01-08-2025, 10:31 PM
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-...ack-2025-1
This sort of confirms that the F-16s are playing a major role in destroying Russian "winged drones", aka cruise missiles. They could undoubtedly play a larger role if there were more of them.
I think the Ukrainian pilot is justly proud of shooting down 6 drones. Apparently his loadout was just two AMRAAMs and two sidewinders. The jet often carries 4 AMRAAMs and two sidewinders. It can carry 6 AMRAAMs but then it has no short-range missile armament. I might caution him however that he may get an email from some F16I pilots/WSOs saying that they are tied or perhaps ahead of him in single mission winged missile kills.
This sort of confirms that the F-16s are playing a major role in destroying Russian "winged drones", aka cruise missiles. They could undoubtedly play a larger role if there were more of them.
I think the Ukrainian pilot is justly proud of shooting down 6 drones. Apparently his loadout was just two AMRAAMs and two sidewinders. The jet often carries 4 AMRAAMs and two sidewinders. It can carry 6 AMRAAMs but then it has no short-range missile armament. I might caution him however that he may get an email from some F16I pilots/WSOs saying that they are tied or perhaps ahead of him in single mission winged missile kills.