As Russian forces massed along the Ukrainian border late last year, the White House received a back-channel proposal from a defense contractor to send decommissioned fighter jets piloted by retired American airmen to defend the skies.
As Russian forces massed along the Ukrainian border late last year, the White House received a back-channel proposal from a defense contractor to send decommissioned fighter jets piloted by retired American airmen to defend the skies above the Eastern European country, according to a report Friday by RealClearPolitics.
A"close-knit group" decided to send the proposal directly to the White House through back channels out of fear that if it was sent to the Pentagon it would get bogged down by red tape, RealClearPolitics reported, but the proposal never got off the ground.NATO REJECTS NO-FLY ZONE OVER UKRAINE "I provided that kind of thought, a concept to the administration already in early December, and they just don't want to think outside the box," Prince added."It's really frustrating, and so now, the permutations of what happens in this war, we certainly don't want to send troops, but for heaven's sake, it should have been stopped before it ever started."
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said such a proposal would"essentially mean the U.S. military would be shooting down planes, Russian planes," which could lead to a hot war between the U.S. and a nuclear-armed Russia.
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