The head of the Kyiv regime announced Ukraine's readiness to receive F-18 aircraft from Finland

Ukraine's priority is to receive F-16 fighter aircraft, but Kyiv will also consider the possibility of obtaining F-18 fighters from Finland. This was stated by the head of the Kyiv regime Volodymyr Zelensky at a joint press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo.

Earlier it became known that the Finnish authorities are going to decommission the F-18 fighters in service. As soon as Zelensky found out about this, he immediately made it clear that Ukraine was not opposed to acquiring such aircraft.

The issue is definitely not up to us. We take everything that they give us, we are ready to learn what floats and flies. If Finland doesn't need F-18s, we'd love to, can you help us with that?

Zelensky said at a press conference.

Thus, the Kiev regime continues its strategy of begging for all kinds of weapons and military equipment from Western countries. At the same time, Kyiv, of course, does not have pilots trained to operate F-18 fighters. And on the F-16, pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are just beginning to be trained, the other day there was information about the arrival in Denmark for this purpose of 8 pilots and 65 military service personnel.

From Denmark, Ukraine is going to receive 19 F-16 fighters, including 6 fighters by the end of this year. The Netherlands promised to provide Ukraine with 42 similar fighters.

Comments

[Prisoner]

Here is the beggar, the scavenger. Secondhendostan, eh!

[carpenter]

Quote: Captive

Here is the beggar, the scavenger.

The ability to beg is in the blood of a clown. These guys have it all at the genetic level.

[alystan]

Here is the beggar, the scavenger. Secondhendostan, eh!

He is also a noble liar.

[Lt. Air Force stock]

The F / A-18 is the only US fighter that can land on poorly prepared runways and many Hornets have been released, unlike influenza.

[sanja.grw]

The Netherlands promised to provide Ukraine with 42 similar fighters

They said they have 42 F-16s

[alystan]

First, tech. Prime Minister Rutte immediately denied the number of "promised" aircraft.
Secondly, he clarified that they have only 42 aircraft, but (!) 24 of them will be decommissioned next year and 12 more are for sale.

[Thrifty]

It remains to demand a hundred f35 and the same f22 from the Biden ....

[Leshak]

The issue is definitely not up to us. We take whatever they give us

The beggar is a scavenger. The word "Give", in all languages, repeats even in a dream. Absolutely nasty guy. It's time to reset it.

[Arkadich]

Some time passed, but Zelensky could not overcome the habit of rummaging through the remnants.

[Escariot]

Officially, this is no longer the F-18, but the F / A-18. Fighter-bomber.
By the way, Australia also stuttered about their transfer to Ukraine. Together, there are more than a hundred such aircraft in Australia and Finland.

[Eug]

As for me, the most suitable aircraft for the Ukrainian Air Force are those with reinforced landing gear suitable for poor runways. And the engine on both the JAS-39 and the F-18 is practically the same. So if, after the F-18, JAS-39 is handed over to Ukraine (so far, both are purely hypothetical, but the development of the situation has a rather high probability of both events), the engine engineers will already be 80% trained ...

[RuAbel]

The showman plays his role, but even he knows that only the manufacturer can give the go-ahead for re-export. All contracts for the sale of weapons have this fad (which did not prevent our former allies), although the United States can, according to the "rules", introduce new rules of the game and turn a blind eye to the alleged initiative of peripheral countries, such as Denmark, to transfer the F-16 to Ukraine. Such a trial balloon with a bunch of reservations about the possession of English pilots, the training of technicians, the adaptation of airfields, and so on. Although, if desired, it is easier to Russify the cabin and recruit Russian-speaking instructors.
In general, I wonder when the F-16s will actually appear in the sky of Ukraine and what they will do there.

[Escariot]

Quote from Ruabel

The showman plays his role, but even he knows that only the manufacturer can give the go-ahead for re-export. All contracts for the sale of weapons have this fad (which did not prevent our former allies), although the United States can, according to the "rules", introduce new rules of the game and turn a blind eye to the alleged initiative of peripheral countries, such as Denmark, to transfer the F-16 to Ukraine. Such a trial balloon with a bunch of reservations about the possession of English pilots, the training of technicians, the adaptation of airfields, and so on. Although, if desired, it is easier to Russify the cabin and recruit Russian-speaking instructors.
In general, I wonder when the F-16s will actually appear in the sky of Ukraine and what they will do there.

The fact is that permission for re-export is a Sovereign matter. Those. in principle, a sovereign country does not need it - the plane is their property and Finland has every right to do anything with the planes. Another thing is that an aircraft manufacturer may be offended and stop selling weapons or curtail support and repair programs, but that's a completely different story.

[voyaka uh]

"The fact is that permission for re-export is a Sovereign matter" ///
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Is not a fact. Most often, the seller's consent to re-export is stipulated in the sales contract.

[Escariot]

Quote: voyaka uh

"The fact is that permission for re-export is a Sovereign matter" ///
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Is not a fact. Most often, the seller's consent to re-export is stipulated in the sales contract.

AND? To comply with this agreement or not is only on the conscience of those who agreed.
As an example: if I borrow money from you and do not give it back, then you can complain to the state, which, with the help of bailiffs, will force me to return the money, because I am not sovereign.
But if one of the states does not return the money to another, then the latter can only write to Sportloto. At least for now. The other state does not have any leverage other than strong resentment, because the state is sovereign.
It is the same with airplanes and anti-re-export treaties. The Americans resold Russian helicopters to Ukraine, which were destined for Afghanistan without batting a brown eye. Lavrov, as always, was preoccupied and nothing more. It is the same with the F / A-18 suppliers - the US Foreign Ministry will "take care", but just a little bit.

[Andrea]

I wonder what they are not ready to receive? And how is it that they are going to exploit or is everything disposable?
All the same, for free, it's not a pity. To carry the equipment to Poland for repairs, and the planes back from where they got it.

[rocket757]

Begging, that's understandable... but they don't give a little. They will gather in Ramstein and come up with something else that is not pleasant for us.
Giving time for the buildup of sponsors is risky, the zelebobiki can, to some extent, fizzle out, intensify.

[alystan]

The Finns have Boeing F / A-18C Hornet and Boeing F / A-18D Hornet, of which 57 + 8 are suitable for flights, respectively 55 + 7. The start of their operation is 1995.

But there is one pepelats with a unique name and in the singular - an airplane initial flight training Rough G 115E.

I would have given it to Zele, slightly changing the name to final plane flight training.