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Images of Ukraine's new F-16s and their weapons hint at what the US-made fighter jets may start off doing against the Russians

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy published the first official imagery of the F-16s in action on Sunday .

The loadout offers insight into what the new fighter jets may be tasked with initially.

The video shows a Ukrainian F.16 armed with the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile , known as the AMRAAM.

The other weapon visible in the video from Ukraine is a supersonic, short-range air-to.

missile that first entered service in the 1950s .

Ukraine 's F-16s appear to have only flown in ceremonial roles, as they did during a flyover on Sunday in a video shared by the country's air force.

It is unclear when the jets will be used in combat, and it's unclear when they will be deployed.

Ukraine 's military leadership has signaled that it doesn't intend to put its fighters at great risk.