Canada Begins Training Ukraine Pilots, Preparing to Send Country 80K Unarmed Rockets

Ottawa is preparing to send 80,840 surplus small unarmed air-to-surface rockets and 1,300 warheads to Ukraine as pilots from the embattled nation arrive in Canada for training. Ukraine’s Armed Forces pilots arrived in the country this week to begin fighter-lead-in-training, Defense Minister Bill Blair announced Sept. 6 from the 24th Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting in Germany.  Canada has assumed leadership of the fighter-lead-in-training program, a five-year, $389 million training initiative for Ukrainian personnel, Blair said in a press release. The program is backed by the UDCG Air Force Capability Coalition (AFCC). “What happens in Ukraine will help determine the trajectory of global security,” Blair said. “Canada’s support for Ukraine remains unwavering and we will continue to do what it takes to help Ukraine win this war.”...