According to the newspaper’s report, Ukrainian pilots are not allowed to train on F-16 warplanes belonging to European countries due to the reluctance of the United States to transfer the planes to Kiev. New York Times referring to a senior Ukrainian official.
“Washington’s skepticism is so strong that currently Ukrainian pilots are not even allowed to train with European F-16s,” the material says.
According to the official, without US approval, pilot training will be limited to technical groundwork, which will not require direct piloting.
Also, according to a US official, President Joe Biden’s administration does not want to send their F-16s to Ukraine because it will pull too much money from the military budget.
The previous day, US President Jake Sullivan’s National Security Advisor declarationThat the US is not yet ready to give new details about the F-16 warplanes.