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In addition to the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, and Norway, another European country may provide Ukraine with F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. We are talking about Greece. This was reported by a source to Al Jazeera. Greece plans to decommission 32 F-16 Block-30 aircraft. Most likely, they will then be sent to the United States for […]
Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, said that one of the tactical aviation brigades received its first F-16 simulator. At the moment, Ukrainian specialists are testing this model and preparing it for operation. The main module of the system has already been installed and is available for pilots to study, and soon the […]
Norway, along with its Danish and Dutch partners, is preparing to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighters “with longer-range strike capabilities.” This was stated by Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide at a briefing with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv. “We will be handing over Norwegian F-16s, which are updated and in good shape. […]
The Dutch Ministry of Defense is preparing six more F-16 fighters for delivery to Ukraine. This was reported by the Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Keesa Ollongren. “The total number of previously promised F-16s is 24. Ukraine’s air superiority is essential to counter Russian aggression,” she wrote on social network X on Monday. The […]
The analysts referred to a strategic document of the Estonian Ministry of Defense, which states that the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Belgium have already made such a commitment. The first batch of F-16 multi-role fighters may be delivered to the Ukrainian Air Force by the end of 2023. This was reported on December 22 by […]
Fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft have been moved to Iceland. For the first time in two years, the US Air Force deployed fighter jets in the country. Four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft left Germany and arrived in Iceland. On October 22, 2023, fourth-generation US fighter jets deployed to the Icelandic military base of Keflavik. The […]
The Western newspaper Financial Times writes that Ukrainian specialists have converted the AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air guided missiles for F-16 fighter jets provided by the United States into surface-to-air missiles. These missiles were disabled and redesigned to be launched from the ground for the needs of Ukrainian air defense. “We redesigned them. We found a way […]
Belgian authorities will check the possibility of transferring F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Ukraine. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government David Clarinval. According to new information, Belgium may provide the Ukrainian Air Force with up to four fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets next year. But first, the Belgian Ministry […]
Norway has decided to give Ukraine F-16 fighters / The This is reported by the Norwegian edition of TV2, citing “several independent sources.” Thus, Norway may become the third country after the Netherlands and Denmark to provide Ukraine with F-16s. There have been no official statements from the country on this issue yet. In total, […]
Few people know that F-16 fighters have already been in Ukraine. In 2011, the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted Safe Skies exercises in Myrhorod with the participation of American pilots. For two weeks, F-16C/D aircraft regularly took off from the Myrhorod airfield, along with Su-27s and MiG-29s. Unlike the United States, Ukrainian airfield runways are […]