If you're a retired F-16 pilot, your services may be wanted in Ukraine. That's according to Sen. Lindsey Graham, in comments made just after meeting with President Zelenskyy in Kiev.
If you're a retired F-16 pilot, your services may be wanted in Ukraine.That's according to Sen. Lindsey Graham, in comments made just after meeting with President Zelenskyy in Kyiv.'If you're a retired F-16 pilot and you're looking to fight for freedom, they will hire you here,' Graham said. 'They're going to look throughout
nations for willing fighter pilots who retired to come help them until they can get their pilots trained. So we're going to get these jets in the air sooner rather than later.'The first of 10 F-16s arrived in Ukraine at the end of July. Double that number should be flying by the end of this year. But the pipeline for training Ukrainian pilots is a narrow one.U.S. officials say only 20 airmen in U.S., Dutch and Danish training programs are expected to be ready to fly this year.
hopes that the F-16s will force Russian pilots further back — far enough that they can no longer terrorize Ukrainian civilians with the massive glide bombs they drop while flying within Russian airspace.RELATED STORY | 's summit outlines plans to increase aid to Ukraine
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