Top leaders also announce that Denmark and the Netherlands are leading an international effort to train Ukrainian pilots.
“There are no magic weapons in war, F-16s are not and neither is anything else,” Gen. Mark Milley said. | Mindaugas Kulbis/AP PhotoThe military’s top general cautioned Thursday that F-16s won’t act as a “magic weapon” for Ukraine, but the U.S. is fully behind a group of NATO allies taking the lead on training and potentially transferring the jets to Kyiv.
Fighter jets are vastly more expensive than artillery rounds and ground vehicles, which Western allies have focused on flooding into Ukraine to help push Russian forces back in the south. Spending the money on those near-term weapons, as opposed to expensive warplanes with their complex logistical needs, has been worthwhile, Milley said.
Ukraine will require a pipeline of pilots to learn the fundamentals of flying who can then move up to jets, the spokesperson said. To that end, the first stage of instruction will focus on ground-based basic training of Ukrainian pilots, who will then be ready to learn specific airframes, such as the F-16 and others. The F-16 training will take place at a site in Europe, Defense Department officials have said.
But with much of the aid meant to support Ukraine’s planned counteroffensive having been delivered, and with increasing missile strikes on civilian targets in Kyiv, Ukrainian leaders launched a new public pressure campaign in recent weeks, insisting that the jets would be invaluable in air defense missions.
The big question now for the NATO alliance is who has transferable planes in their squadrons or hangars that can be sent to Ukraine.
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