Denmark delayed delivery of F-16 to Ukraine

According to Fars News Agency International Group, the Danish newspaper “Berlingske” reported that the country’s Ministry of Defense plans to delay the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine for several months.

According to the “Bloomberg” database, Denmark, which is one of the biggest supporters of Ukraine among the Western countries, had planned the first part of its F-16 fighters consisting of six fighters around the beginning of the new year. send it to Ukraine in 2014, but now according to the report of this Danish newspaper, the delivery of these fighters will be postponed to the second quarter of 2024. This decision announced without providing further details, the delivery program of these fighters is based on the implementation of several conditions, including the success of the training program to work with these fighters to Ukrainian pilots, the availability of sufficient logistics and the existence of infrastructure related to the provision of F-16 services in Ukraine.

Berlingske newspaper wrote that six Ukrainian pilots are currently in Denmark undergoing training to work with the F-16.

“Mate Fredriksen” In August, the Prime Minister of Denmark promised to send 19 F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv. Denmark has completed the training of Ukrainian pilots for use in the program.

Last Wednesday, Norway’s defense minister announced that Oslo will send two F-16 fighters and 10 trainers to the program. The Ukrainian pilots are sent to Denmark to learn how to work with these fighters.

Belgium also announced that it will send two F-16 fighter jets and about 50 personnel for this program between March and September. sends training to Denmark.

Ukraine’s western allies will hold a training program for Ukrainian pilots to work with F-16 fighters in the United States, Romania, Denmark, France and the United Kingdom.

It was the first time in the summer season that the program of granting F-16 fighter jets from the Western allies to Ukraine was officially reflected after the approval of US President Joe Biden.

Last month in August, American sources announced that the Joe Biden administration had agreed to provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the Netherlands and Denmark, after the completion of the training program for Ukrainian pilots to fly these warplanes.

After this statement by the Biden administration, Denmark and the Netherlands also agreed to deliver part of their F-16 fighters to Ukraine under the pressure and green light of the United States.

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Last August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited a military air base located in the city of Eindhoven in the south of the Netherlands to inspect two of these fighters. This happened on the same day that the Netherlands and Denmark announced their initial decision to grant these fighters to Ukraine.

Last month, Romania opened an international F-16 training center Ukrainian forces announced with the participation of its allies, including the NATO coalition.

According to Romania’s statement, the fighters used in this training center by the Netherlands and the trainers and maintenance personnel of this center were also provided by the company. American Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer of these fighters, will be supplied.

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