but, what many people don t understand is that it is part of the american way of war. it is not the ukrainian way of war. so when you drop something like an f-16, you are not considering what are the j techs, the tactical controllers on the ground, are they trying to incorporate them in close air support? other jammers in the sky, are the refuelling the sky, are there intelligence factors that can feed things to those planes that have targets? are there the maintainers and the trainers and all of those things that go into that and truthfully anderson, my sources on the ground are telling me ukraine has been challenged with some of the equipment that we have given them. they have not set up the logistics of supplying and training aspects of this even though they are fighting brave. don t let me detract of it all from the great fights of ukrainian soldiers are doing. but, they are wanting us to have a desert storm.
game changer, how big of impact would f-16s have? they would be significant, but let s manage expectations here. right now the ukrainian air force hvintage aircraft, we wil have to train the pilots and provide weapons and training for maintainers to maintain the aircraft. talking months of getting them in the cockpit of f-16s to fly missions. the fact we could be doing that, i m ahead of myself, if that is in the offering with the president, not only from operational standpoint griff: hold that thought, we re playing tape back, can we listen in, i believe president zelenskyy is speaking. please. help in this year. you are very welcome, mr. president. thank you for having me.
of the engines, either at very high altitude or very high temperature. we find also the density of the fuel will change, so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can also be quite different. at coningsby, you have the quick reaction alert squadron who have to be up in the air at almost a moment s notice. what sort of weather impacts do they look out for? we have to be aware of what the weather conditions are, not only here at coningsby but across all of the uk and into europe as well. so we d be particularly concerned about thunderstorms, if any areas were particularly cloudy, which might make it very difficult for us to intercept any other aircraft. but it s notjust modern day aircraft in operation here at coningsby, it s also home to the battle of britain memorial flight. these priceless artefacts are kept in airworthy condition and can be seen in the skies above all sorts of events over the summer months, keeping their rich history alive. and here we are in the
aircraft based at this station, but what sort of impact do the temperatures have on operations here? well, tojoin me to tell me more is the station commander group captain billy cooper. good to meet you, billy. let s first go back to that day injuly. record breaking temperatures above 40 degrees. what sort of impact does that have on operations here at coningsby? so any extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on very modern aircraft. in particular the performance of the engines, either at very high altitude or very high temperature. we find also the density of the fuel will change, so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can also be quite different. at coningsby you have the quick reaction alert squadron who have to be up in the air at almost a moment s notice. what sort of weather impacts do they look out for? we have to be aware of what the weather conditions are, not only here at coningsby but across all of the uk and into europ
in my heart, it is where i started forecasting and it is the place with the highest temperature in the uk ever recorded was the summer, 40.3 celsius. behind me are some typhoon aircraft based here but what impact does the temperatures have on operations? joining me is the station commander group captain, billy cooper. let s go back to that day injuly. what sort of impact do the temperatures have on coningsby? any extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on modern aircraft. in particular the engine performance, either at very high altitude or temperature, we find the density of the fuel will change so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can be different.