give you an example of my son's training on the Challenger tank in Britain-The Ukrainians asked after daily classes and on weekends, to take them to the training grounds and asked the instructors to train at odd hours. The Chev instructor was surprised by the speed and skill ...As a result, the program was mastered for 2.5 months. My son is a young lieutenant platoon commander.Thank you to all the nations that help us defeat RASHISM. With your help, we will do it.Glory to Ukraine!!!

There is another underlying reason the Ukrainian pilots were so able to adapt to the F-16. While American pilots see flying as their "Dream Come True" career, Ukrainian pilots, while loving flying just as American pilots, see learning and adapting to Western Fighter jets as a major contribution to the survival of their families & country from the destructive invasion of their "Bully" neighbor to the East. Remember, there is no greater motivator than that of SURVIVAL.

If F16's start flying for Ukraine, I will be over there volunteering my 12 years of F16 crew chief experience to help train!! I have also flown in the sim in Tucson and it is such an amazing experience. These pilots will be up and running in no time!!!

I am a Ukrainian and very much so inspired by your comments. Thank you very much for your support and faith in our soldiers. God bless you

When you country is attacked by an invading military force its the greatest motivator to learn fast.

I can't imagine the pressure these two pilots are under when the eyes of the entire world are on them..! Good job guys!

Full faith and admiration for the Ukraine Air force and the Ukraine forces in general. 💯🇳🇱👌✨️

If you are pushed to the corner you can do anything and everything just to survive, SLAVA UKRAINE !

I retired from the 162nd and we trained a lot of foreign pilots while I was a crew chief there, this is the most important. I hope it becomes operational soon.

Oh man, this makes me so happy! These two pilots must be bursting with energy to get going on this amazing project to save their country once and for all! SLAVA UKRAINI! 🌻💙🌻

I keep hearing that the Ukrainian soldiers are very smart and eager to learn and that they are fast learners. I've heard this multiple times from good sources. Also I've heard about some American pilots flying Russian fighters and saying they are harder to fly. They were not talking about complexity, just that they were not all that stable and easy to control. They can be flown very well but it takes some skill. Planes that are very aerobatic tend to be pretty unstable anyway. I won't be surprised if they end up developing their own hybrid system of fighting that is maybe mostly NATO with some Soviet stuff thrown in. Once they have the NATO training and tactics and equipment they will still have all of their original knowledge. By learning our NATO system and still knowing the Russian tactics really well that will help them to defeat the orcs.

Ukrainian pilots successfully fought against the Muscovites over Kyiv being vastly outnumbered, sometimes 1 vs 20, so the very fact they survived proves their skills more than anything else.

Never underestimate the honey badger! Our Ukrainian friends are fierce and confident, needless to say, capable of whatever is put in front of them. The two pilots are prime examples of these characteristics and more.

as a Ukrainian, this brings tears of joy to my eyes. Thanks to all the Allies that help us in this war, we would never survived without your help and we will never forget!

Here is only one word - motivation. Motivation to defend their freedom, family and motherland. Glory to Ukraine!

! As a Ukrainian, I will say - our difficult history has molded us to be strong willed, adaptable. Today's Ukraine was a birthplace of Cossacks, freedom loving people. Cossack lands bordered Polish, Ottoman and Russian Empires who respected them. Cossacks lived freely, they were feared in battle and they fought bravely. We are descendants of Cossacks. In contrast, Russians have nearly always been under the rule of one man, from Ivan the Terrible to Stalin to Putin. This war has proven that their minds and bodies are owned by the state. If their daily news broadcast tells them tomorrow that the moon is ruled by nazis, then every other person on 1420 youtube channel interview will repeat all the talking points - moon is evil, moon is ruled by the nazis, moon should be bombed, moon is a threat to russia We are fighting a horde. That is why we call them "Orcs" and see "Z" as a Zombie. We are fighting for our freedom. Thank you all who support us!!!

It just confirms what we already knew, that the Ukrainian people are highly intelligent, skilled and motivated people with the ability to learn and adapt that makes them outstanding candidates for NATO membership. Putin has made so many mistakes in his life but his biggest was picking a fight with people who far outclass him.

UK’s “Forces News” posted an interview with retired USAF Viper pilot LtCol. Dan "Two Dogs" Hampton mentioning he, a pool of trained pilots, and ground crew (Veterans & civilian contractors) from every nation that operates F-16 are ready to help Ukraine. It’s only a matter of time before we see more on Ukrainian and foreign F-16 pilots, and ground crew.

Great job!!! Slava Ukraine!!!

