Norway is sending two F-16 fighter jets to Denmark to train Ukrainian war pilots. Norway has already deployed 10 instructors in Denmark for this purpose.
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Norway is sending two F-16 fighter jets to Denmark to train Ukrainian pilots
Norway has already deployed 10 instructors in Denmark
The first group of six Ukrainian pilots completed training on F-16s in the UK and are now undergoing flight training in Denmark
Norway will send two F-16 fighters to Denmark
The F-16s will be used to train Ukrainian pilots
Norway will send two F-16 fighter jets to Denmark to train Ukrainian pilots
Norway had sent 10 instructors to Denmark to help train Ukrainian pilots
Norway's Minister of Defense, Bjørn Arild Gram, sits in the back of an F-16 aircraft at Bodø airport, Norway, where the final preparations are being made before two Norwegian F-16 aircraft are sent to Denmark to be used in the training of Ukrainian pilots.
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