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Romania has confirmed that it is creating a training center for F-16 pilots, including Ukrainian ones

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Anhelina Sheremet
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Romania has confirmed that it will open a regional training center for F-16 fighter pilots, which will be available to its NATO partners and Ukraine.

The decision was made on June 6 by the Supreme Council of Defense of Romania.

"During the meeting, they analyzed Romaniaʼs participation in a new transatlantic project — in the creation of a pilot training center for the operation of F-16 aircraft in our country. Together with other allies and the company developing this fighter, a regional center will be established in Romania to train the pilots who will fly them," the Romanian High Defense Council noted.

The center will train Romanian pilots who operate F-16 aircraft, and later the facility will be opened for the participation of pilots from allied and NATO partner countries, including Ukraine.