The turnabout came as Biden met his counterparts ahead of the G7 conference this weekend in Hiroshima, Japan
A Belgian F-16 jet fighter takes part in the NATO Air Nuclear drill"Steadfast Noon" at the Kleine-Brogel air base in Belgium on Oct. 18, 2022.fter months of refusing Ukraine’s public requests for modern combat aircraft, President Joe Biden told allies he would back an international plan to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, U.S. officials said Friday.
, a senior Administration official said. The U.S. and its allies will decide in the coming months “when to actually provide jets, how many we will provide, and who will provide them,” the official said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other senior leaders have long appealed to the West for fighter jets to help repel Russia’s daily air assaults. The Biden Administration has told them the capability was unnecessary at this stage in the war. All along, Kyiv’s hope has been that Biden’s “no” would turn to “yes.”From the start of Russia’s invasion in Feb.
Now that Biden has given his blessing, the Administration hopes the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s can begin in the coming weeks. “This training will take place outside Ukraine at sites in Europe and will require months to complete,” the senior Administration official said. Under this timeline, the F-16s will not be used in Ukraine’s upcoming counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces in the south and east.
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