F16s
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. An F-16. US Air Force Ukrainian pilots training on US F-16s are “very impressed” with the fighter jets, a report said. The Ukrainian service of the Voice of America report cites a Ukrainian Air Force pilot. The F-16 can be used in both […]
[1/3]A general view of an F-16, on the day of a visit from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 20, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
The Pentagon announced that a squadron of F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft has arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility today. The aircraft will work alongside an array of capabilities the Defense Department has sent to the region in recent days to further enhance the ability of U.S. forces to defend themselves. Since Hamas […]
As part of a NATO initiative to secure airspace that has faced repeated incursions by Russian drones and cruise missiles, the Pentagon has dispatched F-16 fighter jets to eastern Romania, reported Kyiv Post.On September 22, four F-16 fighter jets from the
The Pentagon has deployed F-16 fighter jets to eastern Romania as part of a NATO lockdown of airspace which has been repeatedly violated by Russian drones and cruise missiles. Four US Air Force F-16 fighter jets arrived at Fetesti Air Base in Romania on Sep. 22, to “further enhance NATO air policing in the Black […]
Ukraine will receive AIM-120 AMRAAM advanced air-to-air missiles from the U.S. for use on its aircraft, Ukrainian officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine. “The United States will supply Ukraine with AMRAAM aircraft missiles with a range of 160-180 km,” said Yuriy Ihnat, the spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force. Until recently, the U.S. has […]
The Pentagon plans to begin training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets in the United States as early as September, a U.S. official said on Thursday. Defense Department officials said last week that Ukrainian pilots would be trained in the United States if a European coalition effort to train dozens of pilots, led by the […]
CNN — Ukrainian pilots have started joint training on F-16 fighter jets with US instructors in Ukraine, according to Kyiv. “The F-16 aircraft was in Ukraine. It landed at our airfields, we conducted joint training with F-16 pilots … A day ago two of . . .
In Russia, the authorities shut down respected rights group the Sakharov Center and announced fresh international sanctions against its critics abroad. And earlier Friday Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and its Black Sea Fleet. In Washington, a US State Department official said Denmark and the Netherlands had been given “formal assurances” for the […]
Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images A US Air Force F-16 aircraft flies near the Rionegro Airport during military drills between the Colombia and the United States Air Forces in Rionegro, Antioquia department, Colombia on July 12, 2021. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP via Getty Images) CNN — The US has committed to […]