Will Ukraine get F-16 Jets?
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch premier Mark Rutte agreed to build an international coalition to provide Kyiv with F-16s fighter jets.
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has also said that France has opened the door to training Ukrainian fighter pilots on NATO fighter jets.
Source: www.aljazeera.com
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The Biden administration has signaled to European allies that the US would allow them to export F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
The Netherlands has already signaled their willingness to export some of their F-16s to Ukraine.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/18/politics/us-allies-f-16-jets-ukraine/index.html
Poland has about 48 F-16s, and in January 2023, the Polish prime minister said that the country would be open to providing Ukraine with F-16s.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-claims-poland-in-talks-to-transfer-its-f-16s
Two Ukrainian pilots proved they can master the American-made F-16 fighter jets in just four months — more than four times faster than the Pentagon previously predicted — in a performance that is likely to ratchet up the growing pressure on the Biden Administration to send the lightweight warplanes to Ukraine.
Over the course of eleven and a half total hours in nine separate simulations, the Ukrainian airmen outperformed US expectations in their quick ability to learn the ins and outs of the aircraft.
Source:
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-pilots-mastered-f-16s-in-just-4-months-report-2023-5