Former NATO Leaders: Ukraine Needs Slow F-16 Delivery

U.S. Air Force F-16 at its international training base in Arizona.

Credit: Air National Guard
Ukraine is set to receive its long-awaited F-16s later this year after asking for the multirole fighters since the early stages of Russia’s invasion, but the wait is necessary to ensure that the jets can be effective, two key leaders argue. The first donated Lockheed Martin fighters could arrive as...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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