{"id":43006,"date":"2022-07-22T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=43006"},"modified":"2022-07-22T14:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:00:55","slug":"the-us-is-discussing-the-transfer-of-a-fleet-of-a-10-warthog-attack-aircraft-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=43006","title":{"rendered":"The US is discussing the transfer of a fleet of A-10 Warthog attack aircraft to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In US military circles, a proposal to transfer a fleet of A-10 attack aircraft to Ukraine is being discussed.\u00a0As the New York Times notes, this idea makes a lot of sense from the point of view of both the needs of Ukraine and the interests of the development of the American Air Force, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate. 22. July . 2022 | Ukraine News .\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A-10 assault rifles were developed during the Cold War specifically to defeat ground targets and, first of all, to combat Soviet tanks, which are still widely used by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the Pentagon has been trying to get rid of these machines for more than a year in order to free up funds for the purchase and maintenance of more multi-purpose aircraft, which are more in line with the ideas of American strategists about future military conflicts in which the United States may participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the American military has still not managed to get Congress to sanction this;&nbsp;legislators eagerly allocated money to support and modernize the A-10 fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall immediately admitted in several statements this week the possibility of transferring the A-10 to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, General Charles Brown, did not directly talk about the A-10 at the Security Forum in Aspen, but he suggested the possibility of transferring combat aircraft to Ukraine, and most likely not Russian ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The possibility of transferring F-16 fighters to Ukraine is also being discussed, but not everyone in Kyiv is convinced of the usefulness of this machine for the needs of the current war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until now, the Biden administration has resisted the transfer of aircraft to Ukraine &#8211; even from other NATO countries &#8211; believing that in Moscow this step will be perceived as an escalation of US involvement in the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Ukrgate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In US military circles, a proposal to transfer a fleet of A-10 attack aircraft to Ukraine is being discussed.\u00a0As the New York Times notes, this idea makes a lot of sense from the point of view of both the needs of Ukraine and the interests of the development of the American Air Force, KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate. 22. 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