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National scene: Navy to purchase more training planes
The Navy plans to acquire additional training airplanes to improve the skills of its pilots
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he Navy plans to acquire additional training airplanes to improve the skills of its pilots.
Navy chief of staff Admiral Ade Supandi handed over on Monday four Bonanza G-36 training airplanes to the Navy air base in Surabaya. The new training planes are worth Rp 59 billion (US$4.5 million).
'We hope to meet our quota [for training airplanes] by having 12 single- and six double-engine training airplanes, respectively,' Ade said.
The Navy currently has eight single-engine training planes.
Ade said the airplanes would help Navy pilots detect threats.
The Navy plans to procure 11 anti-submarine helicopters, eight anti-ship helicopters and four cargo helicopters.
