US sends decommissioned F-16s to Ukraine for spare parts

The Department of the Air Force has supported the sustainment of European-donated F-16s to Ukraine by providing disused and completely non-operational F-16s to Ukraine for parts. These F-16s were retired from active US use and are not flyable. Importantly, they lack critical components such as an engine or radar and could not be reconstituted for operational use."

Quote from a US Air Force spokesperson

Andriy Tsaplienkoukrainian war reporter

An F-16 shot down a "Shahed" drone over the Khmelnytskyi region this morning."

Ukrainian war reporter Andriy Tsaplienko on Telegram

Volodymyr Zelenskyyukrainian President

F-16s in Ukraine. We did it."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in early August 2024, confirming the arrival of the American-made jets, said

Ukrainian pilots have shot down dozens of air targets,

the air force added in a statement