White House spokesman John Kirby said the US administration has yet to say when or where Ukrainian pilots will be trained to use the F-16. He announced this at a briefing. Reuters.
According to him, US President Joe Biden promised at the G7 meeting in Vilnius that the United States supports the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Kiev, which will eventually be delivered.
“In particular, we are working with our European allies to start training as soon as possible. But this is still being evaluated,” he said.
It was previously reported that the United States is ready to train the Ukrainian Armed Forces to pilot F-16s on its territory in case of a problem in Europe. In this respect declaration John Kirby, Strategic Communications Coordinator for the White House National Security Council.
On August 11, The Washington Post, citing senior officials in the Ukrainian Armed Forces structures, wrote that the training of the first group of Ukrainian pilots to fly American F-16 fighter jets will not be completed until next summer. .
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