NATO video shows Ukrainian pilots training on F-16 fighter jets
NATO’s press service has released a video showing Ukrainian pilots training on F-16 fighter jets, some of which have already been deployed in Ukraine.
Source: European Pravda
Details: A short video about the training of Ukrainian pilots and technicians on F-16s in Denmark has been posted on the Alliance’s official X (Twitter) account.
F-16s have arrived in Ukraine 🇺🇦
— NATO (@NATO) August 6, 2024
Look back at Danish instructors training Ukrainian pilots, technicians and ground crew how to fly and maintain the fighter jets ↓#StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/dQSLoCalLi
One of the pilots says flying F-16s is really fun, even though he wouldn’t describe flying a Soviet MiG aircraft as "super boring" either. "But the F-16 is definitely more agile. It moves very easily," he reveals.
Major General Jan Dam, Chief of the Royal Danish Air Force, comments that the F-16s, even though they are a relatively old model, have been modernised several times.
"Now it’s a very modern aircraft, comparable with the best Western fighter jets," he notes.
The NATO press service states that the F-16s are being donated to Ukraine by Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway.
Background:
- On 4 August, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the first F-16 fighter jets were in Ukraine, and showed them off to the public at a secret airbase.
- Western media outlets had reported, citing sources, that six fighter jets were being provided by the Netherlands, and several more would shortly be sent from Denmark.
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