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The Ukrainian F-16 pilot said to have shot down half a dozen Russian cruise missiles in a single mission showed remarkable skill, particularly during a risky gun battle, a former US Air Force ...
[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 ...
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 ...
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.
On 29 August 2024, an ex-Danish F-16 piloted by Lt. Col. Oleksii Mes crashed, killing him. [53] On 7 January 2025, the Ukrainian Air Force Command claimed that an unnamed F-16 pilot managed to shoot down six cruise missiles with air-to-air missiles and cannon fire during a Russian missile strike on the morning of 13 December 2024. [54]
Pilshchykov was mentioned as an authoritative reference on challenges faced by the Ukrainian Air Force [38] [39] and the need to supply F-16 fighters to Ukraine. [40] In interviews with The Washington Post , [ 41 ] the Financial Times , [ 42 ] CNN , [ 39 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Fox News , [ 45 ] and the BBC News , [ 10 ] he called on Western partners ...
Ukrainian pilots have begun training on F-16 aircraft, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said, bringing Kyiv closer to obtaining a long-sought after piece of military hardware it says ...
[8] [9] The European F-16 Training Center became operational in November 2023, [10] and started training Ukrainian pilots in September 2024 after a first group of Romanian pilots. [11] [12] Due to the old age of the MiG-21 LanceRs, the Romanian Air Force procured F-16 fighters from partner states.