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Final 2 Japanese student pilots to complete the F-16 B-course at Tucson

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Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has been sending student pilots to the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing for the F-16 B-course for the past five-years. Now, the final two students have completed their training at Tucson International Airport.

First Lts. Toshiaki Kawanishi and Fumita Sakyu walk out to an F-16 Fighting Falcon at the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing located at Tucson International Airport prior to a day of training. As Japan prepares to mark five years since a massive earthquake triggered a tsunami that devastated its northeast coast, these two Japanese students have completed their F-16 pilot training here. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Lacey Roberts)
First Lts. Toshiaki Kawanishi and Fumita Sakyu walk out to an F-16 Fighting Falcon at the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing located at Tucson International Airport prior to a day of training. As Japan prepares to mark five years since a massive earthquake triggered a tsunami that devastated its northeast coast, these two Japanese students have completed their F-16 pilot training here. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Lacey Roberts)

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Indonesia’s President has approved the purchase of Su-35

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Indonesia will finalized the plan to buy the Sukhoi Su-35 from Russia next month, Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu confirmed on Mar. 4.

Su-35S of the Russian Air Force
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OSD will have to decide whether CBARS will get a new competition

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‎The Deputy Director of Warfare Integration (N8FB) at Chief of Naval Operations Staff told National Defense in an interview that the upper echelons in the Pentagon are contemplating whether the new Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS) will require a new competition.

US Navy's X-47B, AV-2, Bureau # 168064, of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23), conduct Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR) over the Chesapeake Bay on 16 April 2015. VX-23 is part of the Naval Test Wing Atlantic in Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
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