freedom today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes! reporter: the speech in lithuania s capital, coming at the end oh of a dramatic, sometimes heated two days of discussions over ukraine s future within the nato alliance. it s going to happen. we re moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. reporter: presidents biden and volodymyr zelenskyy all raise and thanks closing out the nato summit, despite ukraine coming away without the biggest ticket item it had hoped for a concrete path to nato membership. zelenskyy came in blasting the lack of a membership timeline as absurd and unprecedented. wednesday, he took a soft ever tone, arguing the summit was a success because of security guarantees. the outcome of the nato summit was much needed and meaningful success for ukraine. i m grateful to all leaders in the nato conference for very practical, unprecedented support. reporter: while the u.s. and others argue tha
has provide f-16 fighter jets to the ukrainians. how close is the u.s. when it comes to providing these jets one way or the other? you know, jake, i think we have to be realistic about this with these f-16s. this is not just a piper cub airplane. f-16 is a sophisticated aircraft. you have to train the pilots. they have to understand what they re doing flying these complicated systems that are part of the f-16. we ve got to be able to provide maintenance to keep these planes in the air. this is a long-term affair, and so it seems to me i know we started the training process, but i don t see us being able to get ukraine to put f-16s in the air until the latter part of this year. and yet, it seems it was part of the deal to get turkey to agree to let sweden into nato. the biden administration agreed to give turkey f-16s with no
Starting Friday and running through Sunday, July 9, Piper Cub pilots from across the region will make their way to the Lompoc Airport for a weekend of aviation fun.