Great Britain will begin its program to train Ukrainian pilots on Western fighter jets in August.
This was announced on Wednesday by James Hippie, the junior minister of defense of Britain, reports "Europa Pravda".
"In August, Great Britain will begin basic training for twenty Ukrainian pilots," he said.
As you know, Britain became the first country to announce its intention to conduct training for Ukrainian pilots on Western fighter jets. It is about basic ground training, after which the Ukrainian military will be ready for more specialized training in the control of F-16 fighters.
According to Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, "one of the countries" promised Ukraine to start training Ukrainians on F-16 fighter jets in June, but due to an error in calculations, this did not happen.
It was expected that by July, Ukraine's partners plan to approve the training program for Ukrainian pilots, engineers and technicians on F-16 fighter jets, the training itself will take place in a specially created center in one of the European countries.
According to Politico, the transfer of Western F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine may take place in early 2024.
