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Western allies promised to provide Ukraine with fighter jets last year, but the delivery process and pilot training proved to be more complicated than previously expected. Ukraine may start by receiving only six planes out of the approximately 45 promised, the New York Times reports. The new training center in Romania is ready to train […]
On Monday, November 13, the European Training Center for F-16 Fighter Pilots was opened in Romania in the town of Fătesti. The pilots of the Air Force of Ukraine will also be trained here. The opening ceremony was attended by Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar and Dutch Defense Minister Kaysa Ollongren. The base will not […]
The United States shoots down an armed unmanned aerial vehicle in the skies over Syria. Initially, it was reported that the Turkish ANKA-S drone was destroyed by a fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jet. Later, it turned out that the strike was carried out by a fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. USAF F-35A fighter jet […]
This was stated by the spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ihnat on Radio Liberty. According to him, this number is prescribed in the vision of the Air Force model adopted in 2020. “We are relying on this number. It is clear that the war can make its […]
Ukrainian pilots began to learn how to use American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters. This was reported by The Associated Press. What is known The training program started in Denmark. This was announced by the Acting Minister of Defense of Denmark Troels Lund. The training is expected to last from 6 to 8 months. By the […]
The first country to announce its readiness to provide the Ukrainian Air Force with fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. Denmark became the country. What is known Acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said that Denmark is ready to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine under one condition. Denmark will provide aircraft to the Ukrainian […]
NATO allies have already begun training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s. It is not yet known when the fighters will be delivered. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a media conversation before the Ramstein meeting. “Firstly, I welcome the decision of several Allies to continue to support […]
The US Air Force has begun to extend the resource of its fourth-generation fighters on the territory of Poland. The first US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon has undergone maintenance at Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 2 S.A in Poland. Specialists checked the on-board systems of the fourth-generation fighter. Two more American planes will be delivered […]
Haluk Bayraktar, the head of the Baykar company, hinted that Turkey might get its own fighter jet. After the United States refused to supply Turkey with Predator drones, Baykar developed the Bayraktar TB2 strike drone. Khaluk Bayraktar wondered what the US refusal to sell F-16 fighter jets could lead to. ABD Predator SİHA’larını vermeyerek Milli […]
On September 1, Poland began patrolling the airspace of Slovakia, which refused to use Soviet MiG-29 aircraft. Slovakia has given up the old fighter jets, which should be replaced by 14 new American F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. These are the fighters of the Polish Air Force currently patrolling Slovak airspace. But MiG-29 worth $299 million […]