Ukrainian MiGs have been enormously effective. Imagine what more could do.

[ColinC]

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=p3ipNN0DzLb-Dand_oT64g

Yeah I know this debate is basically dead, but Ukraine's pilots have proven they can use MiGs in ways most people thought unlikely or impossible.

Valerie Hopkins
@VALERIEinNYT
Analysts expected 🇷🇺forces to quickly destroy/paralyze 🇺🇦air defenses + military aircraft, yet neither have happened. Instead,Top Gun-style aerial dogfights, rare in modern warfare, rage above the country.
⁦@MarichkaVareni1⁩ ⁦@AndrewKramerNYT⁩
Andriy, a Ukrainian Air Force pilot.“Every time when I fly, it’s for a real fight,” he said.
nytimes.com
How Ukraine’s Outgunned Air Force Is Fighting Back Against Russian Jets
Aerial dogfights. Top Gun-style duels. Ukraine’s fighter pilots are badly outnumbered but have so far kept Russia from controlling the skies.
3:43 PM · Mar 22, 2022

[BlueIdaho]

1. Russia is killing women and children

And bombing hospitals, schools, and churches.

Let’s give Ukraine the jets they need to fight back. Fuck Putin.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Yet another WTF wrt to the Russian War machine.

Hope to hear/see more of the fights going on in Ukrainian skies. If the Ukrainians can neutralize Russian AF assets in their airspace.....seems like another embarrassing defeat for Putin's Potemkin Military.

[ColinC]

3. If only there were countries nearby and an alliance that had jets

That could be lent to Ukraine. If only...

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Patience grasshopper.

Far better to let Ukrainians lead with their defense in the air. With ground to air missiles and superior targeting info. let them neutralize Russian air assets. Far better for Ukraine to take full credit for stopping this Russian military crime wave.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

4. The West should just quietly do it, no need to advertise. At the very least critical parts like

jet engines should have already been pouring into Ukraine.

[uponit7771]

8. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 ... Move them in part put them together in country

[TheFarseer]

9. Hell Yeah!

They can fight the Russians themselves, but not without working jets. Let's give them a chance!

[orwell]

6. Are they flying SU's or...

MiG's or both.

I saw something about a Ukrainian SU25 today.

The MiG 29 (the ones that Poland wanted to give to the Ukrainians) is a very capable plane.

The most important thing is the will and the skill of the pilot...

[EX500rider]

10. Fighter planes: Mostly MIG-29's with some Sukhoi Su-27's

Ground attack some Sukhoi Su-24 & Sukhoi Su-25's

[orwell]

11. Thanks! n/m