Greece plans to transfer 32 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
Pravda Ukraine
Greece has planned to decommission 32 old F-16 Block-30 fighter jets and transfer them to Ukraine.
Source: Al Jazeera with reference to its sources
Details: The Hellenic Air Force plans to upgrade 82 F-16s to Block-70 and acquire 24 fourth-generation Rafale fighter jets from France.
The US Congress committee has also allowed Greece to purchase up to 40 fifth-generation F-35 multirole fighters.
According to the sources, Greece believes it is better to transfer these aircraft to the US at first, where they would be upgraded and then sent to Kyiv.
However, the Hellenic Air Force’s representative stated, “The sale of 32 F-16s … would open a big hole in the air force. … There has to be a quorum of about 200 aircraft, which can’t happen with more modern and expensive fighter jets”.
Background:
- On 10 July, leaders of the United States, Denmark, and the Netherlands, who head the fighter jet coalition, announced that Ukraine will receive its first F-16 aircraft this summer.
- In early July, it was announced that the Netherlands would shortly begin supplying Ukraine with the first of 24 F-16 fighter jets.
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