Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "How will F-16 impact the war in Ukraine?" video.

Career Phantom, Bronco and Viper maintainer here who disagrees strongly that it's much of a problem since it's been done constantly for decades with other client air forces in USAF technical schools. Of course training is complex but the any modern AF can take someone off the block and turn them into an effective maintainer in several months of tech school.The tech schools already exist so adding foreign students or teaching bespoke classes is business as usual. The Ukrainian air force will only need flightline maintainers plus some small back shops because LRUs can be quickly sent to NATO locations for repair while replacement parts can come from a wide variety of sources. They won't need a full engine back shop for example, just sufficient forward spares. Training maintainers isn't one large problem, it's many SMALL SOLVED problems which is very different.
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@fakecubed People who do not maintain aircraft should not have opinions on the subject. Maintainers can be trained effectively in several months as I was in three specialties. Aircraft maintenance is tedious but that is NOT the same as difficult. I found it satisfying fun.
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