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Window, tea, or SAM?I guess someone started to think he was more than just a token puppet…
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I'll take any good news I can get.The National Guard still has enough money on hand to finish training 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 multinational effort to provide Ukraine with the advanced fighter jets. Pilot training began in October at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona.
Since then, the Ukraine war fund that the U.S. has used to send billions of dollars in other weapons systems and assistance to Ukraine has run out of money while Congress has struggled to pass new aid.
The lack of funding has meant the U.S. has not been able to send any new weapons packages to Ukraine despite a brutal bombardment campaign by Russia. 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. "If we decide to increase that, obviously we'll need the resources to train additional pilots and ground support personnel."
National Guard boss: US can still fund Ukraine F-16 training — for now
The U.S. has been unable to send any new weapons packages to Ukraine as aid legislation stalls in Congress.
As an Australian I am disgusted by my Govt and some of the senior Army ones behind thisAustralia, I love you, but....
Australian Army blocks Taipan helicopters for Ukraine to cover up their own failures - APDR
The only thing between Taipan helicopters being donated to Ukraine is a veto by the Army, which the government is too weak to overrule.
The U.S approved $100M for Ukraine pilot training back in July 2022, so the money is there - not sure why it took so long to get the pilots into the pipeline, tho.The National Guard still has enough money on hand to finish training 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 multinational effort to provide Ukraine with the advanced fighter jets. Pilot training began in October at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona.
Since then, the Ukraine war fund that the U.S. has used to send billions of dollars in other weapons systems and assistance to Ukraine has run out of money while Congress has struggled to pass new aid.
The lack of funding has meant the U.S. has not been able to send any new weapons packages to Ukraine despite a brutal bombardment campaign by Russia. 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. "If we decide to increase that, obviously we'll need the resources to train additional pilots and ground support personnel."
National Guard boss: US can still fund Ukraine F-16 training — for now
The U.S. has been unable to send any new weapons packages to Ukraine as aid legislation stalls in Congress.
Nothing to do with the Ukraine, please back on topic.
Respectfully Marcel - funding for Ukraine has EVERYTHING to do with coupling shutting down our southern border.
I think I can trump that.
