The United States will not be transferring F-16 aircraft to Ukraine in the near future as part of the aviation coalition established by its partners, according to US Deputy Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat. Kendall, who oversees the US Air Force, stated that the United States does not plan to transfer its own F-16s to Ukraine in the near future. “I am not aware of this,” he said in an interview with the Finnish publication. According to Kendall, the current aid meets Ukraine’s present needs. F-16s have been pledged to Ukraine by Denmark and the Netherla…