Спасибо Америке и ее народу за настоящую поддержку Украинского народа , не словом а делом , вот настоящие друзья 😎как говорится друзья познаются в беде 🇺🇦💪🇺🇸

Did anyone doubt the Ukrainians could tackle these planes after everything they've accomplished in this war so far I didn't not for a second. Victory to Ukraine Australia is with you 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇦🇺🇺🇦🇦🇺🇺🇦

Can't see why people thought it would take 18 months. These guys have the most robust combat experience out of any pilots in the world. They fight against much more technically equipped enemy, and still manage to down modern RU aircrafts with 30 y.o. jets. Some of UA pilots have about 300! combat missions, who else in the world have anything similar? I'm pretty sure they can share a lot of experience with NATO/US pilots who will be lucky to train them. This is just a conversion training, I'm pretty sure they will finish it even earlier.

Ukrainian sky falcons, the best of the best💙💛!!! Big thanks to the American people!!! 🤝

At our flight school we use Microsoft Flight Simulator for bad weather training! It is such an accurate program it is perfect for some training especially NAV and ILS. However I was also an aircraft engineer and that helps. I worked one time on the C130 Hercules and managed to have a go in the REAL SIMULATOR! To the amazement of the SIM TECH I started the aircraft took off and flew a mission then landed safely BEFORE I ever had pilot training! There are 'NATURAL PILOTS' out there - men and women- if you got it YOU CAN DO IT! SLAVA UKRAINI! FREEDOM AND GLORY TO THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF UKRAINE from us all - we love you all!

The Ukrainian people have shown outstanding ability to quickly adapt to and use very successfully NATO weapons and tactics. They really are amazing people.

One finds the motivation to learn fast when their country's fate is on the line. Slava Ukraini!

In the Ukraine they still know what excellent flying skills REALLY mean. These guys are real flying aces like our glorious grandfathers all over the world were. I'm so damn proud of the heroes of Ukraine. 💙💛Слава Україні! 💙💛

This is just about the most professional-looking video I've ever seen. Crisp visuals, nice pacing, and NOT EVEN ONE error in the narrative text. Excellent work, NightHawk Veterans! And believe me, you have to put in a lot of effort to get that level of praise from me.

Two factors are required to resolve a problem: 1) Time, 2) effort. The greater the effort the shorter the time. Giving Ukraine state of the art technology will be an effort multiplyer thus shortening the problem (war)..

Hat's off Ukrainian pilots 👍 all of you frontliners are the best in the world ❤

I am not a military. My training is in Public Health and Infectious Diseases from where I retired in 2016 from the CDC and DHS. But I want to say something about this training. I as a Public Servant, was given the task to maintain the Prevention of Respiratory diseases in the region I was assigned. While doing that, I was always planning Contingency plans in case something unexpected or out of the common occurrence could happen. In that way, we were able to face challenges more effectively and control them. I don't see that kind of approach with the Government Officials in charge of the Military Operations here, and because of that, they appear to be totally unprepared of adjusting Military Operations accordingly. They appear to be lagging behind their Military counterparts, so these Officials give an inaccurate assessment of the capabilities of personnel assigned to them. I say that because in this world where there are so many software and electronic games around the world, and the Ukrainians having lots of high quality players, how come someone is going to say Ukrainians would not be capable of learning Western tactics, when they are able to master these games that are mostly Western creations? That is kind of stupid. And I know that because I trained some Ukrainian Techs in advanced molecular TB testing with Western designed and made machines, and they were able to perform all given tasks from A to Z in a matter of days, not weeks!!!! Ukrainians are very Smart and Capable people, and not giving them the opportunity of proving themselves is a dis-service to Ukraine, specially now that they are fighting a War for their survival as a Nation. I really feel ashamed with my government that having all these capabilities, had given Ukraine help at the speed of a sleeping snail.

Not surprising that Ukrainian Pilots can adapt swiftly. This is a glorified “New Type Certification”, as these guys are already combat-experienced pilots. The language barrier isn’t a big deal, but training the visual cues on the airplane HUD will be vitally important for these guys to survive, once battle is joined. Slava Ukraina!

Bravo you two ,we Love Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤❤❤

Much RESPECT TO THE UKRAINE WARRIORS, AND ALL WHO HELP SUPPORT THEM GOD BLESS

New aircraft, new technologies, new tactics; all while doing so in a foreign language. That's what motivation brings.

Is anyone surprised? Have been expecting this. These pilots are under tremendous pressure though. Fly safe boys. Slava Ukraini! 💛💙💪

Very proud of that country as a whole, Go Get Em!!!

