• Home
  • News
    • BREAKING!
    • Investigation
    • Media
    • Interview
    • NEWS ANALYSIS
    • PRESS RELEASE
  • Politics
  • Business
    • OIL & GAS
    • AVIATION
    • ENERGY
    • ECONOMY
    • Agriculture
  • Crime
  • Entertainment
    • MUSIC&ENTERTAINMENT
    • PEOPLE/SOCIETY/CELEBRATION
  • Sports
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Mission Statement
  • More
    • INTERNATIONAL
      • AFRICA
      • DIPLOMATIC
      • FOREIGN
    • DISASTER
    • Civil Society/Human Rights
    • EDUCATION
    • Health
    • Columnist
    • ENVIRONMENT
    • Workers World
    • Judiciary
    • Guest Column
    • Opinion
    • RELIGION
    • ADVENTURE
    • HISTORY
    • DEFENCE
    • SEXUAL VIOLENCE
    • ICT
    • SUNDAY SERMON
    • OBITUARY
    • FOR THE RECORD
    • REACTION
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • NYSC Member Donates Science Lab Worth N8m To FCT Sec. Sch.
  • Rev. Fr. Moses Adasu University Requests Additional Funding As Another State Varsity Kicks Off
  • Rampant Super Falcons Smash Zambia 5-0 To Reach WAFCON Semis
  • Tinubu Appoints Babangida BOA Chairman, Other Heads Of MDAs
  • Police Nab Suspected Notorious Bandit In Kaduna After Evading Arrest For 11 Years
  • Trump Requests Release Of Epstein Grand Jury Documents
  • IMF Urges G20 To Address Global Economic Challenges, Highlights Policy Priorities
  • Benue Govt Validates IDP Policy For Domestication, Commissioner Debunks Fraud Allegation
Facebook Twitter Instagram
National RecordNational Record
  • Home
  • News
    1. BREAKING!
    2. Investigation
    3. Media
    4. Interview
    5. NEWS ANALYSIS
    6. PRESS RELEASE
    Featured

    NYSC Member Donates Science Lab Worth N8m To FCT Sec. Sch.

    By National RecordJuly 19, 202502 Mins Read
    Recent

    NYSC Member Donates Science Lab Worth N8m To FCT Sec. Sch.

    July 19, 2025

    Rev. Fr. Moses Adasu University Requests Additional Funding As Another State Varsity Kicks Off

    July 19, 2025

    Rampant Super Falcons Smash Zambia 5-0 To Reach WAFCON Semis

    July 18, 2025
  • Politics
    Featured

    IMF Urges G20 To Address Global Economic Challenges, Highlights Policy Priorities

    By National RecordJuly 18, 202503 Mins Read
    Recent

    IMF Urges G20 To Address Global Economic Challenges, Highlights Policy Priorities

    July 18, 2025

    Should Nigerians Expect Something Good From The ADC? By Dimeji Macaulay

    July 17, 2025

    IMF Approves $32.8m Loan For Burkina Faso Amid Economic Challenges

    July 17, 2025
  • Business
    1. OIL & GAS
    2. AVIATION
    3. ENERGY
    4. ECONOMY
    5. Agriculture
    Featured

    BIPC GMD, Asemakaha, Defends Father’s Lavish Burial

    By National RecordJuly 17, 202504 Mins Read
    Recent

    BIPC GMD, Asemakaha, Defends Father’s Lavish Burial

    July 17, 2025

    Dangote Says He Defied The Odds To Build $20bn Refinery, Calls on Wealthy Nigerians To Build Nigeria

    July 16, 2025

    Africans Will Develop Africa, Dangote Tells Global CEOs

    July 14, 2025
  • Crime
    Featured

    Police Nab Suspected Notorious Bandit In Kaduna After Evading Arrest For 11 Years

    By National RecordJuly 18, 202503 Mins Read
    Recent

    Police Nab Suspected Notorious Bandit In Kaduna After Evading Arrest For 11 Years

    July 18, 2025

    Trump Requests Release Of Epstein Grand Jury Documents

    July 18, 2025

    Abuja Hotel Proprietor Accuses EFCC Of Illegal Raid, Destruction Of Property

    July 15, 2025
  • Entertainment
    1. MUSIC&ENTERTAINMENT
    2. PEOPLE/SOCIETY/CELEBRATION
    Featured

    Funke Akindele Premieres ‘Aiyetoro Town’ Season 2 June

    By National RecordJune 10, 202502 Mins Read
    Recent

    Funke Akindele Premieres ‘Aiyetoro Town’ Season 2 June

    June 10, 2025

    Social Media Influencer VeryDarkMan Re-Arraigned For Cyberbullying Charges

    May 15, 2025

    DSTV, GOtv Tariff Hike: Court Blocks FCCPC From Sanctioning Multichoice

    March 12, 2025
  • Sports
    Featured

    Rampant Super Falcons Smash Zambia 5-0 To Reach WAFCON Semis

    By National RecordJuly 18, 202502 Mins Read
    Recent

    Rampant Super Falcons Smash Zambia 5-0 To Reach WAFCON Semis

    July 18, 2025

    Sinner Dethrones Alcaraz At Wimbledon

    July 14, 2025

    Chelsea Avenge Defeat Of English Clubs At UEFA Champions League, Trash PSG To Clinch FIFA Club World Cup

