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    The Indian Air Force Test Pilot School is a unit of the Indian Air Force (IAF) that evaluates aircraft and systems for induction into user organisations...
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  • Fedotov Test Pilot School, Russian aviation industry school based at the Gromov Flight Research Institute, Zhukovsky (founded 1947) Indian Air Force Test Pilot...
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  • 1946. Other schools in India (Indian Air Force Test Pilot School in Bangalore) and Japan were established in later years. Some of these schools operate exchange...
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  • it is the largest air force in Europe.: 51  The world's first black pilot, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, the world's first female fighter pilot, Sabiha Gökçen, and...
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    Jeetendra Mishra (category Indian Air Force air marshals)
    Commandant of the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment which also houses the Indian Air Force Test Pilot School. Jeetendra Mishra is an alumnus of National...
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    United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility...
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  • CEV Indian Air Force Test Pilot school (Bangalore, India), the only school in Asia which trains Flight Test Engineers. Fedotov Test Pilot School, Russian...
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    sent to Empire Test Pilots School to a test pilot for the Indian Air Force. He was a group captain. He commanded the Halwara Air Force Station Base between...
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    The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during...
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  • The Indian Air Force was established on 8 October 1932 independently of the army and navy and in a similar format to the British Royal Air Force. It had...
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    established by the Indian Air Force and It was founded during World War II and has been a training center for Indian Air Force pilots since 1963. Trainer...
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    The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (Urdu: پاک فِضائیہ, romanized: Pāk Fìzāʾiyah; pronounced [pɑːk fɪzɑːɪjəɦ]) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed...
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    A fighter pilot or combat pilot is a military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground combat and sometimes electronic warfare while...
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    Arun Prakash (category Use Indian English from April 2018)
    enemy territory. After the war, in 1976, he attended the Indian Air Force Test Pilot School. He subsequently commanded the Chamak-class missile boat INS Chatak (K96)...
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    pioneers, but also teachers for the next generation of pilots. The official predecessor of the Air Force was the Army's Auxiliary Aerial Militia Squadron (Escuadrilla...
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    Rakesh Sharma (category Indian test pilots)
    alumnus of the 35th National Defence Academy, Sharma joined the Indian Air Force as a test pilot in 1970 and progressed through numerous levels where in 1984...
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    currently hosts the Royal Air Force RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) Formal Training Unit (FTU) and the Italian Air Force RPA training courses. The...
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    Barksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) (IATA: BAD, ICAO: KBAD, FAA LID: BAD) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana,...
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  • Training Schools, the pilots are trained at the Air Force Academy located at Dundigal, near Hyderabad, Telangana. For Officers For Airmen As of now Indian Coast...
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    Chuck Yeager (category U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni)
    2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to...
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    the Indian Air Force. With a long career of 37 years, he has commanded a fighter aircraft squadron, was an instructor at Air Force test pilot school and...
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    Headquarters, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, the Atlantic Test Range, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, and serves...
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    (Rashtriya Military School, formerly called Royal Indian Military Schools) of its kind in India; the other four being Chail Military School established in...
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    Prasanth Nair (category Indian test pilots)
    Balakrishnan Nair is a qualified flight instructor and a test pilot in the Indian Air Force. Nair is one of the four designated astronauts trained by...
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    The Indonesian Air Force (Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara, (TNI-AU), lit. 'Indonesian National Military-Air Force', sometimes shortened...
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    Kirtland Air Force Base (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a United States Air Force base. It is located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico...
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    Turkish Air Force School plays a great role in the training of military pilots. The Azerbaijani pilots are also trained in Ukraine's Pilot Training School. The...
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    Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force. Additionally, the Indian Armed Forces are supported by the Central Armed Police Forces, Indian Coast Guard and Special...
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    3525th from its Flying Training Air Force to Crew Training Air Force. It also discontinued the single engine basic pilot school (T-28 Trojan) at Williams and...
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    Ravish Malhotra (category Indian test pilots)
    retired air commodore of the Indian Air Force. He was an Air Force test pilot stationed at the test centre in Bangalore. He was also the Air Officer Commanding...
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