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Group of Senators Backs Consideration of 4th Generation Fighters for Ukraine

Group of Senators Backs Consideration of 4th Generation Fighters for Ukraine
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. James Hecker, Air University commander and president, greets President Joe Biden on May 3 at Maxwell AFB, Ala. before Biden’s visit to Lockheed Martin’s Troy, Ala. plant that builds Javelin anti-tank missiles (U.S. Air Force Photo)

A group of senators is urging the Biden administration to consider supplying Ukraine with fourth-generation fighters to help the country repel Russian forces, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and invaded Ukraine for a second time on Feb. 24. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a July 19 letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Army Gen. Mark…

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