F-16 fighter jet - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Fri, 30 Aug 2024 22:16:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-05-16-at-1.06.13-PM-32x32.png F-16 fighter jet - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 Zelenskiy fires head of air force after fatal crash of donated F-16 fighter jet https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/zelenskiy-fires-head-of-air-force-after-fatal-crash-of-donated-f-16-fighter-jet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zelenskiy-fires-head-of-air-force-after-fatal-crash-of-donated-f-16-fighter-jet Fri, 30 Aug 2024 22:16:59 +0000 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=46372 Mykola Oleshchuk’s dismissal thought to be linked to death of pilot and loss of plane newly delivered to Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy has fired the head of Ukraine’s air force a day after it emerged that a recently delivered F-16 jet … Read More

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy has fired the head of Ukraine’s air force a day after it emerged that a recently delivered F-16 jet had crashed earlier this week, killing the pilot.

“I have decided to replace the commander of the air forces … I am eternally grateful to all our military pilots,” Zelenskiy said in his evening video address on Friday, without giving a reason for the dismissal of Mykola Oleshchuk.

But Zelenskiy spoke of the need to “protect” the lives of those defending the country, suggesting the dismissal is probably related to the F-16 crash in which Lt Col Oleksiy Mes died. The arrival of the F-16s, donated by a number of European nations, was delayed due to the lengthy training programme required for pilots and ground staff to be able to operate the aircraft.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/30/ukraine-russian-advances-pokrovsk-kursk

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