The “evolution” of America’s plans to put Ukrainian pilots in American-built F-16 Fighting Falcons to combat Russian attacks has reached yet another stage. Initially, Joe Biden opposed the idea, preferring to stick with ground combat technology, rockets, and drones. Then, after Europe pushed in the other direction, Biden said we would train Ukrainian pilots so long as someone else gave them the actual planes. This clearly excited the Ukrainians and people were estimating that F-16s could be flying over Kyiv by September. But this week we learned that it’s going to take longer. Much longer. In fact, the first Ukrainian pilots may not be ready to take to the air until next summer. So what’s causing the delay? It’s mostly just wavering and delays coming from the White House. (Washington Post)Read More
Training Ukrainian pilots for F-16s won’t finish for at least a year
