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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

IAF pilots training on VIP helicopters in Britain

AW101Indian Air Force ( IAF) pilots have begun training on the Agusta Westland AW 101 helicopters that have been purchased for ferrying dignitaries, the first of which are to be delivered by end-2012.

Finmeccanica group CEO Giuseppe Orsi told India Strategic during a media interaction at the Farnborough Air Show that the first batch of the IAF pilots had arrived in Britain as scheduled and were undergoing training at the Agusta Westland facility.

He did not give any details but said that some of the pilots would be trained in Britain as instructors also and they would in turn train their colleagues in India.

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