NATO shows training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets
The press service of NATO has released a video showing the training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 fighter jets, some of which have already been deployed for active duty in Ukraine.
A short video about the training of Ukrainian pilots and technicians on the F-16s in Denmark was published on the official X (Twitter) account of the Alliance.
F-16s have arrived in Ukraine 🇺🇦
– NATO (@NATO) August 6, 2024
Look back at Danish instructors training Ukrainian pilots, technicians and ground crew how to fly and maintain the fighter jets ↓#StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/dQSLoCalLi
One of the pilots says it is very interesting to fly the F-16s even though Soviet MiG aircraft can’t be called "too boring" either. "Yet the F-16s are definitely more adaptive, they move very swiftly," he reveals.
Major General Jan Dam, Chief of the Royal Danish Air Force, comments that the F-16s, even though they are relatively outdated, have been modernised several times.
"Now it’s a very advanced aircraft comparable with the best Western fighter jets," he notes.
The NATO press service states that Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway supply Ukraine with the F-16s.
On 4 August, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, confirmed that the first F-16 fighter jets were already in Ukraine, and showed them to the public at a secret airbase.
Before that Western media outlets reported with reference to sources that six fighter jets were provided by the Netherlands, and a few more would be soon transferred from Denmark.