NATO and its member countries have been supplying Ukraine with Soviet-made battle tanks for some time, but now they are on the verge of committing to supplying Western-made battle tanks for the first time. There have been conflicting reports on whether Ukraine has received Soviet/Russian military aircraft; now, several countries are considering sending Western jets ($100M has been earmarked for training Ukrainian pilots to fly US aircraft since summer 2022).
Will Western military aircraft actually be employed by Ukraine in this conflict before a peace agreement/permanent ceasefire is in place?
Jan 25, 9:15am: Will Ukraine receive Western military airplanes? → Will Ukraine receive Western military aircraft?
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@JoshuaWilkes Interesting one. I actually hadn't given thought to non-fighting aircraft when creating the market.
From the description, this one doesn't carry arms and I tend to classifying it as "dual-use", not military per se. Happy to see any arguments in favor of accepting this as a "yes" or, conversely, specifying in the description that I will accept only aircraft equipped for actual fighting.
@PS I would say that an aircraft is military if the model the military use is different from civilian aircraft. I can see that there are some edge cases (most air forces have some passenger planes for VIPs), but generally speaking the idea that a military aircraft must be armed seems far too narrow
Ukraine is also operating a Blackhawk helicopter (US), and I just don't see how aircraft primarily intended to insert and support troops is not 'military'
https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-shows-off-us-made-151000365.html
@JoshuaWilkes That does make sense. It's not quite what I meant, but I think it's what I wrote, so I'm resolving yes.