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Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 16:25:31 MT

THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE

UKRAINE F-16 UPDATE: JETS FROM BELGIUM, MAINTENANCE CONCERNS AND BLOCK 70/72 FIGHTERS...

Belgium is set to deliver its first three F-16AM/BM fighters to Ukraine following a several-year delay, as Kyiv also discusses with Lockheed Martin about adopting the latest variant of the fighter jet.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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