12 pilots will go on F-16 training

Sliač airport will meanwhile get a makeover since it will house F-16 jets.

This archive picture from 2014 shows an older model of the F-16 fighter jets. This archive picture from 2014 shows an older model of the F-16 fighter jets. (Source: TASR)

Slovakia's armed forces have chosen the first 12 candidates to undergo a training for pilots of the F-16 fighter jets.

The first six have already finished their training in Slovakia and will travel to the United States this autumn to undergo the second part, the TASR newswire wrote.

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The remaining six are currently undergoing national training, which will end in 2020, the Defence Ministry spokesperson Danka Capáková informed.

The armed forces are planning on employing 22 F-16 pilots as it is agreed in the contract.

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Airport gets makeover

The Defence Ministry meanwhile allocated money to reconstruct Sliač airport (Banská Bystrica Region), the Hospodárske Noviny daily reported.

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