EU, 우크라이나에 전투기 공급 추진

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https://www.janes.com/defence-news/ukraine-conflict-eu-to-supply-kyiv-with-fighter-aircraft/

Ukraine conflict: EU to supply Kyiv with fighter aircraft

EU가 우크라이나 전투기 손실분을 메우기 위한 전투기 공급을 추진하고 있네요. 실제로 신속하게 공급될 진 지켜봐야겠습니다. 

EU 외교안보 고위대변인 조셉 보렐은 2월 27일 우크라이나가 자국이 운용 가능한 항공기를 포함한 지원 패키지를 EU와 서구에 요청했다고 발표했습니다. 

우크라이나 공군은 MiG-29와 Su-27, Su-24와 Su-25를 운용중이며 EU 국가는 현재 MiG-29와 Su-25를 공급 가능합니다. 

Janes World Air Forces에 의하면 폴란드 공군은 현재 Mig-21 단좌기 21기와 복좌기 6기, 불가리아 공군이 MiG-29 단좌기 11기와 복좌기 3기, 슬로바키아 공군이 MiG-29 단좌기 9기와 복좌기 2기를 운용중이며, 불가리아 공군이 Su-25 단좌기 6기와 복좌기 2기를 운용중입니다. 이 기체들이 모두 지원된다면 우크라이나는 MiG-29 52기와 Su-25 8기를 증원받게 됩니다. 이 기체들의 빈 자리는 미국이 공급하는 F-16으로 메울 수 있으며, 폴란드는 이미 팰콘을 운용중이고 불가리아와 슬로바키아 공군은 주문한 상태입니다. 

이 항공기들을 운용할 우크라이나의 공군기지들은 공습에 노출돼 이바노-프랑키우스크 공군기지에서 MiG-29 6기가 지상격파되기도 했습니다만 구소련 시기에 설계된 항공기들은 에어 인테이크에 FOD 유입방지대책이 포함되고 동체하부 손상을 막기 위한 노즈휠 프로텍터가 설치돼 있는 등 야전운용이 가능하며 우크라이나 공군은 기지외 항공기 운용이 가능하도록 훈련돼 공군기지 안과 밖으로 전투기들을 이동시킬 수 있을 것으로 보입니다. 

Ukraine conflict: EU to supply Kyiv with fighter aircraft

28 FEBRUARY 2022

by Gareth Jennings

Along with Poland and Slovakia, Bulgaria is a European operator of the MiG-29 combat aircraft (pictured) that the EU is looking to supply to Ukraine to help replace the country's battlefield losses. (Bulgarian Air Force)

The European Union (EU) is to provide the Ukrainian armed forces with combat aircraft to help replace battlefield losses in the face of Russia's renewed invasion of the country.

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security, Josep Borrell, made the announcement on 27 February, saying that Kyiv had requested the aircraft as part of a wider package of military support from the EU and the West.

“We are going to provide even fighting jets,” Borrell said. “[Kyiv] has been asking us that they need the kind of fighting jets that the Ukrainian [Air Force] is able to operate. We know that some [EU] member states have these kind of planes, and the western borders of Ukraine are still open and several [of these] member states have a border with Ukraine.”

As noted by the EU foreign policy chief, Kyiv is requesting specifically those Soviet-era combat aircraft that the Ukrainian Air Force inherited in 1991 and still operates today. These are the MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum' and Sukhoi Su-27 ‘Flanker' multirole combat aircraft, and the Sukhoi Su-24 ‘Fencer' and Su-25 ‘Frogfoot' ground attack aircraft. Of these, EU member states could supply the MiG-29 and Su-25.

As noted by Janes World Air Forces, the Polish Air Force fields 21 single-seat and six twin-seat MiG-29s; the Bulgarian Air Force fields 11 single-seat and three twin-seat MiG-29s; while the Slovak Air Force fields nine single-seat and two twin-seat MiG-29 aircraft (although only a small number is thought to still be in an airworthy condition). The Bulgarian Air Force also fields six single-seat and two twin-seat Su-25s.

If these aircraft were to be donated, the Ukrainian Air Force could receive as many as 52 MiG-29s and eight Su-25s. Although not confirmed, it has been reported that the United States could look to backfill these donated aircraft with Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons that are in service with Poland, and which are on order for Bulgaria and Slovakia.

While supplying aircraft would address the immediate problem of replacing attrition losses, Ukraine's main airbases have been subjected to attack, with at least six MiG-29s destroyed on the ground at Ivano-Frankivsk Airport in the southwest of the country. However, as was common with Soviet-designed aircraft, both the MiG-29 and Su-25 operate from less than sterile airfields, with features such as air intake gates to prevent the ingestion of foreign object debris (FOD) and nosewheel protectors to prevent stones damaging the underfuselage. Also, the Ukrainian Air Force is known to have trained for off-site operations, and so could conceivably move its aircraft away from its airfields and on to the country's roads.

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후속 기사들로는 일단 EU차원에서 직접 지원은 사실이 아니라고 하네요....(먼산)... 이 자식들 아직도 간 보는 듯...

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EU에 그럴 깡은 없을 것 같고, 개별국가 차원에서 지원할 것 같습니다. 폴란드는 확실히 지원할 듯.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1497929127139024896

지상에서 파괴된 MiG-29들은 10년 이상 날지 않은 고물들이었다는 얘기도 있네요.

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일부러 폐급 기체들을 디코이로 공군기지에 깔아놓았을 지도요. 러시아가 시간을 끈 게 결과적으로 패착이었던 듯 하네요.