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Jul 2022
39m 10s

Why Giving Ukraine F-16s Makes Sense

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Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Retired UK Air Marshall Greg Bagwell, former Deputy Commander of Operations at RAF Air Command, about how the West can overcome training, logistical, transportation, maintenance, repair and other challenges to provide Ukraine modern aircraft platforms such as F-16s. 
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