The coaching of Ukrainian pilots on US-made F-16 fighter jets is to start in Romania in August, officers mentioned on Tuesday night on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Lithuania.
The Netherlands and Denmark are main an 11-nation coalition to coach Ukrainian pilots on the Western fighter jets, which Ukraine argues will assist flip the tide of the conflict in its favour.
The effort was launched in May on the G7 summit in Japan – however the coaching doesn’t imply that F-16s will truly be delivered. Not one nation has dedicated to sending them to Ukraine to this point.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov introduced the Romania coaching programme alongside Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren and Denmark’s performing defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen.
Resnikov informed reporters he hopes the coaching will final now not than six months and by that time Ukraine shall be utilizing the fight plane in its combat to beat again Russia’s invasion.
Romania had introduced final week that it supposed to arrange a F-16 coaching centre for army pilots from NATO accomplice states and Ukraine.
Germany just isn’t a part of the 11-member coalition. The Bundeswehr doesn’t have F-16s and in the mean time Germany is closely concerned within the supply and coaching for different weapons programs comparable to battle tanks, artillery and air defence gear.
“They have a very good expertise with the tank coalition as a leader. So I hope they are going to join this coalition as well,” Resnikov mentioned of Germany.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
