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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 ...
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 ...
Andrii Borysovych Pilshchykov (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Пільщиков; 3 February 1993 [3] [4] – 25 August 2023) was a Ukrainian fighter pilot with the call sign "Juice" (Джус) and a captain [5] in the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade [6] of the Ukrainian Air Force.
It can take years to fully train an F-16 fighter pilot. “Moonfish” – a Ukrainian military aviator – has about six months. Moonfish is the call sign of a Ukrainian pilot who is training 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 ...
A “small number” of Ukrainian pilots began F-16 training in the US this week, according to an Air Force spokesperson.
[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.
F-16s are the most sophisticated weapons the U.S.-led coalition has supplied Ukraine in its war with Russia. Ukrainian pilots fly F-16 warplanes in combat for first time in fight against Russia ...