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Old 28th Sep 2018, 13:06
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Originally Posted by airpolice
In what has been described as the MoD finally seeing the light, the farce at Valley is to be sidestepped by some students, and the hyper efficient operation at Sheppard AFB in Texas will be training the next batch of RAF Pilots.
So the USAF is taking on foreign students ? Will they be trained by USAF instructor pilots (or US contractors) in USAF aircraft at Sheppard AFB ?

I thought the USAF lacked enough training capacity for its own purposes yet they're taking in non-US students ?

I must be overlooking or missing some critical facet of this deal.
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