Ukraine’s quest for US-made F-16 fighter jets received a big boost over the weekend when US President Joe Biden gave his backing for Kyiv’s pilots to be trained to fly them. Biden’s comments at a summit with G7 leaders in Japan came days after Britain and the Netherlands said the...
"F-16s are in Ukraine. We did it. I am proud of our guys who are mastering these jets and have already started using them for our country," he said, speaking to military pilots and reporters at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. "These jets are in our sky and today you see them,"...
Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets, that it has sought for months, to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to the Associated Press. Ukraine has been pushing its Western allies for F-16s for Ukraine for months, saying they were...
最大的 F-16 援助者。 比利时官员先前曾承认,由于物流和供应链方面 的挑战,首批交付将不会在2024年底前进行。 F-35 将在 2028 年底前完全取代比利时的 F-16 机队,从而能够在未来三到四年内逐步向乌克兰 转移30 架 F-16。 比利时空军目前拥有50多架F-16战机。 比利时当局强调,禁止乌克兰使用这些飞机攻击 俄...
The fighter jets would not have to come from the U.S., but any country that wants to transfer its stock of American-made F-16s to Ukraine would need permission from the U.S. government. Officials in Ukraine have been asking for F-16s since the war began, but as has been the case ...
Austin hopes F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots will begin in weeks F-16 jets will bolster Ukraine in the long run but not necessarily as part of a spring counteroffensive against Russia. Now, Ukraine is relying on older aircraft such as Russian-made MiG29 and Sukhoi...
USAFE commander: Ukraine may need four to five years for F-16 proficiencyMesch, Shelley KInsideDefense.com's SitRep
Ukraine is also trying to get neighboring countries to help defend it against Russian missiles, Zelensky said. “This decision is probably a difficult one for our partners, as they are always afraid of unnecessary escalation,” said Ukraine's president. “We will work on this ... I think w...
Briefing the media, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said that it “would take months” to deliver an F-16 capability to Ukraine, potentially by the Spring of 2024 “at the earliest”. US to lead ‘air capability coalition’ ...
A lone Ukrainian Mig-29 returns to base after a combat mission in southern Ukraine. Vasco Cotovio/CNN ‘We need even more’ For Juice and his wingmen, training started a long time ago. “We started learning by ourselves a year ago,” he says. “We are trying to improve o...