Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Not a chance.

It will be over soon enough

What is that, saving Europe when they are unable or unwilling to save themselves from tyranny?

Is the US currently giving Ukraine M1A2 tanks, Patriot missile batteries or F-16s?

https://en.thepage.ua/politics/usa-passes-lend-lease-for-ukraine-2022-what-is-it-and-how-will-it-help-ukraine

What has that got to do with Lend Lease and your original point? They could be given under either scheme.

Why do you think they haven't seen their most sophisticated systems \ systems requiring extensive training and logistics support?

The timelines for putting F16 pilots and logistics in place are considerable.

They have sent HIMARS which have had significant impact on the battlefield.

I dont know, look at the map. How TF will he get there? Hidden in a suitcase? To get to Switzerland you have to pass an EU country and i might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure all EU borders are closed for russians. Unless of course he has a swiss passport himself, which was rumoured earlier.

Zelensky asked for all this back in May, so having seen 9 months as a minimum mentioned, they would have been good to go come February had they started then.

But all of this is following the peacetime rule book. It probably would surprise a few people to learn that Ukrainian pilots have been training with the US National Guard since 1993: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/ukraine-air-force-pilots-fight-russia/

Given all that, the time for such experinced pilots to convert might be less than the official ideal. When the UK's very existence was at stake in WW2, the pilot training time was shortened to a lot less than the ideal. Towards the end of that war, my father was made an acting squadron leader and tasked with training Dutch pilots to fly fighters. I gather it didn't go too well and he wasn't terribly complimentary about them.

Supposedly there are Ukrainian pilots in the US who have been training to fly the A-10 for quite while now.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44965/u-s-f-15-pilot-on-what-it-is-like-fighting-against-ukraines-fighter-pilots

Well yes, I do doubt he's going to Steve McQueen it on a Triumph TR6 and jump the border, as in The Great Escape, but it's barely possible he might have access to several hundred jet aircraft he could fly there in. I'm pretty sure there is no European ban on Russian flights carrying embassy diplomats and employees. I'll bet he's got some deal done with the Swiss, if not a passport. He has many billions stashed there.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-aircraft-adds-6-hours-flight-time-avoid-eu-airspace-2022-7?op=1&r=US&IR=T

They aren't even in real simulators, just flying games with VR headsets on off the shelf gaming PCs

Pretty much obvious this isn't the work of the Pentagon or US government....

Oh Forest, you changed your way of spreading bullsh!t.

I didn't see the the username, was reading your post and was nodding at first and then just... WHAT???

Dafuq are talking about????

And then I saw a username. An it all made sense.

I kind of missed your nonsense, surprisingly the grumpyperson is silent lately an you're back. Coincidence?

No, Russia will not just pack their bags and leave. They'll stay, in the bags

You might be surprised.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40620/a-10-warthog-pilots-are-using-the-digital-combat-simulator-video-game-to-train-in-vr

A10s in a contested airspace seems a risky proposition.

I'm not knocking the idea of crews , vehicles -, aircraft using an extra tool in the tool box to keep on top of the game and proficiency,

But the idea some random businessman who's not an Airforce pilot or civilian pilot teaching other Ukrainians how to fly A10s combat missions or drive and fight in other vehicles just by turning up to his office with a few gaming PCs and becoming qualified to fly or drive an Abrams to fight in Ukraine is laughable, comendible to down right fraud,

This would be a different argument if they were actually being trained to fly by the US military before qualifying to fly the A10s and fly combat missions,

This is random businessman teaching people to fly aircraft and combat missions despite not having the experience,tools and ability to do the job properly,

And yes I've been playing various military sims since they were nothing more than poorly pixelated green and Black screens but none of that experience would qualify me to fly /drive .

I may be able to tell you what various buttons do .but you'd laugh your ass off If I tried to take a Abrams or F14 for a spin