{"id":32247,"date":"2024-02-08T21:58:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T21:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/08\/national-guard-boss-us-can-still-fund-ukraine-f-16-training-for-now\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:18:27","slug":"national-guard-boss-us-can-still-fund-ukraine-f-16-training-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2024\/02\/08\/national-guard-boss-us-can-still-fund-ukraine-f-16-training-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard boss: US can still fund Ukraine F-16 training \u2014 for now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Guard still has enough money on hand to finish training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets despite the U.S. running out of funds to send additional weapons and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">assistance to Kyiv<\/a>, the head of the Guard Gen. 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But the pilot training has been able to continue, Hokanson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe do have the resources to continue the training that\u2019s already started,\u201d Hokanson said, and get that initial tranche completed this year. \u201cIf we decide to increase that, obviously we\u2019ll need the resources to train additional pilots and ground support personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest legislation that would have approved more than $60 billion in aid for Ukraine was scuttled by a small group of House Republicans earlier this week over U.S.-Mexico border policy; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-aid-congress-border-israel-schumer-cfb8978287fa67712cc22028f9961af7\">a last-ditch effort Thursday<\/a> the Senate was again trying to get support for a standalone bill that would fund both Ukraine and Israel\u2019s defense needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">Ukraine\u2019s leaders<\/a> have asked for fighter jets from the West since the earliest days of the war. 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