The newspaper confirmed that the Netherlands and Denmark have approved the US to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Policy.
According to the publication, the leaders of the international coalition are not yet able to determine the transfer date of the aircraft, but this will happen after the training of the Ukrainian pilots is completed.
It was noted that the coalition plans to start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s in Denmark in August, until a center is established in Romania.
“The ministers of both countries (Netherlands and Denmark. – Gazeta.ru), leaders of the international coalition that helped Ukraine get the planes, thanked Washington for the green light, although it remains unclear when any deliveries of the F-16s will be made. he did. done,” he says on the air.
Prior to this, James Hecker, the commander of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa aforementionedthat the first American F-16 fighter jets may appear in Ukraine next year, but their development at a sufficiently high level will take up to five years due to the inexperience of local personnel.
Previously in NATO in your name Condition for the transfer of the F-16 to Ukraine.