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Does this mean they'll change their mind again by the time I have dinner, or will they wait until I go to bed?
That's certainly a sizeable amount, wow
how many back and forths is this now? 3? 4?
If the Snake Island PoWs were on that ship.. well.. hopefully they weren't.
Official statement of the polish government
The band is named after the base (originally named after the 1988 airshow disaster there), which is named after the town of Ramstein-Miesenbach, which was formed from amalgamating the villages of Ramstein and Miesenbach in 1969, the Ramstein half was first mentioned in a document from 1215 and the origin of the name is unknown.
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It's an American base in Europe that has the Nato allied (air?) command and the command of the US air force for Europe and Africa.
Over 50k US soldiers I think
I'm getting increasingly scared that the western world is going to cause a massive humanitarian crisis in Russia (or elsewhere if other places depend on Russia's exports and can't find a replacement). The average person in Russia is already struggling on a good year.
Imagine telling someone 40 years ago that US MiGs may see action against Iranian F-14s.
Yeah, looks like the delays were based on deciding the proper size and color of the fig leaf necessary.
It was Putin who caused it.
Tweeter is a Ukrainian news page
Also, would this see US pilots in MiGs flying missions like the Soviets did in Korea and Vietnam?
Took them long enough to come up with this loophole but i'll allow it.
I think that's the point, no?
It'd be F-16s. The specific replacement's come up a few times, and the US has like eighty billion of the things.
Russia is suuuuper fucked.
That "5%" is out of the total stockpile, I believe. So it's more like 15-25% of operational vehicles. That is
Unless you just made like 37 more enemies
Their armored vehicles were already hosting the international ATGM Olympics
Anecdotally, I want to say after World War 2 a lot of warplanes were sold / handed off and at one point, Israeli B-17s were being escorted by Israeli Messerschmitts.
Egyptian Air Force attacked them with Spitfires.
War and where shit ends up is crazy.
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It has the largest population of Americans outside of the USA. It's a very big base, and has a lovely BX, I might add.
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Yes, it was also the site of the Rammstein Air Show disaster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_air_show_disaster
Which is where the band takes its name
Rammstein is also the key USAF airbase in Europe.
Mostly transport and Sigint, but it also used to be a key fighter base during the cold war.
See, the thing about a proxy war, is that all they have to do is pop over to Poland and borrow a cup of explosions. Everyone who's spent the last N years pissed off seems to be more than happy to offer some spare explosions, no no don't worry, we've got lots, help yourself.
And Putin who can stop it!
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F-16s or F-35s (most likely F-16s) since those are aircraft they're already flying and have training capacity for. The media buzz says F-16s.
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F-16. Which is more or less the direct equivalent. It’s better BVR defensive. The key stat here is operational range. The more fuel something carries the more of an offensive weapon it is.
The F-15 is the equivalent/superior to the SU-27. The thing that matters most here is operational range where the F-15 and SU-27 are larger and have more fuel. And the F-16 and Mig-29 are smaller and carry less.
This distinction is why the US no longer flies F-16 but many European nations still do. The F-16 just isn’t valuable for air defense anymore with updating to the F-22. But also because the scope of US short range air defense is like… we aren’t exactly expecting to have to defend the US from the air over the US anymore.
But in terms of Polish air defense? The F-16 is pretty much an idea plane. And trading the MiGs for 16s is easily a good deal for them.
Poland has 32 F-35s on order specifically to replace their MiG-29s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II_procurement#Poland
And apparently 48 F-16s currently in service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_operators#Poland
I'd also be willing to bet they will be getting modernized avionics and targeting systems to let them better integrate with US/NATO systems, which will also help with those BVR capabilities. Most likely an upgrade all around for defensive operations.
I mean McDonald's primarily operates on a franchise system - meaning they take Royalty revenue from the store and have a vertically integrated sales chain. The fact that there is no way to pay thar Royalty or pay for goods means to any entity outside the country means that unless McDonald's wants to own a lot of worthless Russian currency in perpetuity, they aren't going to continue shipping goods in or providing the franchise support required by its contracts. It's surprising it took this long for this to happen honestly.
Most likely ukrainian pilots. The MiGs will just happen to fall off a truck in Lviv.