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Breaking news: FAA bans all flights from Turkey

July 17, 2016
Paco Chierici No Comments Commercial Aviation, FAA, News

The failed military coup is just the most recent instance of the rising instability with our NATO ally.  The security situation in Turkey continues to deteriorate. The FAA has just issued a ban on all flights into the U.S. from Turkey, even indirectly. Additionally, the FAA banned American carriers from flying to Turkey.  Read more here.

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Paco Chierici flew A-6E Intruders and F-14A Tomcats during his 10 year active duty career. He flew the F-5 Tiger II for a further 10 years as a Bandit concurrent with his employment as a commercial pilot. Paco is currently a 737 captain. Paco is also the creator and producer of the award winning naval aviation documentary Speed and Angels. Paco has written articles for various international and domestic magazines as well as regular contributions to Fighter Sweep. He has signed with an agent to represent the sale of his debut novel, Lions in the Sky, a naval aviation thriller. Paco has the standard panoply of medals and ribbons but his proudest accomplishment is the Top Nugget award for landing grades from his first deployment.

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