Quote:According to an Air Force spokesperson, the Department of the Air Force “has supported the sustainment of European-donated F-16s to Ukraine by providing disused and completely non-operational F-16s to Ukraine for parts. These F-16s were retired from active U.S. use and are not flyable. Importantly, they lack critical components such as an engine or radar and could not be reconstituted for operational use.”
https://www.twz.com/air/f-16s-pulled-fro...pare-parts
This, and the recent approval of 50 million arm sales deal to Ukraine, the first I believe of the administration, seems somewhat auspicious. Not sure it's a coincidence this all happened around the time the nebulous mineral deal was signed.
Positive I think in any case.
The ousting of Waltz as NSA after he reportedly has been pushing for sanctions against Russia in light of their intransigence for a deal and continued civilian bombings during "ceasefires", less positive.
Another connection- the photos of the F16s came to public light from the conservative influencer Laura Loomer, who was upset about them, and who has also been pushing for ouster of Waltz.