Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

30 days does not invalidate a single point raised in the article.

Why do you keep overlooking the differing operational needs....25 maintainers/plane.....Americans, of necessity.....for jet aircraft as well as the expanded airspace they would need to operate safely.....away from Russia based antiaircraft missiles.

Unless or until the F-16's show up inside Ukraine the article's points must presumed to be persuasive to decision makers.