The Belgium Defense Ministry showed the training of the Armed Forces pilots at the F-16: Week to full readiness (video)
The main purpose of the visit is to meet with a team of 50 Belgian soldiers, who came to Denmark five days ago (March 13) to train Ukrainians. Two F-16 aircraft came with them. After the training is completed, both the planes and the soldiers will return to the previous location. The duration of the mission is eight weeks, - the Ministry of Defense website reads. During this time, three groups of Ukrainians will be completed: F-16 pilots, engineers, missions.
Approximately, the time of completion of the preparation is the second week of May 2024. In a video posted by the Belgians, you can see a pilot who sits in the fighter cabin in full equipment. Game technician also got into the frame. The Ukrainian explained what his combat tasks would be. "Learn to organize a flight change, control over the work and send aircraft to repair. But more is the operation and organization of flights themselves.
Determining aircraft on the change and determining the people who will serve," the journalists of the Igor's words. It should be noted that in the summer of 2023, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reported the creation of a plane coalition, whose members will be transferred to the Armed Forces about 60 F-16 fighters. The aircraft will be transferred to Denmark and Sweden, and a number of countries will join the preparation of pilots and staff.
Meanwhile, there is also some preparation in Ukraine - this was repeatedly told by the then spokesman of the Air Force Yuri Ignat. The approximate period, when the Armed Forces receive the first batch of six aircraft - until the summer of 2024, explained the head of the Foreign Ministry of Denmark. The rest will come to the end of 2024 and during 2025. We would like to remind you that on March 18, Defense Express experts told which planes are best suited for the Russian-Ukrainian war.