Came across an interesting article about a highly decorated and talented Ukrainian Airforce MIG-29 pilot who was recently KIA.
He was selected 2 years ago to attend a US Airforce flight training school for foreign pilot training. He got caught up in some of the mud and bureaucracy that often happens with military and was eager to get back but had to complete what some of his instructors thought was lower level training hours.
Hopefully NATO and western nations are able to quickly train and rotate Ukraine's best and potentially brightest fighter pilots on the F16 and other more advanced airframes.
God speed to them all
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/...e-pilot-death/