russian air cover is pretty stout in some areas. That's what the F-16s are for. Would love to see the faces on the Russian commanders when their S-300 and S-400 sites start exploding as HARM missiles come screaming in.

@GameDrop23 Год назад

Great reporting

@whylie74 11 месяцев назад

Well if they're going to get vipers, they're going to have to clean up their bases and keep them spotless, or they'll lose more to FOD than manpads, sams, or fighters.

@ReddoFreddo Год назад

It's reminiscent of Star Wars the way how those fighter jets look dirty and used

@rhondabailey9238 Год назад

Maybe do a video on the need for the longest range missiles to destroy putler's missiles that are widely used for genocide. How many would be needed and show a map of the distance they would have go

@GrigoriZhukov Год назад

Because, if memory serves while a relatively newer design and meant to be an F-16 killer, the Mig-29 is not as good an aircraft.

@SorinSilaghi Год назад

The F16 has been upgraded a lot since it first appeared. It's a much better plane compared to the first version. The Mig 29 on the other hand is completely outdated. It might be decent in a dogfight but the electronics are ancient by comparison, and that's the most important thing in modern air battles.

@glorious_help 11 месяцев назад

the F16 now is now the same as the one when Mig29 was sold

@tveirken1 11 месяцев назад

These men need those planes! I hope they fly them fast! Slava Ukraine

@millerlight2592 11 месяцев назад

We should have given the Ukranians F-16s, Heavier Armor, and way more Short and Long range air defense months ago. It could have saved so many lives.

@M_Jono 11 месяцев назад

Good , Cant wait to watch it down like flies

@allgood6760 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for this 👍✈️

@v5e762 Год назад

If they were able to update the older F-16's which started test flying in 1974 according to Wikipedia why can't they update the Mig-29's to new radar and lcd screens? Wikipedia says Mig-29 first flight was in 1977 which is 3 years after the F-16.

@b.g.4353 Год назад

The new plane was made completely different to the make up of the F-16. The would quite literally need to tear it all apart to make the same upgrades which isn’t logical from a money and time stand point and also they never had a need to upgrade them until now that is.

@265justy Год назад

Western tech is always ahead off Soviet. 3 years off a difference is nothing. Even tough the Mig-29 was later developed into the Mig-35... The F-16V today is a totally different animal to the first production F-16A..

@v5e762 Год назад

@@265justy The air frame is the same only the electronics are different thats why I said they should upgrade the Mig-29 with up to date different animal electronics with a newer air frame design.

@265justy Год назад

@@v5e762 I agree to a certain extent considering the Ukrainians are very familiar with the Mig-29 in general... But upgrading it would take too long and the Vipers are ready to go...

@mj-np9sy Год назад

@@v5e762 What even is the point of asking this question? Do you not immediately go "wow there are probably aerospace technicians much smarter than me, there must be a pretty obvious reason it's unfeasible?" when you type things like this? Like, do you seriously think a ridiculous youtube comment question is going to contribute to the updating of a 50 year old flight platform?

@MartinA-xh9ck 11 месяцев назад

Just give them all our F-16s we (Denmark) have already ordered F 35´s I think we have around 40 planes working and ready to kick some butt.

@conniepr 10 месяцев назад

Awesome! I know you must feel the weight of the world on your shoulders as being a Ukrainian pilot but like you say "You manage dispite what Russia does." I'm hoping you all will be in Ukraine soon. Be strong. Be safe! Take care! You've got this!!!❤

@MrRismm Год назад

Cool video, good luck to pilot

@asterixdogmatix1073 11 месяцев назад

The Viper was actually designed to be a lightweight day time dogfighter based on lessons learnt in the skies over Vietnam. Its just that it was so capable as a multi role aircraft and because it complemented the F-15 Eagle in USAF and Israeli AF service that people forget that fact.

@MrBenedict317 11 месяцев назад

Nice to see a movie from director Zelensky.

@rkkristalovich653 11 месяцев назад

Outnumbered, outgunned,and still they endure. Outstanding!!! Thank God!!! Slava Ukrainii!!

@emrahs1 11 месяцев назад

Allah yardimciniz Olsun 🇺🇦

@wyskass861 11 месяцев назад

One of the important factors and current disadvantages for Ukraine is having to fly low strike missions while Russia is flying high with their interceptor missions. Even with the same aircraft, the lower has a big disadvantage due to their missiles needing to use up energy to get to altitude which great decreases range for Air to Air engagements. This due to ground based radar with long ranges based in Russian territory and needing to stay below those. Being able to strike into Russia to deal with ground radar is critical to establish any parity or advantage in the air, and this absurd notion of not being openly allowed to strike into Russia will prevent any fair air to air battle.

