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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Denmark to start the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s

Bo Amstrup

Denmark's government said Monday that the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 jets has started and the retirement of Scandinavian country's fleet of aging U.S. fighters has been moved up two years.

The replacement fighters, F-35s, will be operative by 2025, acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. Initially, the switch was planned for 2027.

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