France said Thursday it has sent the first of the promised Mirage jet fighters to Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron announced in June 2024 that Ukraine would get the jets.
A new batch of F-16 fighter jets owned by the Netherlands has been delivered to Ukraine, the war-torn country announced on Thursday. It is unclear how many of the 24 fighter jets the Netherlands ...
Ukraine Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said Thursday that the first Dutch F-16 fighters had also arrived in Ukraine. "These modern combat vehicles are already in Ukraine and will soon begin ...
Ukrainian Air Fleet was strengthened by French Mirage 2000 and F-16 fighters from the Netherlands. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on X, the Ukrainian News agency reports. "Ukrainian Air ...
A pilot in an F-16 fighter awaiting takeoff clearance for a flight to Estonia, part of NATO enhanced Vigilance Activities (eVA), carrying out scheduled patrols in key areas of Baltic airspace, at ...
Remarkably, news of extra F-16 transfers surfaced mere hours after French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced the Mirage 2000-5's dispatch to Ukraine.
Previously, the Netherlands announced the transfer of 24 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Ukrainian pilots are receiving training also at the European F-16 Training Center in Romania, using 18 Dutch ...
Though the aircraft won't be enough to turn the tide in Kyiv's favor, they may make it that much harder for Russia to gain any further ground.
AMRAAM missiles could potentially give a much-needed boost to the F-16s in service in Ukraine, as they're far from the most advanced or capable Fighting Falcons in service today.
France said Thursday it has sent the first of the promised Mirage 2000 F-16 fighter jets, like the one pictured here, to Ukraine. File Photo by Paul Farley/U.S. Navy/UPI ...