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A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky Ukraine's air force is expanding with the arrival of F-16s and a pledge from France to ...
[42] [43] A report given by The Economist further added that Ukraine received a total of ten F-16s in the first batch and by the end of the year 20 F-16s should be in Ukrainian service with the rest of the aircraft delivered in 2025. [44] On 4 August, President Zelenskyy presented the F-16s in Ukrainian service during a ceremony held at an ...
Oleksii Mes (20 October 1993 – 26 August 2024) was a Ukrainian fighter pilot with the call sign "Moonfish" of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He died when his F-16 crashed while repelling a Russian missile attack, according to the Ukrainian military.
The Ukrainian F-16 pilot, per a translation by RBC-Ukraine, said that there was a danger in doing that because "shooting down cruise missiles with a cannon is very risky because of the high speed ...
In a short time, Ukraine's F-16 pilots have had to learn to fly very differently from the way they flew their Soviet-era jets.
The F-16E (single seat) and F-16F (two seat) are newer F-16 Block 60 variants based on the F-16C/D Block 50/52. The United Arab Emirates invested heavily in their development. They feature improved AN/APG-80 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, infrared search and track (IRST), avionics, conformal fuel tanks (CFTs), and the more ...
A “small number” of Ukrainian pilots began F-16 training in the US this week, according to an Air Force spokesperson.
The F-16 Enhanced Strategic (ES) was an extended-range variant of the F-16C/D fitted with conformal fuel tanks that granted it a 40% greater range over the standard Block 50. The F-16ES also featured an internal FLIR system, which offered the capabilities of the LANTIRN navigation and targeting system without the drag associated with external pods.