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Netherlands Likely to Send F-16s to Ukraine After Pilot Training

Dutch F-16 fighter jets at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands.

Dutch F-16 fighter jets at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands.

Photographer: Jeffrey Groeneweg/AFP/Getty Images

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The Netherlands will likely send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine after pilot training, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The Dutch government has been spearheading discussions with US officials in the past weeks to press President Joe Biden’s administration to give a green light to delivering the aircraft, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity. After months of pressure from Kyiv and allied governments, Biden announced last week that the US would support efforts to train Ukrainian pilots to use the jets.