Despite the disadvantages, Ukraine’s allies assessed that the advantages of the F-16 for Ukraine merit forming the F-16 coalition and donating F-16 aircrafts (Dutch Government 2023). If the expected empirical manifestations show, this will upgrade my confidence in my thesis that the F-16 coalition for Ukraine was partly formed for status-seeking reasons. The analysis covers the stages in Table 1: the presumed prestige-seeking process in forming the F-16 coalition for Ukraine. Regarding the F-16 coalition, Ukraine voiced the desire to receive modern Western fighter jets. In other words, there was governmental and parliamentary support for the idea of the F-16 coalition for Ukraine.

Source: New York Times November 19, 2024 18:27 UTC