2023-09-16 18:58:00
“This week, we made significant progress in implementing defense agreements and other support packages,” Zelensky said in his evening video address this Saturday.
At the request of the MR, Defense will re-examine the possibility of delivering Belgian F-16s to Ukraine: “It is a moral duty”
“Denmark, thank you for the new defense package, which is already the twelfth. Equipment, ammunition and missiles for our air defense,” he quoted.
“Germany, thank you for the new batch of military aid. Belgium, your participation for pilot training has been approved. Thank you! Norway, your decision to provide additional funds for Ukraine’s recovery. This is crucial. Thank you!” he added, continuing with South Korea and the United States.
The restricted ministerial council (“kern”) of the Belgian federal government confirmed this Friday the country’s participation in the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 combat aircraft, as part of the “F-16 coalition” led by the Countries -Bas and Denmark, with the aim of delivering fighter-bombers of this type to Ukraine and training personnel capable of operating these aircraft.
Six Ukrainian instructors and four mission planners will be trained in Belgium to subsequently provide training for Ukrainian pilots and other personnel called upon to operate F-16s. Furthermore, Defense will deploy a team of three soldiers in the coming weeks to a training center for Ukrainian F-16 pilots in Denmark.
First Belgian F-16 withdrawn from service following 8,000 flight hours
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