The transfer route and destination underscore the logistical integration between NATO and Ukraine in wartime sustainment operations.
Visual evidence, widely circulated on open-source intelligence platforms, depicted at least three shrink-wrapped F-16 airframes, sans wings, tail sections, and radomes, being loaded onto the transport aircraft.
The TWZ analysis mentioned that the aircraft appears to be an older Block 15 Air Defense Fighter (ADF) variant, formerly assigned to the Air National Guard.
Although the US Air Force declined to specify the number or precise configuration of airframes involved, the presence of characteristic ‘bird-slicer’ IFF antennas supports the assessment of their Block 15 lineage.
The aircraft was almost certainly drawn from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the US military’s primary storage and reclamation site for retired aircraft.