WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said on Thursday (Aug 24) it would begin training Ukrainian F-16 pilots in the United States starting next month so they can use the advanced aircraft against Russian forces. Ukraine has long sought these sophisticated fighter jets so as to better fight the Russian invasion and is
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said on Thursday it would begin training Ukrainian F-16 pilots in the United States starting next month so they can use the advanced aircraft against Russian forces.
"These pilots will be conducting English language training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas in September prior to attending F-16 flying training in Arizona" the following month, he said.President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on Thursday and discussed the training program, the White House said.
Last week the United States told Denmark and the Netherlands they can transfer their F-16s to Ukraine when the country's pilots are trained to use them.
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