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Ukraine’s F-16 Destroys Russian Su-35 in First Air Battle, Backed by Swedish AWACS (united24media.com)
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[–] AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Oh I get what you're saying. But none of the NATO nations are really retiring everything to keep only the newest stuff.

The US has almost 762 active F-16's in the air force, 375ish F15's, 180 22's, and 300 35's. We have almost as many 16's as all the other aircraft, which makes sense. They still work lets fucking use em.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft