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Singapore Wants $150 Million In Pilot Training

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Friday, October 22nd, 2010

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Singapore would spend $150 million on pilot training under a potential Foreign Military Sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) told Congress earlier this month. Singapore requested defined order training for a three-year pilot training program that specifies the number and type of pilot training slots with an option to extend at the Tucson Air National Guard Base (ANGB) in Arizona. The training would include F-16 Basic, Transition, Conversion/International Advanced Weapons, and Instructor Pilot Upgrade courses. Also included are related…

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