Monte Real air base (Leiria) has been operating since Sunday and throughout the week as an F-16 fighter school, with
three dozen students from Morocco and several Eastern European countries.
Official source explained to DN on Monday that the joint initiative with the US aims to increase cooperation and interoperability between the countries involved and already operating - or will acquire - F-16 fighters: in addition to Morocco, Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia and Romania.
Maior exercício anual da Força Aérea envolve centenas de militares e aviões portugueses e estrangeiros durante duas semanas.
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