@henrihamalainen300 11 месяцев назад

Ukrainian Migs can only use short and medium range missiles while Russians are lobbing long range missiles at them from the cover of their AA network. With F-16 Ukrainians would get access to longer range missiles allowing them to shoot back. At the moment Ukrainian offensives are having trouble dealing with Russian helicopters and so in order to make combined arms truly effective they need better aircraft to deal with air threaths.

@Karusika 11 месяцев назад

@@henrihamalainen300think about what happens when Russia learns the weak points of their gear. If they decide to build an iron dome like the US has over Guam and other places, it could also provide critical feedback america doesn’t want Russia to learn about their potential, case in point being, no one should be dumb enough to send anything within the last 20 years of age, sad for Ukraine but it’s better that way to avoid Russia understanding their faults further than they have

@henrihamalainen300 10 месяцев назад

@@JimCarner Those should help somewhat. Problem with ground based systems is that curvature of Earth covers low flying aircraft from radar detection. You need aircraft to spot them from further away but so far Russian fighters keep lobbing long range missiles at every Ukrainian aircraft that gets anywhere near the frontlines forcing them to stay back.

@tacticalsapper Год назад

Free the Wings of Freedom!

@fish1725 8 месяцев назад

Our pilots are the best.They showed when protecting sky on old Mig-29!Please help to win this most blooding war!With hopless and wishes from ukrainian peole!

@j.f.fisher5318 11 месяцев назад

I'm glad they are finally getting sent. o7 from America. Slava Ukraini!

@fish1725 8 месяцев назад

💙💛💞🙌

@randerson752 11 месяцев назад

While the F-16 is a step in the right direction, I think Swedish Gripen E’s or French Rafale C’s would be a better long term solution.

@dennismtz817 11 месяцев назад

F16 Block72 is superior from Gripen

@Clean97gti 11 месяцев назад

New build anything would be better than the F16A and B models they're going to get. All of them should be MLU (mid-life-update) models but still not as advanced as current F16C/D models to say nothing of the newest Rafales or Gripens.

@nerdyali4154 11 месяцев назад

@@dennismtz817 For what? The Gripen was designed to take on the Soviets, operate from roads and is way easier to maintain in the field. It has some very sophisticated electronic systems.

@pogo1140 11 месяцев назад

@@Clean97gti The MLU M5 brings them up to F-16C block 52 with AIM-120 and IRS-T compatibility

@pogo1140 10 месяцев назад

@@JimCarner AIM-120's and AIM-9's from what I can tell

@WarDaddy8917 11 месяцев назад

The last part the Pilot was talking about is data link which is highly crucial for situational awareness

@emilabd2616 11 месяцев назад

Once Ukrainians get f16 they will modify their mig29s with modern technology and I think they can squeeze out everything what mig29s planer can offer. With better engines and avionics this plane can outshine f16s

@Clean97gti 11 месяцев назад

The Ukrainians already have updated Mig-29s they received from Poland. The ability to drop JDAMs in strike missions is a big benefit. The big problem that the F16s will help with is being able to engage threats further away with AMRAAMs. Russia's anti-air capability limits the older Ukrainian fighters who have nothing to shoot back. The bigger help though has been the Patriot systems showing up in Ukraine. Russian Su-27s and Su-35s aren't as big a threat anymore.

@user-McGiver Год назад

F-16s and a few F-117s for Ukraine would be the absolute block for ruZZia!

@phbrinsden 11 месяцев назад

Get those F16s there! We are taking way too long. These pilots have already shown how smart they are and how fast they become proficient. Get it done people!

@jamesstreet228 11 месяцев назад

Also the Soviet era missiles Ukraine is using are outdated. They have to maintain a link with the plane to guide them to the target. So when the pilot fires the missile he has to continue to fly behind the missile which makes him an easy target. Even a few degrees of deviation from course can break the link between the plane and the missile and the missile just flies off to who knows where. With the F16 they will have the "fire and forget" type of missiles that have a guidance system of their own. Get Ukraine the F16's NOW.

@Clean97gti 11 месяцев назад

The biggest benefit from the F16s won't be their air to air capability. It's the increased accuracy and ability to launch modern ATG munitions. Russian air defense loses it's intimidation when you have access to modern anti-radiation bombs and missiles.

@kennethwilson8633 11 месяцев назад

Hope you live to get those F16s …Keep fighting and we support you.

@jdogdarkness Год назад

Ukraine needs F16 or F18 & IDEALLY Gripen(unfortunately unlikely for a host of reasons). The US is retiring A-10s, I say send those to replace SU-25

@tomoh160 11 месяцев назад

They replace SU-25's with an inferior-in-every-way A10? A10 is slower, less agile, has way less armor, can carry less weapons, has less range, etc. And it's never been tested in a proper war, all it's ever done was shoot at unarmed civilians in 3rd world countries. Like most US weapons for that matter.

