Ukrainian Pilots Are Completing F-16 Training: Kyiv Military Official

The spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force announced some of his country’s pilots are finishing up training to fly F-16 Fighting Falcon jets.Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform on Thursday reported Major Illia Yevlash, who was appointed head of the Air Force Command’s Public Relations Service in March, said an unspecified number of Ukrainian pilots are completing preparations to fly the U.S.-made aircraft.Military analysts consider the addition of F-16s to Kyiv’s military as an upgrade to its Air Force. For much of the war that was started by Russian President Vladimir Putin in February…