F-16 Fighter Jets - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:59:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 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 Jets - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 Ukraine will get long-awaited F-16 jets ‘this summer’ to counter Russian air attacks https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/ukraine-will-get-long-awaited-f-16-jets-this-summer-to-counter-russian-air-attacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ukraine-will-get-long-awaited-f-16-jets-this-summer-to-counter-russian-air-attacks Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:59:30 +0000 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=46094 WASHINGTON — Ukrainian pilots will take to the skies in American-made F-16 fighter jets in the coming weeks to deter Russian airstrikes, the leaders of the US, Denmark and the Netherlands announced Wednesday. Kyiv is set to receive 78 F-16s from a consortium of NATO countries that got President Biden’s permission last year to dispatch...

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]]> WASHINGTON — Ukrainian pilots will take to the skies in American-made F-16 fighter jets in the coming weeks to deter Russian airstrikes, the leaders of the US, Denmark and the Netherlands announced Wednesday.

Kyiv is set to receive 78 F-16s from a consortium of NATO countries that got President Biden’s permission last year to dispatch the American-made aircraft and train Ukrainian pilots.

“The transfer process for these F-16s is now underway, and Ukraine will be flying operational F-16s this summer,” Biden, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a joint statement.

Denmark and the Netherlands previously announced that they would donate 42 of the 78 promised F-16s to Ukraine, while Belgium is sending another 30.

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Source: https://nypost.com/2024/07/10/us-news/ukraine-will-get-long-awaited-f-16-jets-this-summer-to-counter-russian-air-attacks/

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]]> US approves sending F-16s to Ukraine from Denmark and Netherlands https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/us-approves-sending-f-16s-to-ukraine-from-denmark-and-netherlands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-approves-sending-f-16s-to-ukraine-from-denmark-and-netherlands Fri, 18 Aug 2023 18:33:38 +0000 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=44407 WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a U.S. official said on Thursday. Ukraine has actively sought the U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to help it counter Russian air superiority....

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]]> WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a U.S. official said on Thursday.

Ukraine has actively sought the U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to help it counter Russian air superiority.

Washington gave Denmark and the Netherlands official assurances that the United States will expedite approval of transfer requests for F-16s to go to Ukraine when the pilots are trained, the official said.

“We welcome Washington’s decision to pave the way for sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine,” Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Now, we will further discuss the subject with our European partners.”

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-approves-sending-f-16s-ukraine-denmark-netherlands-2023-08-17/

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