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TUCSON, Ariz. — Ukrainian Air Force Pilots are in Tucson now, training to fly F-16 fighters. Ukrainians will train with an Arizona Air National Guard unit especially skilled at training foreign pilots.
The 162nd Wing there has a long standing specialtyof training foreign pilots on US made fighter jets.Retired Two Star General Ted Maxwell leads the Southern Arizona Leadership Council. But before that he was a leader in the 162nd with 19 years as an instructor pilot.The pilots will come in with flying experience but it’s with designs that may date back to the breakup of the Soviet Union.
General Maxwell says you might be able to communicate in a briefing on the ground, but it can be another story in the cockpit.
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