Sterre made a positive forecast about Norwegian F-16s for Ukraine <\/p>\n
Norway has already delivered the promised F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. However, the planes are still undergoing repairs.<\/p>\n
As reported by RBC-Ukraine, this was stated by Norwegian Prime Minister Gar Sterre during a press briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Read also: Promised but not delivered: who is “stalling” the supply of F-16s to Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Sterre, Norway provided Ukraine with aircraft that had not been in service with the Norwegian military for a long time, as the country has been using the latest F-35s for several years now.<\/p>\n Therefore, in order for Ukrainian soldiers to begin using the Norwegian F-16s, they need to be repaired and prepared.<\/p>\n The Prime Minister noted that other countries supplying F-16s to Ukraine transferred them directly from their combat fleet so that Ukrainian pilots could use them more quickly.<\/p>\n “Now they belong to Ukraine, and they are being repaired and prepared for operation by Belgian technical specialists as part of an agreement also made with the U.S. and Ukraine. I believe that the first of these aircraft will be ready for operation soon, but they are already part of the Ukrainian Air Force,” Sterre emphasized.<\/p>\n Rumors about Norwegian F-16s<\/p>\n Recall that earlier NRK reported that six F-16 fighter jets, which Norway officially transferred to Ukraine’s ownership in 2024-2025, are still not involved in combat tasks.<\/p>\n All the planes are in the repair shops of Sabena in Belgium due to unsatisfactory technical conditions and a lack of capacity for their maintenance.<\/p>\n Amid expectations of enhanced air defense, it was revealed that four aircraft were delivered to Belgium in disassembled condition, as they could not take off on their own.<\/p>\n According to experts, the planes lack about 100 key parts, and the process of assembly and modernization may take another year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stere made a positive forecast about Norwegian F-16s for Ukraine. Norway has already delivered the promised F-16 fighters to Ukraine. However, the planes are still undergoing repairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-en"],"yoast_head":"\n