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US to extend its training of Taiwanese F-16 pilots
June 15, 2005 (by
Lieven Dewitte) -
The US has agreed to extend a Taipei-Washington pact to train Taiwan's F16 pilots for five more years, a Taiwanese newspaper said yesterday.
Quoting an unnamed US official, a Chinese-language newspaper said the US renewed the agreement for training Taiwanese F-16 pilots at Luke Airbase in Arizona for another five years, starting next year.
"The training program covers air-to-air combat, night attack, blockage over the sea, air engagement and air command," the paper said in a dispatch from Washington.
The US agreed to sell Taipei 150 F-16 warplanes in 1992 thus becoming the 18th F-16 customer.
The air force sent an F-16 squadron to the US in 1997 under a training program which ends at the end of this year. The program is conducted at the US Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB in Arizona.
"The training program covers air-to-air combat, night attack, blockage over the sea, air engagement and air command," the paper said in a dispatch from Washington.
The US agreed to sell Taipei 150 F-16 warplanes in 1992 thus becoming the 18th F-16 customer.
The air force sent an F-16 squadron to the US in 1997 under a training program which ends at the end of this year. The program is conducted at the US Air Force's 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB in Arizona.
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