Maybe they have read this article and appreciate the difficulties?
Eg "“The F-16 is kind of a precious aircraft, it’s fragile,” she said. “It’s an aircraft that needs a long runway, and the runway is really smooth. But they’re in an environment where (Ukrainian pilots) have been doing distributed operations. … This is not an aircraft that can do that.” To compensate, Ukrainian forces must perform careful sweeps of runway surfaces, a challenging proposition in the midst of a war."
