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ALERT Service entry of the first F-16 multirole fighter jets in the Ukrainian Air Force

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Last updated: August 4, 2024, 17:14 UTC
Published: Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 17:14 UTC
Category: Military
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First ten F-16 fighter jets officially entered in service in the Ukrainian Air Force.

During a ceremony in Eastern Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, celebrated the entry in service of the first ten F-16AM/BM MLU multirole fighter jets in the Ukrainian Air Force.

We are now in a new phase of development for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We have done a lot to transition the Ukrainian Air Force to a new aviation standard – Western combat aviation. From the beginning of this war, we have been talking with our partners about… pic.twitter.com/z21yTU0Hjo

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 4, 2024

The F-16 aircraft were transferred from Denmark and the Netherlands. The Secretary of State Blinken announced during NATO summit that: “Those jets will be flying in the skies of Ukraine this summer to make sure that Ukraine can continue to effectively defend itself against the Russian aggression”.

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