Some pilots of the Ukrainian Air Force will be ready to pilot F-16 fighter jets in 2024. This was stated by Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder in a briefing. TASS.
“I’m hopeful that we’ll start to see these pilots graduate later this year, but I don’t have any specific details,” Ryder said.
A broad coalition of Western countries, including the United States, Britain, Denmark and the Netherlands, is training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets. The specific timing of the appearance of American fighters in the skies over Ukraine is still unknown.
Norway before now sent Two F-16 fighter jets went to Denmark to train pilots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU).
At the same time, the Norwegian air force replaced its F-16 aircraft with new fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets.
Previously in Ukraine statedHe said the West had stopped talking about sending F-16 fighter jets to the country.