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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Kiev Seeks Foreign Clients for Carrier Pilot Training Site


Nitka Naval Pilot Training Center
Ukraine is considering leasing out a carrier-deck pilot training site in Crimea to other countries, Ukrainian First Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Oleinik said on Monday.

Under a 1997 bilateral agreement, Russia occasionally uses Ukraine's Nitka Naval Pilot Training Center as the only training facility for its carrier-based fixed-wing pilots, but that could change, Oleinik said.

“Various options are being considered: For example, if Russia is unable to use this facility 100 percent, then Russia should have no objections to its use for training by forces from other states, subject to Russia’s consent,” he said.

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