Source link If Ukrainian-operated jets end up in third countries, they will be a legitimate target for Russia Should the US-made fighter jets make it to Ukraine, Russia will destroy them just as it has other Western equipment so far, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Several NATO members have promised to donate their F-16s […]
Source link The first batch of the fighter jets will arrive from Denmark this summer, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren says The West will deliver the first batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine within the next several months, with more to come later this year, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren has said. Denmark will […]
Source link Kiev will only receive six out of the 45 fighter jets promised by the end of spring, the paper reports NATO member states will not be able to fulfill their pledge to send 45 F-16s to Ukraine, as the bloc’s drive to provide Kiev with US-designed fighter jets is marred by “confusion and […]
Source link The US-made fighter planes would not have been a game-changer for Kiev’s doomed counteroffensive, a top adviser said An early delivery of US fighter jets would not have changed the course of Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive because there were not enough trained pilots to fly them, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has […]
Source link Ukraine will struggle to operate both US-made and Soviet-era warplanes, the Air Force spokesman has said Ukraine will encounter difficulties maintaining the US-made F-16 fighter jets scheduled to arrive in the country later this year, a spokesman for the Air Force has acknowledged. Speaking on national TV on Saturday, Yury Ignat said he […]
Source link The fighter jet flyover was supposed to show Washington’s commitment to Bosnia-Herzegovina Two F-16 fighter jets practiced airstrikes over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday, in what the US embassy in Sarajevo described as a show of force in support of the country’s central government against the Bosnian Serbs. US Army Special Forces operators and members […]
Source link The airmen moved to Denmark after doing the initial course in the UK, according to the DM Six experienced Ukrainian fighter jet pilots have completed their F-16 training course in the UK, the British Defense Ministry has said. The first group of Kiev’s airmen began receiving flying and English language lessons from the […]
Source link Amsterdam has started preparations for the delivery of 18 combat aircraft to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said The Netherlands is about to start preparing the first delivery of US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday following a phone call with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The […]