Ukraine's senior aviation chief commented on plans to deploy the incoming batch of American fighter jets and hinted more could arrive soon.
Ukraine will base some of its Western-donated F-16 fighter jet fleet outside of the country to avoid Russian strikes on the advanced aircraft, a senior Ukrainian commander has said.'There is a certain number of aircraft that will be stored at secure airbases outside of Ukraine so that they are not targeted here,' Serhiy Golubtsov, the head of aviation for Ukraine's air force command, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Four countries — Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium — have committed to providing tens of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine to boost its aging and depleting fleet, up against superior and more numerous Russian aircraft.Kyiv had long requested the Lockheed Martin-made jets, although when exactly the jets would arrive and be operational has never been clear.
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