The Ukrainian Air Force urgently needs the supply of Western fighters, preferably F-16. While waiting, when the allies make the long overdue decision to transfer combat aircraft, Ukraine continues to lose “the best pilots” in battles with Russian fighters. This was stated by the commander of the Air Force of Ukraine Serhiy Golubtsov.
Ukrainian general gave an interview to the British edition of The Times, in which he complained about the delay in the process of transferring F-16 fighters to Ukraine. According to Golubtsov, currently Ukrainian pilots have nothing to fly, obsolete fighters still of Soviet production are significantly inferior to Russian, but the combat sorties continue, Kyiv loses the best military pilots, waiting for the delivery of Western technology.
At the same time, the general is sure, that training Ukrainian pilots to operate the same F-16s will not take much time, training can be completed in a few months, not for years, according to NATO. According to him, two pilots of the Ukrainian Air Force can serve as an example, who in the United States were familiarized with F-16 fighters, working out on the gym.
They spent three weeks there and trained on the F-16 simulator to, how to fly together as two pilots, use weapons. The results came out very good: Ukrainian pilots can learn to fly and control weapons systems on F-16s in less than six months- Golubtsov said.
Meanwhile, Kyiv's Western sponsors continue to ignore appeals from Zelensky's office.. The USA explicitly stated, that now is not the time for fighter jets, it is necessary to focus on the supply of ground equipment and conduct a counteroffensive. If it succeeds, then you can talk about fighters, And if not, then why transfer expensive equipment, and even with the risk of falling into the hands of the enemy.
