Even if we assume Russian won't bomb air fields in Poland.
Ukraine is around 800 miles wide. Polish military bases on western part of the country so we put it at 200 miles from Ukraine for easier math. F16 top speed is 1400 mph so to reach Donbas and back it would take over a hour flight on afterburner but it can fly on afterburner only for 16-20 min. Full loaded with fuel tanks f16 can fly only around 2 hours in low altitudes and f16 cruising speed is 577 mph. If f16 tries a high low mission it instantly will be spotted by Russian AD in Kaliningrad and Belarus so f16 won't be able to do any bombing missions.
So it's not even valid strategy.
It's also funny how Redditors compare f16 to su34 and tell f16 is better
Su34 is a bomber that has more fuel than f16 weight. Russian are successful dropping so many heavy bombs because su34 are huge.
I doubt f16 will even have timed success like himars, atacms, m777, storm shadow and other game changers.
But it's a bit refreshing that Redditor start realising the game changer ain't so game changing and perhaps they find a new game changer to cope ?
Here source for coping hards:
Just as general information, the F-16 at full military power and low altitudes burns about 8000 pounds of fuel an hour
F16 can carry 7,000 pounds internal or 12,000 pounds with two external tanks.
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These are the same people who thought the Uks had a ace named the ghost of kiev during a point where they had no ability to launch fighters at all, their r-sluration is boundless.
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