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This update reviews the progress made since the last Air Forces in Focus note, when Berlin had outlined an ambitious naval aviation modernization plan.
The Botswana Defense Force's Air Arm Command operates a small but diverse fleet, with air defense, training, transport, surveillance, utility and VIP missions.
India has put in motion plans to expand and overhaul its naval aviation capabilities, although budgetary, and sometimes technical, issues have complicated these efforts over the years.