It won’t be a game changer, I’m afraid. It will basically enable them to keep doing the same thing sustainably, but F-16s still have a shortage of range compared to top Russian jets and can’t fight back when they show up. Gripens might be a bigger deal, but Turkey isn’t letting the Swedes into NATO yet.
For 2024, if the war ends, it will be thanks to the Russians giving up or politically imploding.
It won’t be a game changer, I’m afraid. It will basically enable them to keep doing the same thing sustainably, but F-16s still have a shortage of range compared to top Russian jets and can’t fight back when they show up. Gripens might be a bigger deal, but Turkey isn’t letting the Swedes into NATO yet.
For 2024, if the war ends, it will be thanks to the Russians giving up or politically imploding.