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MrDowntempo t1_ja7twuk wrote

Can Ukraine just buy them from General Dynamics Lockheed? Then countries could just donate the cost? Probably not, but I don't at all understand how the purchasing of jet fighters works.

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CantaloupeUpstairs62 t1_ja84nq6 wrote

Not without US government approval.

There are many MiGs available across Eastern Europe. Ukrainian pilots already know how to fly these, and Poland knows how to install NATO weapons on them.

MiGs could help Ukraine very soon, while F-16'S might not help this year. Maybe there can be a deal similar to Abraham's tanks, where the US agrees to send a few, so that other countries feel more comfortable sending other fighter jets.

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