The US Navy has paused the training of hundreds of Saudi Arabian aviation students at several training locations following a deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola which was carried out by a Saudi Air Force officer, CNN reported on Tuesday.
A "safety stand-down and operational pause commenced Monday for Saudi Arabian aviation students at NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting Field and NAS Mayport, Florida. Classroom training is expected to resume this week for those students," Lt. Andriana Genualdi, a spokeswoman for the US Navy, told CNN in a statement.
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