Russia's Iskander-M missile kills a NATO F-16 pilot who was in Ukraine to train soldiers
Though Denmark did not confirm the death of F-16 pilot Jepp Hansen, his friends have put up a post on social media
A Danish F-16 pilot was killed after a Russian Iskander-M missile struck a Ukrainian Armed Forces training centre in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk Region, according to Russian media reports.
Russian military sources confirmed to TASS News Agency that Jepp Hansen was killed after a Russian missile struck a training centre in the city of Krivoy Rog in Central Ukraine. Hansen who had significant experience operating the F-16, was in Ukraine to train Ukrainian pilots. His friends posted on social media that Hansen had trained "hundreds of Ukrainians" to operate the planes. However, neither Denmark nor the Russian Defense Ministry has officially commented on the reports.
The attack happened at a university building which had been converted into barracks. The attack almost destroyed the fourth storey.
A Danish instructor, Jepp Hansen, who was training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets, has reportedly been killed in a Russian missile strike in Ukraine, according to TASS. Russian law enforcement sources claimed Hansen died in an attack on a training center in Krivoy Rog,… pic.twitter.com/BgaQmwppWu
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Hansen was probably sent to Ukraine by Denmark which delivered 20 F-16s to Ukraine last year. Moscow had already warned NATO against the shipment of weapons, especially the American F-16, citing that the delivery represented an escalation of hostilities.
Close encounter over the Baltic
A Russian pilot flying a Su-27P forced a Danish Air Force F-16 pilot to change course when he attempted to violate Russia's air border over the Baltic Sea.
The video shows a Russian interceptor approaching the intruder from the side and forcing… pic.twitter.com/k7gYoNYGqC
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Besides Denmark, the Netherlands also donated F-16 fighters to the Ukrainian Air Force. Both countries procured the F-16s in the 1980s and replaced them recently with modern F-35As, following which they permitted Ukraine to use the fighters for deep strikes across Russian territory.
The first F-16 was delivered to Ukraine on August 1 but Kyiv lost the first F-16 some 26 days later under unclear circumstances. Ukraine has had a lot of limitations in its use, including its short-range, obsolete sensors and lack of long-range weapons.
Despite Ukraine boasting about the jets, touting them as the most advanced fighter jets in their inventory, military experts believe the F-16s provided to Kyiv by its Western partners are outdated models, which meant they are not as capable as Russia’s top combat aircraft.
US Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Davis said the F-16s have “some issues with range and vulnerability” due to their age. Davis added that Russia has "some pretty advanced aircraft" such as the Su-35S, Su-30SM, and the MiG-31, which all pose a significant threat to Kyiv’s F-16s. "Even the best systems we can put on those [old F-16s] will still not make them superior to some of the Russian best aircraft," the former general told Business Insider.
Besides, the Netherlands and Denmark, the United Kingdom is also training the next generation of Ukrainian pilots, who were sent to a European training centre in Romania for theoretical training.
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Iskander Missile Strike Kills Danish F-16 Pilot in Ukraine - Reports
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Danish pilot and F-16 fighter instructor Jepp Hansen was reported killed in a missile strike on a Ukrainian Armed Forces training centre in Krivoy Rog in central Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk Region, according to Russian sources. Hansen had significant experience operating the F-16, and had reportedly helped to train dozens of Ukrainian personnel. An Iskander-M missile strike was reportedly used destroy a university building which had been converted into barracks, with the attack almost completely destroying the fourth storey. Denmark and the Netherlands were the first countries to donate American F-16 fighters to the Ukrainian Air Force, with the ageing aircraft procured in the 1980s having already been retired as both countries acquired modern F-35As to replace them. First delivered on August 1, the Ukrainian Air Force lost its first fighter under unclear circumstances on August 26, with this confirmed three days later. Both Denmark and the Netherlands have given Ukraine permission to use its F-16s to participate in deep strikes across Russian territory, although the lightweight aircraft’s short range, obsolete sensors and lack of long range weapons has limited its value in this regard. The fighters are expected to be modified to integrate a number of long range missile classes, with the United States reported to be considering supplying JASSM cruise missiles which would revolutionise their offensive potential.
The significant differences between the F-16 and prior Ukrainian fourth generation fighters such as the MiG-29 has raised serious questions regarding how quickly Ukrainian pilots could convert to the new aircraft, and fuelled speculation that the aircraft may be operated by contractors from NATO member states. Similar questions have been raised regarding other complex hardware such as Ukraine’s Patriot air defence systems, which were delivered in a fraction of the time that it would take to train Ukrainian operators. Western advisors, logisticians, combatants, and other personnel operating newly delivered NATO-standard hardware have played a central and growing role in the war effort since early 2022, with the New York Times observing that year regarding their operations: “Commandos from other NATO countries, including Britain, France, Canada and Lithuania, also have been working inside Ukraine... training and advising Ukrainian troops and providing an on-the-ground conduit for weapons and other aid.” The report emphasised the sheer “scale of the secretive effort to assist Ukraine that is underway.” It was confirmed near the end of the year that British Royal Marines were deployed for frontline combat operations from April, with further information on the operations of Western personnel emerging over the next two years. While conversion to the F-16 is less complex than conversion of air defence crews for Soviet missile systems to operate the new Patriot systems, the role of foreign contractors is nevertheless estimated to be significant.
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