
U.S. outlines condition for its participation in training of Ukrainian F-16 pilots
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh stated this at a briefing in Washington, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"[We're] open to training existing pilots if capacity is reached in Europe," Singh said. "That's the condition. So, if Denmark and the Netherlands are taking the lead on training, if they just do not have the capacity ... to train as many pilots as Ukraine wants to send or plans to send, then we will ... help train stateside,” Singh said.
She added that the total number of pilots who will need training will be determined by the Ukrainians.
"Ukraine will be the one, and I think it is still putting together how many pilots they have that are going to be able to be trained," she said.
According to Singh, the Ukrainian pilots will need to go through "significant English-language training," to be ready to fly the F-16.
As reported, Ukraine and the Netherlands reached an agreement on the transfer of F-16 fighter jets. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine will receive 42 F-16s.
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