바에 따르면 F-18을 조종 해본 조종사라 해도

F-16으로 공대공, 공대지 작전 하는 걸 습득

하는데 69일이 걸린답니다.

 미국 전투기 말고 소련제 전투기만 조종 해본 

경우엔 제대로 작전 수행할 수준이 되려면

최소 1년은 걸린다 하구요.

 그리고, 민감한 군사기술이 러시아에 넘어갈 수

있는 걸 미국 정부가 우려 한다 하니 F-16 초기형

이상의 기체를 우크라이나에 주기가 쉽지 않겠죠.

 This Is How Long It Would Really Take Ukraine’s Pilots To Convert To F-16s

 2023.02.08

 The full F-16 Basic Course, also known as the B-Course, is typically a 

nine-month process for pilots fresh out of pilot training. Broadly it 

consists of academics, time in the simulator, and live sorties. 

 In addition to B-Courses, the Formal Training Units (FTUs) also run 

transition courses for pilots with experience in other jets                                                                                                                                                         ? these are 

typically far shorter than the full B-Course.

 For experienced Ukrainian fighter pilots, a type conversion to the F-16 

could resemble a typical FTU transition conversion course, known as TX.

 “For a pilot with around 500 hours experience in a Western fighter, but 

that has never previously flown the F-16? someone transitioning from 

the Hornet for example? without any breaks, working weekends, etc, 

they need 69 days to learn everything to safely employ the Viper in 

air-to-air and air-to-ground roles,” commented an experienced F-16 

instructor.

 “The MiG-29 to a Block 50 or Mid-Life Upgrade Viper isn’t a big step in 

performance, but it’s a huge leap in technology ? the weapons and avionics. 

Even after 69 days of intense training, that’s only a wingman qual [qualification], 

so who is going to lead the mision? Do you just send them off as a rogue 

single-ship to try and shoot down anything with more than one vertical tail? 

 To be super effective, you at least need a four-ship, and to lead that needs 

at least a year of intensive training? then you can crush the opposition.” 

 AMRAAM and smart weapons would clearly be a massive capability leap 

for the air force, but if pegged back to flying low-level misions at long 

range from the air threat, even AMRAAM could be impotent. 

 “I see AMRAAM as a potential political sticking point that's even greater 

than the Patriot missile transfer,” says one F-16 pilot. 

 The Biden administration remains wary of allowing sensitive U.S. technology 

to fall into Russian hands on the battlefield.

 https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/this-is-how-long-it-would-really-take-ukraines-pilots-to-convert-to-f-16s