Tag: F-16

Denmark closer to donating F-16s to Ukraine

COPENHAGEN, June 26, 2023 (AFP) – Denmark will retire its fleet of F-16 fighter earlier than planned, the Danish defence minister said Monday, raising the likelihood that a number of them will be donated to Ukraine. The warplanes will be retired by 2025 instead of 2027 as the replacement F-35 aircraft from the United States “can be phased in and made operational earlier than planned,” acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told public broadcaster DR. […]

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Pilot saved from power line after Belgian F-16 crashes in France

by Benjamin MASSOT PLUVIGNER, France (AFP) — An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian air force crashed Thursday in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting — but one spent two hours hanging from a power line before being cut down, officials said. Parts from the stricken plane, which was not carrying weapons and was flying from Belgium to a French base on a training mission, crashed into houses in the Morbihan region around the […]

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