F-16

The center will serve as a model for training regional partners, including the Ukrainian Air Force, said Kathleen Kavalec, U.S. ambassador to Romania.

The DOD estimates it will take five to nine months to fully train Ukrainian fighter pilots to fly the fighter jets.

A small number of pilots will train in F-16 fundamentals over the next several months at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson.

Four fighters and 120 Air Force personnel will operate out of Keflavik Air Base.

Six fighter squadrons have deployed to the Middle East since October 7 as part of U.S. deterrence efforts in the region.

Sunday’s drill was the first joint aerial exercise of its kind and occurred as a response to nuclear threats by North Korea.

Denmark and the Netherlands will also instruct fighter pilots, American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced while attending a NATO defense ministers summit in Brussels.

The aircraft assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, will conduct air policing missions of NATO’s eastern flank.

Pilots are using a desktop virtual reality flight simulator to familiarize themselves with the fighter before training in the U.S.

Fighter jets scrambled over D.C. before the private airplane went down in northern Virginia on June 4.