Romania: Graduation of first F-16 pilots trained at the Fetești Training Centre

The graduates are the first F-16 pilots trained in the nation since the centre was operationalised.

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00:00The first F-16 pilots trained at the Potesti Training Center in Romania have completed

00:06their courses and received their mission-ready designation.

00:12Hollywood is one of the first seven pilots who was trained at the center.

00:16He amassed nearly 500 flight hours in the seven years he'd been operating aircraft,

00:19but needed training to transition to the F-16 plane.

00:22The graduates will begin operating the aircraft in their assigned squadrons.

00:46They

01:12were also raised from the ground for surveillance during Russia's latest attacks on Ukrainian

01:15ports on the Danube.

01:21The first nine of the 32 second-hand planes purchased from the Norwegian government have

01:25been delivered to Romania, and the others will be delivered in the next period.