In 2004 the Royal Air Force lost 7, 900 jobs, some training planes, an air base and a squadron of Tornados.

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Airlines, facing bankruptcy and a sluggish economy, have been slow to implement the upgrades needed, both to the planes and ground equipment and training.

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Nigerian war planes and helicopter gunships also attacked several militant training camps in the north-east on Friday, officials said.

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Without sufficient fuel for planes, airborne troops have not had much training.

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Much of Lowy's aerobatics training had been at Temora, and he decided to buy "a couple more planes" and build a hangar at the aerodrome to allow other flying enthusiasts to share his passion.

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In his presentation, Teso explained that he experimented on used FMS hardware he bought from eBay and FMS training simulation software that was advertised as containing some or all of the same code as the systems in real planes.

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