The US Congress proposed to allocate $ 100 million for the training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-15 and F-16

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The House of Representatives passed an $840 billion defense policy bill that would provide for training Ukrainian pilots on US F-15 and F-16 fighter jets.

About this with reference to the document informed Voice of America journalist Ostap Yarysh.

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According to him, among the approved amendments was a provision on the allocation of $100 million for the training of Ukrainian military pilots on American aircraft, in particular, F-15 and F-16.

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REFERENCE. The F-16 is a fourth-generation American multifunctional light fighter.. Due to its versatility and relatively low cost, it is the most massive fourth-generation fighter (over 4604 aircraft were built as of June 2018) and is successful on the international arms market (25 countries are in service), in 2019 it was the most common combat aircraft in the world.

filipv on July 15th, 2022 at 19:55 UTC »

In Korea, Chinese pilots flew Chinese fighter jets with Korean markings against the US.

In Vietnam, Soviet pilots flew Soviet fighter jets with Vietnamese markings against the US.

Over the Suez, Soviet pilots flew Soviet fighter jets with Egyptian markings against Israelis.

Israel never went to war with the Soviet Union, nor the US went to war with China or the Soviet Union.

quantainium_pasta on July 15th, 2022 at 14:17 UTC »

The optimist in me wants to guess that Ukraine already has pilots in the US that are training on these things.

well_uh_yeah on July 15th, 2022 at 14:17 UTC »

The US military budget could contain just about anything for almost any price and it would basically be a footnote.