Major General Alexander Kovalev, Former First Deputy Commander of the 14th Air Force and Air Defense Army, said: TASSThe language barrier problems that Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) pilots face while preparing for flight with American F-16 fighter planes are deeper than verbal communication.
He pointed out that this included the translation of complex documents as well as terms used in radio communications.
“Until now, the pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while performing combat missions, conduct radio communications in the Russian language, since some terms are difficult to pronounce in Ukrainian. I doubt that many soldiers go to training, who can understand English at a level to understand all the terms in the flight manual, ”explained the expert.
Before that, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Western intelligence services faced with the difficulties of deciphering radio traffic in the national languages of Russia in the zone of a special military operation.
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