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U.S. Exploring Potentially Providing Ukraine With Fighter Aircraft, Announce $270 Million In New Weapons Aid

U.S. Exploring Potentially Providing Ukraine With Fighter Aircraft, Announce $270 Million In New Weapons Aid
U.S. Air Force airmen and A-10s from the 75th Fighter Squadron at Moody AFB, Ga., return from supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan Jan. 25, 2019 (Air Force Photo)

The White House and Pentagon are exploring the potential for providing Ukraine with U.S.-built fighter aircraft, according to a National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson, who added any such deal would likely not come together in the near-term. “DoD is making some preliminary explorations into the feasibility of potentially providing fighter aircraft to the Ukrainians. But it’s not going to be something that they’re going to be able to execute immediately or even in the short-term because integrating and operating any…

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