Ukraine continues to assess airfields for F-16 multi-role fighters, Ukraine's First Deputy Minister of Defence Oleksandr Pavlyuk has said.
"We are working on the implementation of the Fast Track by the end of 2024. Airfields for multi-role fighters have been assessed as part of this programme. Also, our pilots and engineers have been training on the F-16 since August 2023 under a wide range of programmes," Pavlyuk said.
He also added that work on the integration of the F-16 multi-role aircraft into the overall system of the Ukrainian Defence Forces continues both within Ukraine and simultaneously as part of joint efforts with partners within the framework of the International Air Force Coalition.
In Ukraine, complex and painstaking work is underway to prepare the infrastructure, protect it, including with air defence systems, and on a number of other issues.
"I would like to note that training on the territory of Ukraine takes place in conditions of constant use of airfield infrastructure, engineers and flight personnel to perform combat missions. And we are doing everything to simultaneously defeat the enemy, protect our own capabilities and acquire new ones," Pavlyuk added.