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Air Force Times heard from the Pentagon that the DoD is working with Iraqi diplomats so that Iraqi airmen can travel to Arizona for their F-16 conversion training.

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At least 60 commercial flights scheduled for Naha airport in Okinawa, Japan had to be canceled or diverted after a two-seat F-15 belonging to the JASDF lost its nose wheel while preparing to take off on Jan. 30.

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Dutch Defense Minister, Jeannie Hennis-Plasschaert, has indicated that the country’s F-16s cannot be deployed to Jordan this July to take over the role of bombing ISIL from the Belgian Air Force contingent there.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from seven countries will prevent Iraqi F-16 pilots from training with Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing, Senator John McCain has warned.

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