New bill introduced in the United States Congress. according to the document, in the United States, they propose at the legislative level to allow training Ukrainian military pilots to fly American-made F-16 multirole fighters.
This was announced on his Twitter page by the author of this initiative, a member of the House of Representatives of the US Congress from the Republican Party, Adam Kinzinger., formerly in the United States Air Force.
His proposal is, to retrain Air Force pilots (VS) VSU, who have been participating in hostilities since the beginning of the Russian special operation, fly F-16 combat aircraft, in service with a number of countries of the North Atlantic Alliance.
In the case of a positive decision on the congressman's bill, Kyiv may raise the issue of obtaining such fighters from the United States or another NATO member. At the moment, none of the Western countries has yet promised such aircraft to Kyiv.
Many thought, that they will withdraw from the battle on the first day, but they are still in service – Kinzinger praised Ukrainian pilots.
The post he published also contains a photo, where he poses with two young men, whose faces are covered with medical masks. maybe, they are members of the Armed Forces.
F-16 is a fourth-generation multirole fighter, manufactured in the USA. He entered service with the US Air Force 1978 year. used photos:Lockheed Martin, Twitter/Adam Kinzinger