A few things that caught my eye in the past few hours.
First, the Polish government has found a way to transfer its fleet of Mig-29s to Ukraine without directly doing so:
Poland ready to place all its MIG-29 jets at the disposal of the U.S. https://t.co/6oSbsxNXuA pic.twitter.com/IL961RWsYB
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 8, 2022
The jets will fly to Rammstein Air Force Base in Germany where they will become US property for the US government to do with them as they wish. I would imagine that the paint techs will be quite busy in the near future. At the same time, the Poles are asking for used US F-16s to backfill the unit that is currently flying MIG-29s.
Update:.
BREAKING: Pentagon shoots down the idea of providing Polish MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine from a U.S. military base in Germany
The move comes after Poland’s top diplo said it would fly MiGs to Germany for Ukraine to pick up. DoD said Poland’s solution is “not a tenable one” pic.twitter.com/fvIcOGyxTj
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) March 8, 2022