Some fact already written about many months ago will now obviously become true as two Norwegian AF F-16 (presumably BM) will fly to the Danish fighter base to train Ukrainian pilots.
Obviously two Belgian AF F-16BM will also arrive at Skrydstrup in the not too distant future. Together with the two Norwegian F-16BM (689 should be one of them) they will unfortunately used only for ground training, not flying training!
Herby wrote: ↑04 Jan 2024, 19:05
Obviously two Belgian AF F-16BM will also arrive at Skrydstrup in the not too distant future. Together with the two Norwegian F-16BM (689 should be one of them) they will unfortunately used only for ground training, not flying training!
What's the logic behind sending B-models if they are to be used as ground trainers only?
The next delivery of F-35 will be in the third quarter of 2024 as the earliest. Because of this it is possible that some of the six aircrafts (L-001 to 006) used for training at Luke will relocate to Skrydstrup. To make up the gap some further USAF F-35 can be used in Arizona as an interim measure.
On 28.2. two Belgian F-16BM, FB17 and FB22, arrived for a short-time loan to train Ukrainian pilots. Even if Danish Fighter Wing operates with some three to four F-16BM during every single slot, there obviously is some need for further trainers.
For 2,1 Mrd. DKK, ca. 280 Mio Euro, Argentina will buy 24 F-16 from Denmark. The aircraft will leave „in the next years“, so presumably not before 2025/26.
