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L. Coyote

(51,134 posts) Tue Mar 8, 2022, 05:08 PM Mar 2022

Poland To Send MIG-29 Jets To Ramstein Air Base [View all]

Poland will be sending MIG-29 fighter jets to the Ramstein Air Base in Germany and has asked the U.S. to backfill them with appropriate aircraft. NBC's Dan De Luce and Courtney Kube discuss what this move could mean amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Poland To Send MIG-29 Jets To Ramstein Air Base [View all] L. Coyote Mar 2022 OP

Listening to the report, it is still a big maybe that poland will send planes questionseverything Mar 2022 #1

"backfilling " A new MSM buzz word.. I guess it use to be "replace"... mitch96 Mar 2022 #3

So it will be us giving the planes questionseverything Mar 2022 #4

The US govt has already sold about 48 F-16 to Poland so the path is already their and probably mitch96 Mar 2022 #5

The new guardian article says questionseverything Mar 2022 #6

"Poland's proposal is not tenable " I'd say that also if I wanted to keep the russians guessing nt mitch96 Mar 2022 #7

You need to read the article but unfortunately no one is sending planes questionseverything Mar 2022 #8

Do you have the link? I still think there is a lot of back channel stuff going on to make it work mitch96 Mar 2022 #9

I can't post a link from my phone but questionseverything Mar 2022 #10

My question is who will fly those MIG-29 jets? Are there Ukraian pilots for the MIG-29. usaf-vet Mar 2022 #2