{"id":164516,"date":"2025-01-06T21:47:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/ukraine-accelerates-f-16-pilot-training\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T21:47:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:47:27","slug":"ukraine-accelerates-f-16-pilot-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=164516","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Accelerates F-16 Pilot Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister, Brig. Gen. Serhiy Melnyk said on Thursday the country will reduce the F-16<\/a><\/span> pilot training program. Ukraine<\/a><\/span> will shave three months off the scheduled training period in order to get its pilots flying their new aircraft sooner. Ukraine lost its first F-16 as it was intercepting missiles<\/a><\/span> and drones over Ukraine. It is unclear what brought it down, although one suggestion was that it collided with a slow-flying drone. The second batch of Danish F-16s was delivered on 7 December last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukraine is seeking to expedite the training of F-16 pilots amid a pilot shortage as F-16s start to arrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,120,625,628,341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-europe","category-f-16","category-fighter-jets","category-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t