Powerful Western fighter jets may be sent to Ukraine to bolster its forces in the fight against Russian invasion, the head of the United States Air Force said.
General Charles Brown, the US Air Force chief of staff, said US officials were considering training Ukrainian pilots as part of a future support package.
The military chief said Washington and other Western governments were discussing “Ukraine’s long-term plan for how to build their air force and the air force they will need in the future.”
This could include, for the first time, deliveries of Nato-standard fighter jets as Ukrainian pilots continue to defy the odds and stay in the air in their fight against the Russian invasion.
Speaking at a security conference in Aspen, General Brown said Kyiv was unlikely to be given Soviet MiGs because spare parts were too difficult to obtain from Russia.
“There are a number of different platforms that could go to Ukraine… it will be a non-Russian thing. I could tell you that,” he said. “But I can’t tell you exactly what it will be.”
General Brown raised the prospect of US fighter jets, Swedish Gripen fighters, Eurofighter Typhoon and French Rafale fighters as possible options.
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