Five Russian-speaking Air Force LEAP scholars translated a Russian paratrooper's revealing story of life inside the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The Biden administration’s long-awaited decision to support a European effort to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s is the first step in a long process to transform Ukraine's Soviet-style air force into a Western one. There is no debate that the F-16 will be a quantum leap ...
In this commentary piece, retired USAF Maj. Gen. Larry Stutzriem argues Ukraine faces risks but can take steps to attack Russia’s air defense network, especially using F-16s and other aircraft provided by the U.S.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said May 22 that Ukrainian pilots could learn to fly the F-16 Fighting Falcon in a matter of months and the aircraft will be an important element of the nation’s future defense capability. “They’re very motivated,” Kendall said. “Everything we’ve ...
The Biden administration will support giving Ukraine modern, fourth-generation fighters, including F-16s, a senior administration official told Air & Space Forces Magazine May 19. President Joe Biden informed allies of the plan at a meeting of the G7 in Hiroshima, Japan, the official said. The ...
The head of the Luftwaffe arrived in the U.S. this week to strengthen cooperation with the U.S. Air National Guard and its F-35s before a massive NATO exercise that is to take place in June. “It's going to be high value,” Chief of the German Air ...
Top U.S. defense officials dismissed the notion that the U.S. would provide aircraft—manned or unmanned—anytime soon to Ukraine in Congressional hearings March 28 and 29. While Kyiv has repeatedly asked for F-16 fighters and MQ-9 drones, the Biden administration has refrained from providing them and ...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has proven that air superiority is vital to success in conflict, Gen. James B. Hecker, the top U.S. Air Force commander in Europe, said March 22. In a Mitchell Institute event, Hecker argued that if Russia had gained air superiority early ...
President Joe Biden is pursuing a ‘gradualist’ policy in Ukraine, ratcheting up the pressure on the Russian invaders by progressively arming the Ukrainian military. Gradualism didn’t work in Vietnam, and it may not work in Ukraine, writes Brian J. Morra, a former Air Force Intelligence officer ...
Ukraine has lost roughly 60 aircraft so far since Russia's renewed invasion of the country in February 2022, while the Russians have lost 70, according to the top U.S. Air Force commander for Europe. After Russia's larger air force failed to establish air superiority in the ...
The United States has invested more than $45 billion so far in military aid to Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders. Allies have chipped in billions more. Yet among all the advanced weapons provided for the conflict, NATO members have drawn the line at ...
The U.S. believes the New START strategic arms treaty with Russia—which Moscow said it is “suspending” its participation in—can be saved, despite the grim relationship between the two countries, one of the State Department’s top arms control officials said.