The first F-16 aircraft will begin to arrive in Ukraine this year. The aircraft will arrive alongside trained pilots and maintenance personnel.
The head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin stated this before the start of the meeting in the Ramstein format (Ukraine Defense Contact Group).
According to Austin, over the past two years, members of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group have provided Ukraine with more than 70 medium and long-range air defense systems, as well as thousands of missiles.
“We provided more than 3,000 armored vehicles, including more than 800 main battle tanks. We handed over tens of thousands of anti-tank missiles to Ukraine,” the Pentagon chief said
According to him, this year the first F-16 fighters will begin to arrive in Ukraine.
“This year, more than a squadron of donated F-16 will begin to arrive in Ukraine along with pilots and service personnel trained by members of this Contact Group,” Austin said.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on April 13, the Air Force said that Ukraine needs at least 150 aircraft to effectively perform the tasks.
Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands are preparing to transfer F-16 fighters with the latest weapons to Ukraine.
Recall, on March 11, the American edition of The New York Times reported that the first F-16 fighters will arrive in Ukraine in July this year.
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It would be great if all F-4’s would be delivered as well. The more squadrons the better.
And how many F16s from the USA?…
We could at least ship our F-4’s. They can carry a heavy load and could help to clear the way through enemy lines. Japan also still has a few. Shameful, to say the least. We must enable Ukraine to pull off a real counter-offensive asap!
It seems the list of armaments sent is allot. Not being a military guy, can anyone tell me whether the armaments sent is allot or just adequate?
Concerning the enemy Ukraine is facing, i consider the list bullshit. We have F-4’s, F’-16’s, helicopters, bazookas, missiles, rotting in our storages until turned into scrap metal, but none the Pentagon wants to deliver.
Sir Cap, seeing the type and size of war Ukraine is fighting, the military aid it’s been getting has been piecemeal. If we take a gander at our military storage facilities in the US and Germany, Ukraine got a fraction of what we could give, and this includes land warfare equipment, aircraft, choppers, boats and ships, and more.