USAF: Three Months Enough For Some Ukrainian Pilots To Learn F-16

 A U.S National Guard F-16 trains in Ukraine in 2011.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—Experienced Ukrainian pilots could learn to fly the multirole missions of the Lockheed Martin F-16—including using heat-seeking and radar-guided air-to-air missiles—in as little as three months, U.S. Air Force leaders say as the training pipeline is preparing to begin. The...
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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