Ukraine has urged the U.S. and Europe to increase the training of F-16 pilots. They have 30 eligible pilots ready for training in the U.S., but the Biden administration has limited the training slots to 12 pilots due to capacity constraints in Arizona.
A.) This is an accurate piece of information,
1.) ...and either the F-16 is so obsolete that we don't keep adequate
training materials around anymore.
--or--
2.) ...this is really a top-secret national security clearance breach,
since it would be pretty sad state of affairs that we couldn't train
up a lot of pilots quickly in the event that the U.S. was in a war.
--or--
3.) ...we are half-assing it in the attempt at avoiding a wider war with
Russia.
4.) ...the F-16 is so advanced, and Ukrainian pilots are so under-trained,
that it is taking significantly longer than usual. (Also maybe because
of language barriers, or the U.S. trainers have to be extra careful to
not disclose the "best" features that U.S. F-16's have, that those abroad
don't have.
5.) ...can't rule out a combination of all of the above.
6.) other?
B.) This is some sort of false information
1.) ...to throw Russia off, and we are really training up lots of
Ukrainian pilots.
2.) ...to keep our pilot training capabilities secret.
3.) ...to appear disorganized, in the hopes that it delays a potential
Chinese invasion of Taiwan (since American's are so inept
that they don't think they have to move with haste).
4.) other?
