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The shortfall makes it more difficult for the service to fill a pilot shortage of around 2,000 people that has persisted for years.
Ukrainian pilots with prior experience flying other fighters could learn to fly the F-16 in as short as five months, the Air Force said.
Its flight marks the beginning of the T-7′s final development phase before Boeing starts producing military-ready jets.
F-16 jets will bolster Ukraine in the long run but not necessarily as part of a spring counteroffensive against Russia.
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