Initial cadre of 32 Pilots should complete their F-16 training in Feb 24 along with the ground crews (These were all experienced Mig-29 and SU-27 pilots with good English).
I said it'd take thousands of training hours. A top US pilot would take 500 hours for a transition to an F16 if they'd never piloted it plus 210 hours theory...and they do it under a thousand hours because they speak and read excellent English and now every piece of theory and practical reading inside out and sideway and backwards.
The experienced Uke pilots will require somewhere in the region of 350 dedicated training hours.
He’s probably lying low. As most banned multi’s do he gave himself away.
So I presume they are also training a group of pilots to be ready for Gripens when they come in.
Nope that will be an entirely different program. Only when the financial deal is done will they commence their training.