Flying an aircraft is one one thing……who’s going to repair and arm them. It’s not as easy as you may think. There’s a saying……fixing them and getting them ready to go is the most difficult……..flying them is the most dangerous.

For a seasoned pilot, moving into a different airframe like the F-16 fortunately isn't too tough. An airplane is an airplane and with these pilots flying Su-27s and Mig-29s, the transition to F-16s would be smooth as ice.

The pressure of these two pilots is something I can’t even describe !

I am not shocked or surprised. I expected this from Ukrainian pilots. Plus experts say the F-16 is easy to handle and to maintain. NATO countries use different tactics with combined arms, but seeing how quickly the Ukrainians learn and adapt they will use them wisely. So get the fighters fast to Ukraine if only to protect the cities from the missiles!

I am in no way surprised that Professional Ukranian Military Pilots did so very well, and given more practice, I would like to hear their Opinion of the F16 Slava Ukraini

, Super hero Ukrianian pilots....best of the best...

I bless all you ukrainian pilots and your trek to learn and operate the f-16!

Slava Ukraine, indeed. These courageous people are our friends and our allies. They have repeatedly, continuously, demonstrated capabilities far beyond Western expectations. It is both immoral and foolish to deny their brilliant military, their citizens, the tools they need to protect their home.

Never underestimate the Ukrainian people! They’ve seen and been through some crap (they survived Stalins famine… heck even surviving the Soviet Union)…. They’re definitely not going to stand for pooptins aggression… supply them with the right tools for victory, and ez clap! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

❤Мальчики наши береги вас ГОСПОДЬ Дай мудрості і здоров'я

I am not surprised that these pilots could do this well this quickly. Lets all remember that they're not learning to fly, they are already very good fighter pilots. They simply have to learn the various systems of the f-16 and aircraft's capabilities and limits. I don't think the pilot training would be a problem. I think the main problem is that since the systems on the f-16 are so more complex than many of the systems on the aircraft that they normally fly that training the ground crews to maintain the f-16 would be the bigger problem and i would imagine would take much longer than four months. Considering the speed at which ukrainian people have learned to operate and maintain other systems that have been sent to ukraine i wouldn't bet against the ground crews learning to maintain these jets much faster than would be expected either. You tend to learn a lot quicker when your lives and the lives of your friends and family literally depend on it.

Ukrainians are extremely fast learners, so I don't think it will take as long to train them as they originally thought.

я живу у Харкові, біля нашого дому знаходилося Харківське Військове Авіаційне Училище льотчиків імені Кожедуба. Разом з друзями ми бігали до злітної смуги та дивились, як тренуються наші курсанти та мріяли вступити вчитися на військових льотчиків.

We thank the people of the USA for their support and assistance to Ukraine! People, you are incredible, we wish you and your country happiness and prosperity! Sincerely, residents of the Ukrainian city of Bucha.💙💛❤❤❤

i'm an old guy now.. but had this war occurred 30 years ago i would have volunteered to fight for Ukrainian freedom... its truly something worth dying for.

So proud that they showed that they were up there with the best. And not the dummies some people thought they would be. GET THEM F16’s ASAP. 👏👏

Fighting for survival...........not politics. Determination overcomes fear. Glory to Ukraine. From all over the world.

Learning the systems of the F-16 isn't the hard part, it's a relatively simple jet compared to other fighters like the F-18. That's why we have sold F-16s to so many countries already, I think it's more of a political debate rather than the training or capability of Ukrainian pilots and maintainers.

GLORIA A UCRANIA!!!, GLORIA A SUS HÉROES!!! 💪💪💪

I'd love to hear the thoughts of the Ukrainian pilots on flying the F-16 compared to their former Soviet era aircraft. This must have been such an unreal experience for them - especially older pilots, who may have already flown for the former Soviet Union.

No surprises here Ukraine has surpassed all expectations of them and will continue to no matter what is thrown at them.

Дивовижний документальний фільм, кадри та результати - thank you

ukraine ppl are smart and educated ppl and willing to do anything to get their land free again and these is the reason we should stand with them bc they never stop they keep pushing them self AMAZING PPL when other country say why ukraine getting the attention not only ukraine at war well that's bc they show they willing to give it all when we see that we can't help our self but to help them GLORY TO UKRAINE MAY FREEDOM COMES SOONER THAN LATER FOR THESE BRAVE PPL

Talley Hoe to both of you courageous pilots. Good hunting! Give any opponent hell! Godspeed .Slava Ukraine.