@helicoptersauce 11 месяцев назад

su 25 is better than a10

@PaulGuy 11 месяцев назад

@@helicoptersauce Maybe it is, but not if they run out. They only had 16, according to the World Air Forces report by Flight Global and Embraer.

@Clean97gti 11 месяцев назад

@@helicoptersauce At what? Getting shot down by MANPADs?

@59thfsaviation79 11 месяцев назад

@@Clean97gti Beat me to it. He's delusional. lol

@moffig1 11 месяцев назад

The F-16 training should have started in February 2022. I hope Ukraine gets the F-16 soon.

@_tiredofidiocy_ 11 месяцев назад

I would like to see the Swedish Gripen in Ukraine, because they are less demanding on the runway

@szymonk1132 Год назад

I'm a rookie in aviation and everything but can't they just upgrade radars?

@coolhand66 11 месяцев назад

Wow those mig-29s did you see the amount of scalene on a fuselage oh my God that plane has been around a little bit. They need to be set to some remanufacturer to be manufactured

@marioshadjikyriacou3381 11 месяцев назад

1:29...yeah! I'm waiting santa on December 25th!

@mikeyf103 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful looking jet

@robertashton8069 11 месяцев назад

The slowness in delivering jet-fighter assets is disturbing. I love Joe B, but he was wrong in blocking Poland from donating Mig-29's.

@UNSF 11 месяцев назад

How I really wished the pilot can touch a little on how their MiG-29s / Su-27s are now capable of, even if rudimentary, firing western missiles. It is such an engineering miracle, fusing two completely different avionics together.

@maineusaMax 11 месяцев назад

It's very upsetting as an American in support of Ukraine. We should have sent F16'S immediately. It takes months just to learn to use them, and set up supply lines for them. They are coming, and going to make Russia pay a dear cost. Slava Ukraini.🇺🇦💪🇺🇸

@chriscalderin6677 11 месяцев назад

Why would you support Ukraine and not Russia?

@Apple-om5mr 5 месяцев назад

⁠@@chriscalderin6677cause fuck Russia, they been invading and oppressing Eastern Europeans for centuries, and it ends in Ukraine

@natotvwarjimbo3461 Год назад

SLAVA UKRAINI🎺💛💙🔰🔱💪👍🥾💤👀= FREEDOM

@kessilrun6754 11 месяцев назад

Can't go wrong with an F16 or a Gripen. Both are fundamentally similar in handling and versatility. This is awesome. Only next best thing would be the F35.

@Onatyrade 11 месяцев назад

I hope there is a training program on going ,because it will only be a matter of time before the political points will be there to fully arm and support Ukraine and any other legitimate democracy from authoritarian terror. Not to do so is foolish.

@romeo8542 11 месяцев назад

F16 is the beast in the sky

@Jasonth131 11 месяцев назад

They should ask for the YF23 blueprints and the F117.

@zergbonbon4770 11 месяцев назад

I think that 29 has more patch overs that actual original structure...

@Pow3llMorgan 10 месяцев назад

To the pilots and crew of the UAF Slava Heroyem!!

@peterrauth118 11 месяцев назад

"Never in the field of human conflict....."

@DeepWebDiary 11 месяцев назад

Im anti Russia but the MIG 29 is a beautiful aircraft. Always been fond of it.

@jeffkolln5291 11 месяцев назад

Give them some F-16's, with a few A-10's in there to spice it up.

@oldmanfunky4909 11 месяцев назад

That mig-29 looks like its been left parked outside for 20 years.

@richardphilpott1225 11 месяцев назад

Patina is everything!

@sparrenburger2804 11 месяцев назад

The ukr. Airforce needs urgently new fighter aircrafts!

@dominicviner6619 11 месяцев назад

How that rusty mig 29 wasn’t shot down within a week is kinda crazy you’d think it would be over by now but no I guess Russia isn’t as deadly as we thought

@prabhjotsiddu92 11 месяцев назад

It is clear that its a F-16 promotion video! USA is desperate to get new customer for this vintage aircraft. MiG29 has been drastically upgraded ( not sure about Ukraine) by India with modern Early warning receiver, Electronic counter measure systems and improved radar. The pilot said their mig 29 can see only 78 kms? Then it must be the very first slot produced in 1980s. UpG grade mig 29 can see upto 160 kms and can launch both air to air and air to ground missiles.its radar can see 360 degree and helmet mounted sight allows the pilot to shoot without turning the whole aircraft but just turning his head towards the enemy and auto lock.

