Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tylvar said in an interview with the agency: agepressIt was stated that the country will train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 aircraft on a contractual basis.
According to him, he has now expressed a desire to send pilots to at least three state training centers.
“(Training of Ukrainian pilots -” socialbites.ca “) will be contractual, taking into account the training architecture of Ukrainian pilots considered at the European level,” Tylvar said.
He added that Romanian pilots will have priority in training.
The minister noted that after the signing of technical agreements, it will be possible to start building the base. According to him, it will be possible to talk about the details by the end of the year.
At the end of August, the Romanian Minister of Defense signed a letter of intent with the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Lockheed Martin to create a training base for the training of pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets.
Prior to that, the Financial Times reported that Romania is currently involved It trains Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 warplanes from NATO member countries and plans to obtain all the necessary documents soon.
previously in the USA appreciated The efficiency of the delivery of F-16 warplanes to Ukraine.