Denmark closer to donating F-16s to Ukraine

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 26, 2023 8:10 pm

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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