US to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets in October
World
August 24, 2023, 23:22
The training will begin at an air base in Arizona after the pilots receive English language education in September
WASHINGTON, August 24. /TASS/. The US will begin training Ukrainian pilots in the use of F-16 planes at an air base in Arizona, Pentagon Spokesman Brigade General Patrick Ryder announced during a briefing.
"The United States will soon begin training Ukrainians to fly and maintain F-16 fighter aircraft," Ryder said, adding that the training will begin at an air base in Arizona after the pilots receive English language education in September.