Kindly ask everyone to support Ukraine in it's war for survival, freedom and democracy. Together we will prevail over dictator's and war criminals! LV👍UA ✌

No stronger motivation than knowing your training is to fight for your family, your friends and your homeland. Battle of Britain pilots knew this very well.

It's not shocking when you remember they are not only fighting for Ukraine but for their families too! It would appear to me that Ukrainian Pilots are natural born fliers!! Good Job!! 👍🏻👍🏻

F-16 is so beautiful! True gem of military aviation

Video of snow! And this means that Ukrainian pilots have been training on the F-16 for at least half a year. There is no need to say that there is some kind of language barrier, pilots in all countries are trying to learn English, since all controllers communicate with pilots in English. In addition, those who flew simulators know what the instrument readings mean. Ukrainians speak English better than Russians, and even after graduating from school, knowledge of English is enough for simple communication. I believe that the reason for the delay in providing Ukraine with these aircraft is mainly logistics and equipment for military airports. Although, in my opinion, it is possible to make sorties from the territory of Poland if there is a great need, which will be within the current month.

This awesome! Plus, you're not actually training these pilots from scratch. This is more like re-training or maybe updating them a bit as they are already knowledgeable and experienced pilots. You see this in other areas of life or in sports where a professional athlete is able to go from one environment to another, albeit different but pretty similar environment and still perform at a high level and once they fully adapt to the new environment, then they are going to be even better.

Great news - let's go give our airforce warriors all the F-16s they need to eliminate the evil orcs

Very glad this moved forward, as the F16 will be a huge benefit to Ukraine’s arsenal. It has been a learning experience for everyone, with some wonderful information being obtained regarding the length of time needed for training of pilots with experience using other platforms and regarding overcoming potential language obstacles. Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦🇺🇸

As an American veteran of two wars and a tax payer, I FULLY support our support for Ukraine. They are keeping Russian aggression in check for, maybe, the whole of Europe. They deserve our support. They also deserve the weapons and tools they need to drive out the invaders.

Some of the things which will prove most difficult for Ukrainian pilots is learning not to fight the plane, formation and wingman flying, combined arms using advanced avionics andf learning to think independently of a ground controller.

Before Desert Storm most in my unit were lazy about using technical manuals and working on our tanks. Once we deployed everyone suddenly cared about how to keep our tank maintained and everything working right.

Praying for Ukraine 🇺🇦 every day

Don't underestimate the motivation. Polish pilots during WWII demonstrated remarkable resilience and skill. Initially used to flying older planes with fixed landing gear, they quickly adapted to the more modern British aircraft with retractable landing gear. Despite these challenges, they achieved something the Brits thought wasn't possible. During the Battle of Britain, 303 Squadron achieved the highest number of kills of any RAF unit, despite joining the battle two months after it began. Their extraordinary performance was recognized and celebrated, and they played a significant role in the eventual victory over the Luftwaffe. So, while it's easy to focus on the technological advantages or disadvantages, the true strength lies in the determination and skill of the pilots themselves. Polish pilots showed the world what motivated, well-trained individuals can achieve, even when starting from a position of perceived disadvantage. Go Ukraine!

Удачи парни!!! И успехов !!!!

Same happen with Italian F-104 pilot during early 2000, during training with other countries, they always outclass other pilot on a simulator using newer jet, reason is simple, when you're trained and use to be effective with an old beast, have a new one it's just a matter of different mechanism, than become more easy to them go 110% than other.

The Ukrainian AirForce pilots have a great deal of training flying with the F15 fighter squadron from the California National Guard. Both the war so they are definitely familiar with Air Force avionics and tactics allready

Ukrainians aren't alone! I Thank and pray to God for helping them, every day by the hour, as I pray for my own family.

IDK why but watching this is like watching your son learn to ride a bike without training wheels. The amount of pride that I have for these brave souls learning at such a fast pace to defend their homes, families and brother/sisters/mothers/fathers is just amazing. I say this as a conservative, and to all the anti war support conservatives I say that this is actually freedom that we're helping them fight for. better than any conflict that we've been in since what WWII or maybe the first gulf war? we're not losing our sons/daughters to fight this war, we're giving older weapons that we designed to fight russia with and the ukranian fighters have shown to be a worthy fighter when given the weapons just like they were in WWII. they suffered a lot, they want freedom, they don't want to live under the soviet or "new russia" thumb. they're stamping out corruption and beating the bastards brains out. If we don't do this, we WILL be in an active war with russia because putin, just like hitler wont be happy with the sudatenland or czechlosovakia he will want more. Appeasement will not work with tyrants.. give them weapons to win. let them push them back to the border and watch the russian civil war break out after that. slava ukrania!

these pilots are experienced professionals, and the planes have been designed to be user friendly, over many years and iterations. They'll do just fine, go kick some butt Ukraine!!

