Canada Joins 10 Other NATO Countries Pledging to Train Ukrainian Pilots on F-16 Jets

A US Air Force's (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet in a file photo. Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Defence Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada has joined 10 other NATO allies to train Ukrainian Air Force pilots on the operation and maintenance of American-made F-16 fighter jets to aid Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia.

The ministers of defence for Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the UK also signed on to the joint coalition.