Pentagon Pressed On F-16 Training Program: How Many Ukrainian Pilots Will Be Ready This Summer?

Pentagon Pressed On F-16 Training Program: How Many Ukrainian Pilots Will Be Ready This Summer?

also to follow up on Ukraine and f-16s how many Pilots does the US and its allies in the UDC expect to be ready um to fly f-16s this summer so that’s really a question that’s best addressed by Ukraine you know they’re the they should be the ones to talk about pilot Management in terms of the overall size of their Fleet their overall size of their pilot Cadre and what their expectations are in terms of um how they’re going to implement that program our focus is on working uh with the air capability coalition to identify what their requirements are and then meeting those requirements and as you know uh training being conducted both in Arizona and in Denmark uh there’s the capacity to conduct additional training at other locations uh you know that are being prepared in Europe um because again this will be a long-term proposition in terms of of supporting them through the air uh capability Coalition thanks Tom P any update on the G

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder was asked about the F-16 training program for Ukrainian pilots.

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