COPENHAGEN: Denmark will retire its fleet of F-16 fighter earlier than planned, the Danish defense minister said on Monday, raising the likelihood that a number of them will be donated to Ukraine.
The warplanes will be retired by 2025 instead of 2027 as the replacement F-35 aircraft from the United States "can be phased in and made operational earlier than planned," acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told public broadcaster DR.
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