Wednesday, February 23, 2022

What Will The U.S. Air Force Do In The Event Of A Russian Air Assault On Ukraine?

Col. Randy Stoeckmann, 934th Mission Support Group commander, left, and Col. Ken Rose, 934th Maintenance Group commander, right, salute deploying 934th Airlift Wing members at Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station on Feb. 16, 2022. Airmen from the wing are deploying in support of a broader effort to demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO allies. (Chris Farley/Air Force)  

Air Force Times: US Air Force would face tough choices in Russian air assault on Ukraine 

Military experts in the U.S. are urging Western nations to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses, fearing that Russia will swiftly take over its former territory’s airspace in the opening moves of a possible invasion. 

An air assault on Ukraine would test the limits of the U.S. and NATO’s willingness to remain active over a country they have scrambled to militarily assist in the past few months, they say. 

The outcome of a decision to fly into a worsening or expanding Russian offensive could reshape the military relationship between the Cold War adversaries and their allies for the first time in over three decades.  

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Update: NATO's Eastern Flank To Be Fortified By U.S. F-35s, AH-64s, Troops (Warzone/The Drive)  

WNU Editor: If the U.S. Air Force should decide to remain active over Ukraine in the event of a Russian air assault .... you can take this to the bank .... these planes and drones will be shot down, and the world will be a step or two away from a global shooting war.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

.... these planes and drones will be shot down

That would be world war.

Putin would be in the mold of Hitler without the STDs that we know of. so at least Hitler had an excuse for being crazy.

Caecus said...

USAF will pull out just like the ground elements did

fazman said...

They'd better do better than every other mig engagement in the last 30 years

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Fazman
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