Ukraine

His new idea is an old idea, it's the Flying Tigers.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/03/18/deadliest-f-16-pilot-offers-solution-to-ukraines-jet-problem/
On the down side one could argue that it might cause a larger war, after all the Flying Tigers being organized to help China in April might have been some of what caused the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor several months later in December.

There was trade war and a scrap iron embargo causes to consider as well. Many causes.