May 19, 2023 – Ukraine War update : Breaking News – F-16s Get the Green Light.
May 19, 2023 – Poland is willing to support the process of training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets, but the country does not possess a sufficient number of the aircraft to transfer any to Ukraine. Meanwhile the Biden administration is facing a new and amplified pressure campaign to greenlight the transfer of F-16s to Kyiv. More in our interview with Kira Rudik, Ukrainian MP.
June 29, 2023 – “Part of this process is achieving air superiority…then you begin to think about the surface to air missiles and then you begin to think about supporting troops on the ground.” In Frontline’s air power panel, former F-16 pilot Ed Smith and former fighter pilot and military analyst Sean Bell discuss how Ukraine could use modern NATO fighters to gain air dominance over Russia.
September 3, 2023 – While the Ukrainian army has demonstrated that it’s capable of fighting Russian forces on the ground, the air-war in Ukraine has always been far more asymmetric. In this episode we look at the changing nature of that war, including the emergence of behind-the-lines strikes, and the upcoming arrival of the much awaited F-16s for Ukraine’s air force.