'The lack of airpower to support the counteroffensive will mean more casualties on the battlefield,' a former U.S. Air Force colonel told Newsweek.
) official has poured cold water on the prospect of Ukraine receiving fighter jets from the West during its current counteroffensive.
"The discussion on the fighters is an important one, but it will not be solved in the short term for this counteroffensive," Rob Bauer, a Dutch Navy officer and chairman of the NATO Military Committee, reportedly said Tuesday on the British radio station LBC, according to the"Training those pilots, training the technicians, making sure there is a logistic organization that can actually sustain these aircraft will not be available before this counteroffensive," he added.
Bauer's words come after numerous countries, including the United States, Denmark and the Netherlands, have become more open to the sending of fighter jets to Ukraine.on F-16s. The country's acting defense minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, said June 26 that Copenhagen has"taken the step of starting a training and further education effort for the Ukrainian pilots."
The Chairman of NATO's Military Committee, Rob Bauer, gestures while answering a question during a joint press conference held at NATO premises in Gomes Freire Redoubt on January 20, 2023, in Oeiras, Portugal. Bauer said July 4, 2023, that he doesn't expect Western nations to provide fighter jets to Ukraine in the midst of their current counteroffensive.However, it has not completely confirmed the sending of any actual jets for the Ukrainian military's use.
"I believe many are disappointed with such news," retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Jeffrey Fischer, who has
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