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Old 9th February 2024 | 21:07
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Cool to know, the Ukrainians love the F-16

The F-16 exceeded the expectations of Ukrainian pilots during the exercises,

Ukrainian pilot, callsign "Phantom". He shared some of his thoughts with Voice of America:
Western instructors speak highly of Ukrainian pilots, saying that "Ukrainian pilots are very skilled" and extremely motivated.
The stage of retraining Ukrainians on the F-16 is proceeding as planned.
Not only pilots are being trained, but also ground personnel, mechanics, and support units
"a pilot or technician is a small cog in a big system."
Ukrainian pilots are "very impressed".

The F-16 has simply exceeded their expectations.


"The F-16 is a new generation aircraft, a more digitalized aircraft, with many systems and programs that need to be introduced during and before the flight.
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The retraining program is the same whether it is in the United States, Denmark, Greece, or Turkey as the partners have discussed and agreed upon it.
"By the time the F-16s are ready to be delivered to Ukraine, the infrastructure will be ready, as will our people." Can't wait to see our amazing pilots flying the F-16s in the Ukrainian sky!

​​​​​​​Link to the article:
https://holosameryky.com/a/pilot-phantom-interview/7476726.html
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