@pogo1140 11 месяцев назад

Ukraine flies the MiG-29A, it has no reliable supply of spare parts or ammunition for the plane. That's why they are looking at F-16's. not because it's the best choice, but because it's available in the numbers they need. Honestly they are looking for 60+ planes that they expect will all be destroyed in a year. They are at war, they will lose planes, they've already lost 1/2 of their MIG-29's, they'll lose more before the year is out

@KillerNetDog 11 месяцев назад

We have 125 F-16's in mothballs in the desert.. Kinda the same for the Bradleys, U.S. is phasing them out.

@danpatterson8009 Год назад

Yeesh- I've seen aircraft in outdoor museums that looked cleaner than that.

@epi2045 11 месяцев назад

Man that Mig looks like my old pair of boots I destroyed a decade ago.

@jordancourse5102 11 месяцев назад

The only thing that holds the MiG 29 back is the weapon systems. I dont think Ukraine has the modern mig 29 variants but rumor has it Ukrainian 29's were trying to use AMRAAMS since they were in low stock on the R27. I highly doubt they had access to the r77. F16 would give them better comfort, visibility, awareness with datalink more lethal weaponry (AMRAAM). F16 out classes the MiG 29 in radar and weapons capability. Flight characteristics really comes down to the pilot.

@-Muhammad_Ali- 11 месяцев назад

Even if you bring F-15 or F-22 that would still make no change

@bonglops3773 11 месяцев назад

Let's go America give them the F16s already and equalize the battlefield...

@Davest420 11 месяцев назад

We need to get them anything that they can fly now while training for the f16s I’m sure we have stock piles of planes that we’ll never even use but are paying to keep up the maintenance on. Giving them away would save us money.

@jeremymendoza1465 11 месяцев назад

These pilots really are fighting a modern day Battle of Britain but instead of Germany it's Russia against overwhelming odds and still having success. History will remember them greatly.

@andreasr3828 11 месяцев назад

I'm surprized to see the comparisson with the MiG-31. To my understandig MiG-31 was not desigend to intercept fighter planes like MiG-29 or F-16 , but to down B2 and B52 over the Artic. Have there been Ukrainian planes been shot down by Russian MiG-31?

@DeadGamesSociety 11 месяцев назад

Yes. MiG-31's use a slash attack, where they show up, attack, then fly away. very effective when that envelope is bigger than your enemy can see.

@Miami1991 11 месяцев назад

Yes the majority of UKR Mig29s and SU27s have been shot down from standoff distances by mig31s in Belarus from R37 AA missles

@debbiestimac5175 11 месяцев назад

MiG-31 was designed to take down SR-71's and B-1 Lancers/FB-111's flying nap of the earth. It is why Blackbird's and the Aardvark were retired. But Foxhounds cannot turn tightly in close in dogfights and the MiG-29 would shoot them down easily. What they are more concerned with taking on are SU-27's and SU-35's, the equivalent to our F-15 and somewhat the F-22; based on the later's thrust vectoring capability. MiG-29's are easy lunch to them. They want F-16's with AMRAAM Deltas, but they should get Charlies at the very most, IMO.

@nutsackmania 11 месяцев назад

Those probably have analog INS--imagine zeroing that out on the ground and then praying.

@tonys2957 Год назад

Hmmm. Sounds like he MAY have had F-16 experience ?? ... hopefully more 1st hand experience in the very near future.

@SorinSilaghi Год назад

Some ukrainian pilots have traveled to the US in the past for experience exchange so he might have seen western planes up close.

@mikester1290 Год назад

My thoughts were that he's been sim or classroom trained at the very least.

@crocodoc3823 11 месяцев назад

Please, use a stabilizer for your camera. It makes my eyes hurt to watch this shaking 😅 Other then that i rly do like your videos!

@NixUgriBugri 11 месяцев назад

These jets are dinosaurs ... how the hell they can keep them flying is amazing.... not sure when Russia stopped supplying parts I could be wrong but the last ":new": Mig 29 was produced 23 years ago ... ... also do not understanding the desire of F-16 also 30-40 years old

@jamesstreet228 11 месяцев назад

Not only the plane will be an upgrade but the missiles they carry as well. The fire and forget missiles are a HUGE upgrade and will be much less dangerous for Ukrainian pilots

@pbh9195 9 месяцев назад

I hope there future f-16s will serve them well

@ironwarmonger 11 месяцев назад

The biggest issue Ukraine will have with the F-16, and if the stories are true about Ausses selling F-18 to them as well, is the operating bases. Soviet and Russian Federation designed fighter craft were designed to operate from poor maintained fields. They have door that close to seal there air intakes and panels on top that open to keep debris out of the engines. U.S. fighters do not, keep debris off the runway take a great deal of work, otherwise they are going to destroy turbines.