The British government considers it inappropriate to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine due to pilot training time

The transfer of American fighters to Ukraine is inappropriate, even if they receive the planes, Ukrainian pilots will not be able to fly them. To understand the situation, you need to know that the fastest training program for pilots of these fighters takes about 35 months. This was stated by the official representative of the office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Kyiv hopes to receive American fighters and immediately start operating them, saying that Ukrainian pilots can learn to fly these aircraft "very quickly." In fact, this is impossible, the training of pilots takes quite a long time. The fastest F-16 pilot training program takes 35 months. The accelerated program lasts even longer and the regular jet training in the UK is 5 years long.

Thus, in the UK they consider it pointless to transfer combat aircraft to Ukraine at the moment, but do not exclude this in the long term, when Ukrainian pilots complete their training on Western fighters.

We will continue to listen to the Ukrainians and consider what is right in the long run. But it is worth understanding the situation that the fastest training program for a new pilot is approximately 35 months.

- the press service of the office quotes the speaker.

Earlier in Kyiv they announced that they intended to obtain from the West the supply of fighters, preferably American F-16s. Zelensky and his entourage plan to have about 180 combat aircraft, and at once, in order to "shoot down Russian aircraft and missiles." In anticipation of the February "Rammstein" in Kyiv, they have already drawn up lists of pilots who should go for training in piloting Western aircraft. As the speaker of the Air Command, Ignat, said, these are 50 Ukrainian pilots who understand English and have "thousands of military victories" behind them.

Comments

[Buyan]

What about Kuev's ghost? give them a litak
Chubats will sell them quietly

[Orange Bigg]

But the British government, or rather the Royal Air Force of Great Britain, does not have F-16s in service. They have Typhoons and F-35s.

[Vyacheslav57]

Quote from Orange Bigg

The Royal Air Force of Great Britain does not have F-16s. They have Typhoons and F-35s.

A spokesman for the prime minister said: "British Typhoon and F-35 fighters are extremely complex and take 36 months to learn to fly. Given this, we believe that sending these fighters to Ukraine is not practical."

[Alien From]

But what about the ghost "" IN ""? Not okay? The storm has arrived!

[SKVichyakow]

So it seems like last year there was a message about the training of pilots in the West, they started in advance.

[rocket757]

The British government considers it inappropriate to transfer F-16 fighters to Ukraine

. Unlike other equipment, mixed sorts in general, which will become / are not a small problem during maintenance ... with imported aircraft, all problems increase cubed!
By the way, except for the American f 16, it is impossible to collect anything in the quantity of goods at all, so that they are of the same type.
In general, they seem to be able to give, but they are not in a hurry, they exchange.
We will continue to see how it goes ... foreign guardians are still those entertainers, we can come up with something, in the end.

[Ivanushka Ivanov]

Chekhov: "If you say in the first chapter that a gun hangs on the wall, in the second or third chapter it must certainly shoot. And if it doesn't shoot, it shouldn't hang."

a) If today an Englishwoman says that planes should not be given to ukrams, then tomorrow she will definitely give

b) If in the play in the first part there is an Englishwoman, then in the second part somewhere (on the table, in the guest's boot, behind the curtain or somewhere else) a fetid brown heap of "unknown" origin will appear ...

[Tagan]

these are 50 Ukrainian pilots who understand English and have "thousands of military victories" behind them.
I don't understand why they need airplanes. Well, they've already won, in theory. If you believe this bullshit, of course.

[28st region]

The British government considers it inappropriate to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine due to pilot training time

The arrogant almost directly said - you do not have long left. Why waste time and money on you

[Fedor Rashkin]

Thousands of victories! They will teach whoever you want.
Ghosts of Kyiv .... Probably thousands have played on the computer)))

[Michael]

8 hours of study, 4 hours of exercise, 4 hours of meals and personal time, 8 hours of sleep. One day off per week. Scientifically developed schedule of accelerated command courses "Shot".

[opposite28]

We will continue to listen to the Ukrainians and consider what is right in the long run. But it is worth understanding the situation that the fastest training program for a new pilot is approximately 35 months.

- the press service of the office quotes the speaker.

It's not a secret for anyone that the Ukrainian situation of Ukrainians and their prospects are bright...

[75 Sergey]

Not yet, but then yes.
They will give it, if we pull the rubber like that.

[voyaka uh]

Actually, there are simulators for the F-16. They teach the basics of management,
buttons, toggle switches, cockpit instruments, etc.
The Poles definitely have such simulators.

[Ivanushka Ivanov]

There will be no problems with the F-16 at all. The plane is good, even now relevant. Thousands of them have been released. Dozens of countries have been operating for many years. In many countries, a clear surplus of this model has formed due to the replacement of the fleet with the F-35.
Thousands of "pensioners" around the world who are able to manage it, who receive information about this war in pink colors and who are not averse to shaking the old days for a good fee.
Everything is ready there. Until they are really needed. As soon as they assemble a "breakthrough army" from Western tanks, they will appear as if by magic.
And then, it is high time to understand that they do not report to us about what they have already delivered, what they are delivering and what they are going to deliver in the future to the Ukrainians.
I don't know why they waste time on public promises, ridiculous arguments and concrete numbers.

[yho]

The teeth are talking. And the electorate needs to be smoothly and consistently prepared so that there is no shock.

[75 Sergey]

Which should have been proved, but not the fact that these pilots are not preparing now.

[APASUS]

The fastest F-16 pilot training program takes 35 months.

Here I am about it. Planes would have been given a long time ago, but who will sit at the helm. And there is also a Western system that does not allow you to prepare pilots in advance. For this, funds are allocated officially

[rocket757]

There is also a system / program for the training of service personnel and not a small infrastructure for supporting / maintaining equipment ...
And what, too, pensioners / retirees will go for the "long hryvnia", to the territory of Kukuev?
But after all, everything is not very calm there, it can also fly ... unpleasant. Instead of a long hryvnia, a wooden mac... so-so option.
Unlike Kukuev's, Western guardians have to think about everything and pay for what they invented.

[blackGRAIL]

On July 16, the House of Representatives of the US Congress approved the allocation of $100 million to train the Ukrainian military to pilot American aircraft. The corresponding initiative was adopted by the lower house of Congress as an amendment to the defense budget for the next fiscal year. The amendment was sponsored by Republican Adam Kinzinger (Illinois). According to the legislator, the measure proposed by him will facilitate the transition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Western equipment in the future. According to the congressman, it will take about three months to learn the basics of piloting the F-16 fighter.

When we start talking about the exorbitant difficulty of teaching Ukrainians to use Western weapons, for some reason they forget that the United States trained Iraqis on Abrams and F-16s. The Arabs did it.

[APASUS]

Quote from: blackGRAIL

When we start talking about the exorbitant difficulty of teaching Ukrainians to use Western weapons, for some reason they forget that the United States trained Iraqis on Abrams and F-16s. The Arabs did it.

You forget how long it took to train them. Ukraine does not have 30-35 months for pilot training. Although today I read in a French edition:

In addition, Colonel Ignat assured that it would not be difficult to send about thirty Ukrainian pilots who speak enough English to be trained on a new combat aircraft. The same goes for technicians. “It will take several weeks to learn […] to fly from point A to point B, and to learn how to fight and use missiles will take about six months,” he calculated.

It is very likely that Ukrainians are studying along an unofficial line. But 30 pilots seems a little to me

[solar]

The author did not understand what he was talking about. England does not have the F-16 in service. They have Typhoons and F-35s.

[75 Sergey]

And they are quietly preparing!
Who do they want to fall in love with again?!