The spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat said that foreign

combat aircraft

pilots can serve in the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, be pilots or employees of the engineering and aviation staff.

For this, they need to have a military accounting specialty.

He said this on the air of the national telethon.  

Ignat noted that attracting foreigners is not something new for Ukraine.

In particular, he reminded that there are foreign legions in the Armed Forces that join the fight against Russian aggression.

"Then why not. If there is a military accounting specialty such as a pilot, aviation engineer, then these people can legally become servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A citizen of another state, but a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And join one or another specialty," - noted Ignat.

At the same time, he said that due to the fact that Ukraine operates Soviet equipment, foreigners are not needed, because there are enough of its own pilots.

It is another matter if Ukraine receives Western aircraft, such as the F-16.

We will remind you that

the Armed Forces of Slovakia showed a video showing the process of handing over MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.

The other day, Yuriy

Ignat denied the information that Ukrainian pilots are learning French fighters.

The Air Force spokesman also emphasized that

F-16 fighters could shoot down Russian missiles more effectively.

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