American press: Training of the first group of pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to fly the F-16 will probably not be completed until the summer of next year

The first group of Ukrainian pilots will most likely not have time to complete their training on American F-16 fighters until next summer.

According to the American edition of The Washington Post, the delays in the training of Ukrainian military pilots are due to the delay by the West in the implementation of the training program.

The first stage of training will take place only six Ukrainian pilots, that is, about half of one squadron. Two more pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were identified as reserve candidates for training.

According to senior Ukrainian officials, despite the fact that the training process should have already begun, the training of pilots is just beginning to gradually gain momentum.

Despite the fact that the selected pilots already understand English fluently, in order to learn a special aviation terminology, they will have to take a four-month language course in the UK.

This factor delays the start of combat flight training, which is expected to take about six months and end in January. The second group of Ukrainian pilots of approximately the same strength will be ready for training only by the end of next year.

A significant part of the best of the remaining Ukrainian military pilots is supposed to be left in Ukraine to launch long-range SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles supplied by the West from aircraft carriers at the disposal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Comments

[Murmur 55]

Ish you (if true). And what about the praises to the Ukrainian flyers from Kyiv and Washington? It seems to me that the point here is not in the flyers and their language problems, here the problem is more complicated.

[rotmistr60]

Training of the first group of pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to fly the F-16 will probably not be completed until next summer

Here's to you. But what about the high learning ability of Ukrainians, the hope of getting planes in the fall? All expectations of the next "miracle weapon" are in vain. Yes, and only six will undergo training at the first stage, but planned 18. Western "friends" did not appreciate the potential of Ukrainian letaks.

[BorzRio]

Not at all. If Ukraine's counteroffensive fails, the US will force it to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia and freeze the conflict. That is, most of Ukraine will be under the control of the United States and by the time the agreement is signed, Ukraine will receive Western aircraft for already trained pilots. Protected hangars and bunkers will be created for the F-16, and that’s it, Ukraine can be pumped further with weapons, and if it’s a little something, war again, only now it will also have aviation and missiles with a range of more than 500 km. So in vain you relaxed.

[Murmur 55]

rotmistr60 , well, there is an option that this concerns training and aircraft directly from the United States, but E.S. and England can speed up the process.

[Sedov]

It’s just that it’s not realistic to translate all the inscriptions on the instruments in the F-16 cockpit into Ukrainian in half a year ..

[I dare to_notice_]

Of course they won't.
They need to finish school first...
Aunts (even in Ukraine!) Have not yet learned how to give birth to ready-made pilots.
And those that were, in a year and a half, all were dumped.
If you believe Comrade. Konashenkov...

[APASUS]

And as everyone was told that pilots on the F-16 train in courses in 20 days. Now only the planes will be handed over and that's it, win after win.
But it turned out that pilots need to be trained for a year, and that’s not a fact

[Uprun]

It seems to me that they prepare less for astronauts, our actress will not let you lie, they have prepared and have already flown, back and forth.

[Murmur 55]

Uprun , aunty was prepared for space PASSENGERS, and not for astronauts). Belka and Strelka in a modern style.

[Rumata]

Quote: BorzRio

If Ukraine's counteroffensive fails, the US will force it to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia and freeze the conflict.

Will the Russian Federation also be forced to sit at the table?))))

[BorzRio]

Should the Russian leadership be forced? It itself keeps repeating on all corners that it is ready for negotiations.

[AndreyKam_Z]

That's right, Russia confirms its readiness for negotiations, but sitting down at the negotiating table does not mean reaching an agreement.

[rocket757]

And what is there to discuss?
How / if it happens, then the topic for discussion will appear, but for now pf-e, go understand what and how it will be ???

[Mwg]

Training of the first group of pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to fly the F-16 will probably not be completed until next summer

In the USA, everything is going according to plan: everything will be ready for a new "offensive". And the F-16 and, perhaps even, with tactical nuclear weapons. I don’t want to be a predictor, but the totality of indirect signs speaks precisely of the high probability of the use of tactical nuclear weapons

[Expert]

In short, the gypsies were driving - you won’t catch up ...
It is necessary to check what is written before publication, otherwise almost every subsequent paragraph contradicts the previous one.

[Sedov]

Quote: Sedov

It’s just that it’s not realistic to translate all the inscriptions on the instruments in the F-16 cockpit into Ukrainian in half a year ..

Actually, it was humor. To learn technical English for flights for the level of communication: pilot-instructor, pilot-technician, pilot-dispatcher (flight control), even with intermediate training, is simply not realistic. It's easier to translate the technical literature and the inscriptions on the instruments into their language. Everyone rushes about with these F16s, as if these six poorly prepared chicks from the estate of Ignat are directly the last salvation of Kiev, and they will definitely be able to turn the tide of the counteroffensive and right only with their arrival Ukraine will finally rise. Well, it's just funny. Especially when the photos of these youths were shown after the recent hit on Starokonstantinov - well, it's just some kind of senior Hitler Youth. Drain Kyiv. It’s just that some kind of optimism for them still needs to be fueled so that everything doesn’t collapse all at once, but “the program is being curtailed to prepare the next stage.” It is already obvious to everyone that NATO lost the first round (Ukraine) both in the database and in the economy, and now it is coming up with some kind of scenario for "exit with saving face". And it's good that we also learned our lessons from this ..