    July 14, 2025
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Mission Statement
  • More
    • INTERNATIONAL
      • AFRICA
      • DIPLOMATIC
      • FOREIGN
    • DISASTER
    • Civil Society/Human Rights
    • EDUCATION
    • Health
    • Columnist
    • ENVIRONMENT
    • Workers World
    • Judiciary
    • Guest Column
    • Opinion
    • RELIGION
    • ADVENTURE
    • HISTORY
    • DEFENCE
    • SEXUAL VIOLENCE
    • ICT
    • SUNDAY SERMON
    • OBITUARY
    • FOR THE RECORD
    • REACTION
National RecordNational Record
Home»News»FOREIGN»US Approves Sending F-16s To Ukraine From Denmark And Netherlands
FOREIGN

US Approves Sending F-16s To Ukraine From Denmark And Netherlands

EditorBy EditorAugust 18, 2023Updated:August 18, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Reddit WhatsApp Email
F-16 Fighter jets
Netherlands' Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly during a media day illustrating how NATO Air Policing safeguards the Allies' airspace in the northern and northeastern region of the Alliance, July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest WhatsApp Email
Post Views: 175

THE United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a U.S. official said on Thursday.

Ukraine has actively sought the U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to help it counter Russian air superiority.

Washington gave Denmark and the Netherlands official assurances that the United States will expedite approval of transfer requests for F-16s to go to Ukraine when the pilots are trained, the official said.

“We welcome Washington’s decision to pave the way for sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine,” Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Now, we will further discuss the subject with our European partners.”

Denmark also said providing Ukraine with the jets would now be discussed.

“The government has said several times that a donation is a natural next step after training. We are discussing it with close allies, and I expect we will soon be able to be more concrete about that,” Danish defence minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen told news agency Ritzau on Friday.

A coalition of 11 countries will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16 fighter jets later this month in Denmark, the Danish defence ministry said on Friday.

The country’s acting Defense Minister Troels Poulsen said in July that the country hoped to see “results” from the training in early 2024.

NATO members Denmark and the Netherlands have been leading international efforts to train pilots as well as support staff, maintain aircraft and ultimately enable Ukraine to obtain F-16s for use in its war with Russia.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in May said the Netherlands was seriously considering providing Ukraine with F-16s, as it is currently phasing out the fighter jets from its own armed forces.

According to figures from the Dutch defence ministry, the Netherlands currently has 24 operational F-16s which will be phased out by mid-2024. Another 18 of the jets are currently available for sale, of which 12 have been provisionally sold.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent letters to his Danish and Dutch counterparts assuring them that the requests would be approved, the U.S. official said.

“I am writing to express the United States’ full support for both the transfer of F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine and for the training of Ukrainian pilots by qualified F-16 instructors,” Blinken said in a letter to the two officials, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.

Blinken said, “It remains critical that Ukraine is able to defend itself against ongoing Russian aggression and violation of its sovereignty.”

He said the approval of the requests would allow Ukraine to take “full advantage of its new capabilities as soon as the first set of pilots complete their training.”

U.S. President Joe Biden endorsed training programs for Ukrainian pilots on F-16s in May. In addition to training in Denmark, a training center was to be set up in Romania.

Kyiv will not be able to operate U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets this coming autumn and winter, Ukraine air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told Ukrainian television late on Wednesday.

U.S. officials have privately said that F-16 jets would have been of little help to Ukraine in its current counteroffensive and will not be a game changer when they eventually arrive given Russian air defense systems and contested skies over Ukraine.

The F-16 is made by Lockheed Martin (LMT.N).

Reuters

Follow the National Record Channel on WhatsApp

Denmark F-16s fighter jets Netherlands Ukraine US
Editor
  • Website

Related Posts

Ukraine Celebrates Trump’s Weapons Reversal, But The ‘Devil’s In The Details’

July 16, 2025

CSOs Commend FG For Rejecting US Attempt To Deport Venezuelans To Nigeria

July 14, 2025

German Doctor On Trial For Murdering 15 Patients

July 14, 2025

Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

Recent Posts
  • NYSC Member Donates Science Lab Worth N8m To FCT Sec. Sch.
  • Rev. Fr. Moses Adasu University Requests Additional Funding As Another State Varsity Kicks Off
  • Rampant Super Falcons Smash Zambia 5-0 To Reach WAFCON Semis
  • Tinubu Appoints Babangida BOA Chairman, Other Heads Of MDAs
  • Police Nab Suspected Notorious Bandit In Kaduna After Evading Arrest For 11 Years
About Us
About Us

Contest Communications Limited is a company incorporated to operate a purely ideologically progressive and working class news establishment. Registered in 2019 to bring this idea into reality, National Record, with the domain name: https://nationalrecord.com.ng/ was conceived to operate as an online news publication.

Contact Us

Contest Communications Limited

Address: 2nd Floor, Suite 21B, Dagep Plaza, Opposite Anaconda Garden and Resort, Off Karu Roundabout, Karu-Site, AMAC, Abuja-FCT.

Phone: +2348033209749

Email: Nationalrecordng@gmail.com

Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest
© 2025 All Right Reserved. National Record. Designed By DeedsTech.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.