By the end of summer, F-16s will be ready for flight operations in Ukraine - Kirby on transfer of first fighter jets to Kyiv
The White House avoided answering the question about the transfer of the first batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. However, they emphasized that by the end of the summer, the F-16s will be ready for flight operations in Ukraine.
This was stated by the White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby during a briefing at the White House, Voice of America reports, Censor.NET informs.
The representative of Joe Biden's administration was asked whether the information about the transfer of the first batch of F-16 fighters to Ukraine was true. Kirby replied:
"You need to talk to Ukrainians. I will not talk about military capabilities. I will only add that, as we said earlier and as we said at the NATO summit, the process of transferring F-16s to Ukraine continues to move forward. We have noted that the aircraft will be ready for flight operations by the end of the summer. There is no reason to doubt that."
As a reminder, on Wednesday, July 31, Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that the first F-16 fighters had arrived in Ukraine. This was also reported by other American media.
This information has not yet been officially confirmed.
