WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Guard still has enough money on hand to complete the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets despite the U.S. running out of funds to send additional weapons and assistance to Kyiv, the head of the Guard Gen. Dan Hokanson said Thursday.
President Joe Biden announced in August that the U.S. would begin training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, as part of a multi-national effort to provide Ukraine the advanced fighter jets.
Pilot training began in October at Morris Air National Guard base in Tucson, Ariz.
But the pilot training has been able to continue, Hokanson said.
“We do have the resources to continue the training that’s already started,” Hokanson said, and get that initial tranche completed this year.
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