US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the F-16 fighter jets will be deployed in Ukraine after they are delivered to Kiev. He reported that TASS.
“We are talking about Ukrainian funds. It’s not about NATO funds. <…> “If they become part of the Ukrainian Air Force, I assume they will be in Ukraine,” he said.
Former Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra declarationThe pilot training of Ukrainian pilots for F-16 warplanes will begin very soon.
Hoekstra did not specify the exact timing, but emphasized that in any such situation the implementation of a fundamental decision in life happens very quickly.
The previous day, US President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky about the US and its allies’ plans to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets and other fourth-generation aircraft.