Scandal in Russian military town as new school is decorated with F-16 images

This one is very common as every (insert your country) designer googles images of jets, tanks, what have you.<p>Happens every year on every side of multifaceted aisle.

You can tell it&#x27;s American because Russia doesn&#x27;t make single engine fighters.

That embedded video is equally hilarious and depressing, especially at 1:26. Starship-Troopers-level cartoonishness.

I found it interesting that the F-16 is now flown by Ukranian pilots:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon#Ukraine" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting...</a>

&gt; The F-16 is the fighter jet that has been used for several decades by nearby Nordic neighbors Norway and Finland.<p>Just to be clear, Finland has never operated F-16. Royal Norwegian Air Force retired their F-16 fleet few years ago, replacing it with F-35.

That&#x27;s an international problem)<p>Su-27: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;aviation&#x2F;comments&#x2F;pr6ppb&#x2F;us_air_force_celebrates_its_birthday_by_posting_a&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;aviation&#x2F;comments&#x2F;pr6ppb&#x2F;us_air_for...</a><p>Typhoon submarine: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;davidhambling&#x2F;2021&#x2F;04&#x2F;01&#x2F;april-fool-russian-sub-appears-on-us-navy-poster&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;davidhambling&#x2F;2021&#x2F;04&#x2F;01&#x2F;april-...</a>

So. Can we put the idea to bed about bad Putin, poor Russians ? This is a marketing video aimed at parents enrolling their kids. That they want you to see this tells a hell of a lot about societal values. Go look up some of the surviving Hitler jugend footage, or the militaristic scouts clubs in later East-Germany. Isn&#x27;t it getting a little too close for comfort ?