Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots studying in Denmark and the USA are already in the final stages of training. They practice shooting down cruise missiles and Shahed kamikaze drones.
The spokesman of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Ilya Yevlash told about this at a briefing in the Ukrinform media center.
Currently, several groups of pilots are undergoing training. They are at different stages of training. Those who are at the final stage in Denmark and the USA are practicing the tasks they will face in Ukraine. The terms of completion of training and transfer of fighters have not yet been officially announced.
As for the remaining groups of pilots, some of them are currently taking English courses in Great Britain, one group in France is learning fighter control systems.
- Ukrainian military pilots undergo training in the USA, Britain, France, Denmark and Romania. It is expected that Ukraine will have the first six F-16 fighters and 12 trained pilots already in the summer of 2024.
- In total, four countries agreed to transfer F-16 fighters to Ukraine: the Netherlands (more than 70 machines, some of which are training), Denmark (19 units), as well as Norway and Belgium, which do not announce the exact number of fighters.
- At the end of March 2024, the first 10 Ukrainian pilots completed basic flight training in Great Britain. Then they went to France.