White House official named the reason for the refusal to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters

American journalists asked National Security Council spokesman John Kirby to comment on Joe Biden's statement that the United States does not plan to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Recall that Biden made this kind of statement a few hours ago, pointing out that Washington would not supply fighter jets to Kyiv.

Commenting on the situation, John Kirby stated that "the refusal is indeed voiced."

Kirby:

The reason for the refusal is that the United States is now supplying Ukraine with enough weapons for military success.

Kirby recalled that part of the heavy equipment is already being delivered to Kyiv, several military aid packages will be implemented in the near future. In particular, they also talked about sending the first batch of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in the amount of 60 units by a transport ship from a port in South Carolina. It is expected that BMPs will be delivered to Ukraine towards the end of this week or early next.

White House official:

We expect this weapon will play a decisive role in the hostilities in winter and spring.

In Ukraine, Washington's refusal to supply fighter jets has not yet been officially commented on. At the same time, discussions continue in Kyiv about how wonderful it would be if the country's Air Force had several dozen F-16s right now.

Comments

[I dare to_notice_]

Yeah. How! Refused...
You look at his sharpening)
The pig sang the anthem not їsti ... (old little Russian proverb)

[Shiva83483]

there is another one: the hapka swore not spitting, but the hapka was tired of swearing

[rotmistr60]

The United States is now supplying Ukraine with enough weapons for military success.

Duty excuse to fend off stubborn journalists. According to Kirby, one should not publicly touch on topics that are painful for Kyiv.

[Kerensky]

Why? Because Formosa is an island. And the planes will be needed there.

[Wolf]

request received

And who will supply aircraft against the most powerful and effective air defense in the world? This will be a disgrace to them and training for the Russian Air Defense and Aerospace Forces. These aircraft should be able to handle S300, S400, Buk, Tor, Pantsir plus SU 30, SU 35 and sometimes SU 57?
In addition, how long does it take for a pilot to learn a new type of aircraft?
Maybe the pilots are already on training?
If they fly (NATO), then this is another dimension of war.
Ukrainian pilots fly like partisans and managed to do something, but it was very expensive. The effectiveness of such an application is very low, but the risk is high.

[lis-ik]

Quote: Wolf

And who will supply aircraft against the most powerful and effective air defense in the world?

Maybe enough empty propaganda and statements already?! Where is this vaunted air defense, already on the roof of the buildings of the Frunzenskaya embankment?

[Ezekiel 25-17]

For civilians, bots and CIPSO agents: excellent result for air defense 80% downed. The presence of the Shell on the roof of the house only indicates that the threat of drone attacks is taken seriously.

[Herman 4223]

Back in April last year, there was news that the first detachment of Ukrainian pilots went to study on Western fighters. I dare to assume that the specialists are already ready and deliveries can begin at any time. And now Ukraine has a lot of its own trash, plus a lot of Soviet stuff in Eastern Europe, so no one will provide them with planes yet. When the stocks are exhausted, the deliveries will definitely begin. It's not worth talking about anti-advertising here, the USA controls the Internet and most of the world's media.

[rocket757]

The reason for the refusal is

. In general, rejoice in what they give and ... and then, who cares.
For some, the majority, a bone lies in the ground, and for some, a minority, greens are stacked, there, beyond the horizon, in warm lands.

[Nyrobsky]

If mattresses say "no, we won't deliver," then this means that they will deliver. The only question is - "When?".
All their statements and promises must be taken on the contrary.

[Alex242]

At the same time, discussions continue in Kyiv about how wonderful it would be if the country's Air Force had several dozen F-16s right now.

dreaming is not harmful, so how much they get for free ....

[fax66]

"White House official named the reason for the refusal to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters"

You can specify with almost 100% probability - "TEMPORARY failure".
You can argue about who will supply, Europe or the USA, but they will ...
What is holding them back? Just don’t say that the power of Russian air defense .... (this is not a humiliation of our air defense, but as a reason).
Our VPR acts like an intellectual in a skirmish with a street hooligan:
The hooligan weighs down on his ears, and he is afraid to get the “barrel” out of his pocket (he is afraid, what if he also has a “barrel” - this is already a deadly duel, this is not necessary). There is also a stun gun (but it’s also scary - suddenly it doesn’t pass out right away, then there’s no more splashes in the ears, then it can break your jaw ..).
It seems to me that ours are in the same throwing ...