"Goes the preparation process": Ignat told when the Armed Forces pilots start training at the F-16
According to him, the training of specialists will take some time before the training, after which direct training of the Ukrainian military will begin. "There is still a process of preparing people to start this learning. There are advanced groups that have left for European countries that can provide us with training ground ", - the message reads.
Separately, the Armed Forces speaker emphasized that the Aviation Coalition is actually ready for Ukraine, as the Western countries will prepare Ukrainian pilots and then immediately transfer fighters to the Armed Forces. First of all, it applies to the US and the European Union, which have F-16 fighters, but they plans to switch to new aviation such as F-35. "This is how the start is given, the decision is that Ukraine will have an F-16. Further technical moments, processes,"-the message reads.
Representatives of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces are in contact with the allies and study the questions which groups of people will go to study, because someone will have to stay in Ukraine. It is also unknown how much the training process will last. At the same time, on May 22, the EU Safety Representative Josep Borrel said that Ukrainian pilots had already learned to fly on F-16 fighters. He hopes that Kiev will receive this type of assistance in the near future.