Ke hoʻokokoke nei ke kaua ma Ukraine i kona mahina ʻekolu, ʻaʻole i hiki iā Rūsia a me Ukraine ke hoʻomalu i ka lewa. He mea kū hoʻokahi kēia hoʻouka kaua moana ma waena o nā hakakā hou a hāʻawi i nā haʻawina pono e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā airframes hou i ka mokulele i hakakā ʻia.
Ma kahi ninaninau me The Aviationist, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Billie Flynn, he kāpena Kanada mua a me Lockheed Martin F-35 pilote, hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaha i kāna mokulele ma lalo o nā kūlana like. "Ua hoʻolālā pololei ʻia ka F-35 no kahi kaiapuni a mākou e ʻike nei ma Ukraine," wahi a Flynn.
ʻO ka F-35, i kūkulu ʻia e Lockheed Martin, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mokulele mokulele elima o ka hanauna i hoʻohana ʻia e ka US, me ka F-22 Raptor, a ʻo kekahi o ʻehā wale nō i hoʻohana ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ua komo ka J-20 o Kina i ka hana nui i ka hopena o 2021 a ʻaʻole i ʻike i ke kaua. ʻAʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia ka Su-57 o Rūsia i ka hana nui a ua kau ʻia ma nā misionari liʻiliʻi ma Suria.
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka F-35 no ka hoʻouka kaua a me nā mikiona kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka ea. Hoʻolako ʻia me kahi pūʻulu ikaika o ke kaua uila a me ka naʻauao, ka nānā ʻana a me ka reconnaissance. ʻO kēlā mau mana e hiki ai ke hōʻiliʻili a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike o ke kahua kaua i ka manawa maoli i nā pūʻali aloha i loaʻa iā ia ka inoa i kapa ʻia "ka quarterback o ka lani."
Aia ʻekolu mau ʻano like ʻole o ka F-35. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka F-35A no ka lawe ʻana a me ka pae maʻamau, ʻo ka F-35B no ka hoʻokuʻu pōkole a me ka pae kū pololei, a me ka F-35C no nā hana lawe.
Ma ka mokulele i hakakā ʻia, e kaupalena ʻia ke ola ʻana o nā mokulele hakakā kahiko e like me ka F-16 ma nā wahi āpau, haʻi ʻo Flynn i ka Aviationist.
"Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka F-35 e hana ma ka mokulele i hakakā nui ʻia, me ka hiki ke kūpono i kahi e hiki mai ai ka heme i Ukraine," wehewehe ʻo Flynn. ʻO ka ʻike huna o ka mokulele kekahi o kāna mau puka makani nui. "E hoʻomanaʻo," wahi a Flynn, "ʻike mākou iā lākou, ʻaʻole lākou ʻike iā mākou."
Ke lele nei nā F-35 i nā mikiona stealth-mode kokoke i nā palena o Ukraine, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo inā ke alakaʻi nei lākou i nā mākaʻikaʻi maʻamau e pale aku iā Rūsia a i ʻole e hoʻohana ana i kā lākou mau pono uila e nānā i nā pūʻali ma Ukraine a puni.
ʻO ka lele ʻana o kēlā mokulele ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o NATO "he mea pale nui ia" e kūʻē i nā pūʻali Lūkini "e hoʻohuli nei i kā lākou mau manaʻo e neʻe aku i ka hikina. No ka mea he mea hoʻoweliweli weliweli ka F-35, "wahi a Flynn.
"ʻAʻole pono e hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka hiki o ka F-35 e hoʻokaʻawale i ka ʻenemi me nā mokulele ʻē aʻe e lele ana i ka pūʻali ea o kekahi. No laila ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka F-35 i laila e makaʻu ai i nā poʻe a pau ma kēlā ʻaoʻao," wahi a Flynn.
