subject The Pensacola base has long offered aviation training (No 10176)
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date 2019-12-09
writer Kinsella
The Pensacola base has long offered aviation training to foreign military.
Saudi pilots started training at the Pensacola base in 1995, alongside other personnel from Italy, Singapore and Germany.
Cpt Kinsella Jnr said that about 200 international students were enrolled in programmes there. According to its website, the base employs more than 16,000 military and 7,400 civilian personnel.
Alshamrani was a second lieutenant in the Saudi Air Force.