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DARWIN, Australia - The Philippine Air Force must ramp up pilot training if it is to buy 20 or more multi-role fighter jets as it modernizes and expands joint operations with its navy, a commander said on Saturday.Philippine pilots are taking part for the first time in multinational war games overseas, the Pitch Black war games involving 20 Indo-Pacific and European countries over a vast area of northern Australia.
The Philippine military chief Romeo Brawner said this month the government had approved a decision to buy "faster and more lethal" multi-role jet fighters because the FA-50 was "not enough to defend our country". However, no decision had been made on the type or how many.Pascua said the Air Force needs to close a "big technological gap" as it modernizes its fighter jets, including lifting pilot skills.
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