#US military aid
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![Servicemen of Ukrainian Military Forces move US made FIM-and the other military assistance shipped from Lithuania to Boryspil Airport in Kyiv on February 13, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Servicemen of Ukrainian Military Forces move US made FIM-and the other military assistance shipped from Lithuania to Boryspil Airport in Kyiv on February 13, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Illustrative image. Loadout of the US fighter jets used in Operation Epic Fury. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Illustrative image. Loadout of the US fighter jets used in Operation Epic Fury. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
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What US fighter jets actually carry into combat over Iran looks very different from textbook loadouts—and increasingly mirrors the real-world configurations Ukraine is using in its own war.![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with NATO Chief Mark Rutte, March 18, 2026. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)]( "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with NATO Chief Mark Rutte, March 18, 2026. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)")
![Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) shakes hands with France’s President Emmanuel Macron (R), at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on March 13, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) shakes hands with France’s President Emmanuel Macron (R), at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on March 13, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukrainian soldiers of the anti-aircraft mobile division stand with guns during night training on March 2, 2024 in Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukrainian soldiers of the anti-aircraft mobile division stand with guns during night training on March 2, 2024 in Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![US Air Force F-16 fighter jet, equipped with six seven-round LAU-131/A pods adapted for use with APKWS missiles. (Source: US DoD)]( "US Air Force F-16 fighter jet, equipped with six seven-round LAU-131/A pods adapted for use with APKWS missiles. (Source: US DoD)")
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Ukrainian Air Force footage has, for the first time, revealed F-16 fighters intercepting Shahed-type attack drones using inexpensive APKWS II guided rockets, a development that could dramatically lower the cost of defending against large-scale drone attacks, according to reporting highlighted by Defense Express on February 18.
