Belgian F-16s no longer usable for Ukraine, says defense

The military leadership considers it inconceivable that Belgian F-16s would go to Ukraine if they are out of circulation here. The risks are too great. “You can't send planes to Ukraine that you wouldn't use yourself anymore.”

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The military leadership considers it inconceivable that Belgian F-16s would go to Ukraine if they are out of circulation here. “You can't send planes to Ukraine that you wouldn't use yourself anymore,” said Frédéric Goetynck, the army's chief of material resources, in an interview with De Standaard on Monday.

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