National Security Adviser to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan said that the training of Ukrainian pilots on American F-16 fighters will begin this summer.
According to him, the pilots will begin training in the coming weeks. Sullivan did not give a specific date.
He called preparing pilots for training a lengthy process. The US is trying to speed up the launch of the program, Sullivan told the Aspen Security Forum.
“I can’t give an exact date, but I can say that it’s a matter of weeks, not months,” the US administration official said.
British Deputy Defense Minister James Hippie said earlier that the training of Ukrainian pilots in the United Kingdom would begin in August, Radiotochka NSN reports .
Source : NSN