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ARTICLE
F-16s already touched down in Ukraine – Head of Ukraine’s Air Force
Ukrainska Pravda
STANISLAV POHORILOV
Saturday, 19 August 2023, 23:15
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/19/7416283/
Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Head of Ukraine’s Air Force, has said that Ukrainian pilots have experience operating Western-made F-16 fighter jets, which have already touched down on Ukraine’s airfields.
SOURCE Mykola Oleshchuk on Ukraine’s national 24/7 newscast
QUOTE from Oleshchuk:
“An F-16 jet has already been to Ukraine. It has touched down on our airfields, we’ve held joint training with F-16 pilots, and so we do have experience operating the F-16 jets. I think this is crucial.”
DETAILS:
Oleshchuk also said that Ukraine is currently preparing its runways [for F-16 jets]. “We are making the necessary alterations, improving the surface, improving our airfields’ infrastructure, and building new defence facilities,” he explained.
“So I think we will be able to bring these aircraft to Ukraine as soon as we acquire them,” Oleshchuk concluded.
Previously: In April 2023, Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force, said that US-made fighter jets had touched down on Ukraine’s airfields even before Russia’s full-scale invasion, in 2012 and 2018. “We have dozens of different airfields – operational and regular ones – that can be used for these aircraft,” Ihnat said.
BACKGROUND:
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said earlier on 19 August that Ukrainian pilots have started training to operate Western-made F-16 fighter jets, with a minimum training period of 6 months.