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Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Netherlands. The topic of the visit was the fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets that Ukraine needs. Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte confirmed that the Ukrainian Air Force will receive F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from the Netherlands and Denmark. The shipments were approved by the U.S. State Department […]
Ukraine is close to receiving the fourth generation of American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. At least two countries will be able to send the aircraft after the pilots’ training is completed. The Reuters news agency reports that the United States has authorized the Netherlands and Denmark to provide the Ukrainian Air Force with their […]
According to Yuriy Ignat, a spokesman for the Air Force Command, the delivery of Western fighters will increase the percentage of air targets intercepted to the maximum. However, F-16s will not be able to shoot down ballistics. F-16 fighters will help the Air Force defend Ukrainian skies from Russian missile and drone attacks. Yuriy Ihnat, […]
The Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom are negotiating the possible transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Source. This was stated by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on the first day of his visit to Brazil, BBC reports. Last week, Danish Prime Minister Matthe Frederiksen also announced that such negotiations were underway. According to […]
In 2021, Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force selected L3Harris Technologies as the executor of the contract to develop the Viper Shield EW system for the F-16 Block 70/72 fighter. This week, the contractor reported that the EW system had passed a critical analysis. Viper Shield is designed to provide a fighter with a […]
In February, the allies may for the first time announce the provision of Western-style aircraft to Ukraine. It is about fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters. CNN reports that the position of the United States regarding sending General Dynamics aircraft to Ukraine has changed. Previously, the American authorities believed that the provision of fighter jets to […]
The intriguing post of the Secretary of the National Security Council appeared after the statements of the White House and the Pentagon, which do not deny the sending of aircraft for the needs of the Armed Forces. The Secretary of the National Security Council, Oleksiy Danilov, reacted in an original way to the news about […]
At the end of 2022, the US Air Force conducted the debut flight tests of the fourth-generation fighter F-16 Fighting Falcon with artificial intelligence. The tests took place over the Mojave Desert in California and were completed successfully. The artificial intelligence system is called VISTA. The pilot lifted the plane into the air, after which […]
The successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, where our fighters conducted a brilliant counteroffensive operation, made NATO countries and their allies think about the feasibility of transferring fighter jets to Ukraine. A high-ranking representative of the Pentagon told FT journalists about this. According to him, official Washington is discussing the […]