{"id":87976,"date":"2023-06-19T20:44:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/19\/us-official-says-it-could-take-months-for-allies-to-give-ukraine-f-16s\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:11:44","slug":"us-official-says-it-could-take-months-for-allies-to-give-ukraine-f-16s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/06\/19\/us-official-says-it-could-take-months-for-allies-to-give-ukraine-f-16s\/","title":{"rendered":"US official says it could take months for allies to give Ukraine F-16s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARIS \u2014 Any potential transfers of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine \u2013 whether from the United States or from an allied operator \u2013 would take months to complete, a State Department official said here June 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the U.S. has not itself announced any transfers of F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine to date, it supports other allies\u2019 intent to deliver those aircraft to Kyiv, said Stan Brown, the department\u2019s principal deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports began swirling in May that the Netherlands was considering giving a portion of its F-16 fleet to Ukraine, and wanted to begin training pilots as soon as possible. But the transfer of such aircraft to Ukraine has to be a \u201cholistic\u201d approach, to include training both pilots and maintainers, Brown told reporters Monday at the biennial Paris Air Show outside the city. One of the first steps in a potential transfer of F-16 aircraft will be the license to train those airmen, before the license to transfer the aircraft even occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, the aircraft themselves need to be identified \u2013 whether they\u2019ll be delivered via a third-party transfer or another mechanism \u2013 before developing a plan for the Ukrainian military to use the aircraft, Brown continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department is already working to complete the paperwork for third-party transfer requests coming from nations like the Netherlands so that pilot training can begin, he said. But he declined to provide a specific timeline for that completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shadow of Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine has prompted an overhaul of the State Department\u2019s foreign military sales processes to both ensure Ukraine is receiving the military aid it needs quickly and efficiently and to streamline sales processes for other U.S. allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/fms-2023-retooling-foreign-military-sales-for-an-age-of-strategic-competition\/\"><u>Last month, the department released a \u201cretooling\u201d document for FMS sales,<\/u><\/a><i> <\/i>detailing a 10-point plan to streamline the process and improve efficiency in providing capabilities to allies. The points include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2023\/06\/13\/pentagon-pitches-six-steps-to-speed-up-foreign-arms-sales\/\">strategic goals<\/a> such as developing regional approaches to arms transfers and promoting FMS cases based on the goals described in the National Security Strategy. But they also acknowledge a need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/09\/07\/us-officials-balance-arms-sales-push-against-tech-protection-needs\/\">improve security cooperation officer training<\/a> and modernize the notification process to Congress to avoid duplication of efforts while ensuring transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. government has provided about $40 billion in military aid to Ukraine to date and \u201cused pretty much every tool in our security cooperation toolkit to get things done,\u201d Brown told reporters on the show floor here. That aid has come in many forms: presidential drawdown authorities, direct transfers from Defense Department stocks, excess defense articles, third-party transfers and direct commercial sale re-exports, as well as foreign military sales and grant assistance, and licensed direct commercial sales, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe bottom line [is] that the scale of what we\u2019re doing there is historic,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThings that used to take months and weeks to get through the approval process across the interagency [are] happening in a manner of hours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has also prompted the State Department to prioritize transitioning nations away from Soviet-made equipment, Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple European nations have donated their aging Russian capabilities to Ukraine over the past year and a half. 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