At the beginning of the summer, information appeared that Australia could transfer 41 fourth-class fighters to Ukraine.
What is known
Journalists of The Australian Financial Reviewobtained access to an inventory report on the condition of US fighters held by the Royal Australian Air Force. The inventory was carried out by the American aerospace company RAVN at the request of Ukraine, which Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Miroshnichenko announced a few weeks ago.
As it became known, if Australia reallywants to transfer the F / A-18 Hornet to the Ukrainian Air Force, then only 14 aircraft are in working condition. Among them there are 11 single and three double fighters.
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Each aircraft has flown more than 3,000 hours, whichabout half the limit. At the same time, the possibility of extending the service life is not excluded, due to which Ukraine will potentially be able to use the F / A-18 Hornet for two years.