The limiting factor might not be how long it would take Ukrainian pilots to adapt to the F-16, but rather perhaps how logistics and maintenance crews might perform up to needed proficiency.

Those who think that experienced Ukrainian pilots can’t learn to fly modern western jets probably only fly desks! It’s like saying that an experienced driver can’t switch car type fast enough. Of course language and different interfaces take time to get used to and to master but as soon as they receive new planes, they will fly missions after missions, and who knows they could develop flying tactics against Russians that will benefit western pilots. Nothing beats repetition.

Чекаємо з нетерпінням на вас, українські пілоти F-16, разом з літаками. Слава українським небесним асам!!

F16 training needs to include Red Flag or Top Gun style exercises. These two programs greatly increase the survivability of fighter pilots.

Nice video clip here, and presentation of our F-16. It's still an amazing airframe with great capabilities. When these Ukrainian pilots are trained up, and deliveries have been completed I believe things should become a little more interesting over the skies of Ukraine. Take care of those birds, treat them right, and more importantly make sure you feed them often! 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Glory to God, Victory for Ukraine, Rise Free Nations!

I'd love to know what those Ukrainian pilots thought of the F-16, after spending time in the simulator. It's one thing to know a piece of equipment by reputation, and another when you can actually be hands on.

First Class Fighter + First Class, highly motivated Ukrainian Pilots = Winners

An old favorite fighter jet from my childhood. Good to see them in the right hands. Good Luck.

It would appear that they'll have no problem acclimatizing to the F-16s...!

Slava Ukraini! These pilots are very capable and the F-16 is already an earlier generation fighter jet. Do not deny Ukraine an important path to Victory over criminal aggression.

Мы в России с нетерпением ждем их. Пусть эти пилоты лучше изучат основы симулятора Farming Simulator. В будущем для работы на полях Польши им это больше пригодится. Всю наземную технику НАТО мы уже собрали для изучения. Теперь нам нужны обломки этого самолета для изучения. Ждём!

Back in the 80's, in my youth I tried a F-16 simulator (the one's they trained pilots on). And found it very easy to fly. I had a 30 min campaign and managed to land the plane after, with only minor damages to the undercarage. I had absolute no prior training before this, and was very proud after landing (and sweating like a pig)!

Thank you excellent educational presentation. Those skills involved in operating any fighter aircraft are simply mind blowing. There is no doubt the Ukrainian pilots will quickly master such an incredible task. Therefore ..go get them and reclaim your beautiful country.

Найкращі 💪🇺🇦

I just hope the Ukrainian pilots flying the F-16... get the chance to use them... and use them well.

I think its also important to start training the ground and service crews and collect the gear to build a support bases in the Ukraine! This also does not come instantly!

I imagine that trained pilots just have to adjust to the controls of a new plane, learn all their quirks, etc. Much easier than learning to fly from scratch and learning all that stuff as well. It also helps that the F-16 is the same generation fighter craft as the MIG-29 and SU-27 so the Ukrainian pilots don't have to learn the new tech that fighters, like the F-35 has. The big problem is probably getting the ground crews trained up to maintain the F-16s, which are more complicated than Russia's fighters.

In case of genocide and war inside your countrys borders you exceed any limit. It is no doubt that UKAF would be able to use F16 and any other Gen4 jet even without training. They wouls sure not be able to provide the last bit of capability regarding tactics, communication and weapon system to the battlefield but the shear flying is no issue. Those guys flew over 80 sorties each of em since feb 22 in low level stitches between power lines and infrastructure, did aggressive a2g manouvers and are true aviators. They know anything about flight dynamics and won't drop off the sky by pilot errors. All they have to learnis where the right buttons and controls are, a few things that are special, read the PHB and learn about the Radar and weapon systems they are provided with. Hand those jets over and the proud history of the F-16 Viper as the most sporty fighter aircraft is added with a new prout chapter. Those guys are damn motivated, the most skilled war pilots arround and dedicated at a maximum state. As an aviator I only can drop the jaw bones and hail these guys. Crash clurs and off they go.

Ukraine soldiers are among the best in the world.

The history rhymes! It’s enough to remember Polish Pilots in Battle of Britain!