AEJPT
AEJPT - Advanced European Jet Pilot TrainingThe M-346 remains favourite to deliver the Eurotraining syllabus, despite a recent lack of urgencyItaly is the supporter of the AEJPT scheme, with its interests linked closely to the proposed supply of Alenia Aermacchi M-346. With 15 new twin-engined transonic M-346 to support the Italian air force´s LIFT activities from 2012, it remains the lead candidate for Eurotraining if the project advances.
ENJJPT
ENJJPTEuro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training is a US-based Programme. The ENJJPT system currently to continue until at least 2016.ENJJPT is located at Sheppard AFB, Texas. The course lasts about 55 weeks. Students learn with, and are taught by USAF officers and officers from various air forces of our European allies. Student pilots first fly the T-6 Texan II mastering contact, instrument, low-level and formation flying. Then progresses to supersonic T-38 and continue building the skills necessary to become a fighter pilot.
IT AIM-LIFT
IT AIM-LIFTItaly is also offering places with its 61st Training Wing at Galatina-Lecce AB, which will use their current fleet of newly (2009) upgraded Aermacchi MB-339 CDII for advanced instruction and the M-346 for the LIFT (Lead-In Fighter Trainer) course. The latter type will be used to provide more tactical training, and to remove work from the OCU level.
MIL-STD-1553 Dual-Redundant Data Bus
AMI Galatina-Lecce AB
AMI Galatina-Lecce Air BaseLecce Air Base or Galatina-Lecce "Fortunato Cesari" Airport is located 15 kilometers south of the City of Lecce, Italy.ICAO: LIBNIATA: LCCAMSL: 156 feetTime Zone: UTC+1(+2DT)LL = 40*14´21N 18*7´60EGalatina AB - Base Aerea "F.Cesari" - Air Base closed to civil traffic - Italian Air Force 61st (Flying Training) Wing "C.Negri" 10* Repair, Maintenance & Overhaul Unit Rwy: 14 32 2.100x60m.
HJT-16 Kiran
HJT-16 KiranThe HAL HJT-16 Kiran is an Indian two-seat basic jet trainer for intermediate training of pilots. The Kiran was designed to meet an Indian Air Force requirement for a basic jet trainer and was flown for the first time on 4 September 1964. The production aircraft was designated the Kiran I were delivered to the Indian Air Force in March 1968 is powered by a Rolls-Royce Viper turbo-jet engine. Later production aircraft (Kiran Mk IA) were fitted with hardpoints under each wing for weapon training were built. An improved version with improved weapon-carrying capability and integral twin 7.62 mm machine guns in nose was designated the Kiran II was delivered in 1985.Kiran Mk II General CharacteristicsCrew: 2Length: 10.60 mWingspan: 10.70 mHeight: 3.64 mWing area: 19.00 m2Empty weight: 2,560 kgMaximum takeoff weight: 4,235
BAE Hawk
BAE HawkThe BAE Hawk is a British single-engine, advanced jet trainer aircraft. The Hawk is a tandem two-seat aircraft and has a low-mounted cantilever monoplane wing and is powered by a non-augmented turbofan engine. The first Hawk flew in 21 August 1974. The Hawk T1 (Trainer Mark 1) was the original version of the Hawk used by the RAF, deliveries commencing in November 1976.The low-positioned one-piece wing was designed to allow a wide landing gear track and to enable easier maintenance access. The wing is fitted with wide-span, double-slotted, trailing-edge flaps for low-speed performance and spoilers instead of ailerons for roll control. Integral to the wing is 836 litre (184 imp gal) fuel tank and room for the retractable main landing gear legs. Designed to take a +8g -4g load.The fuselage design was led by the need to get a height
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Kiran HJT-16 Crashed Near Chennai
Kiran HJT-16 Crashed Near ChennaiAn Indian Air Force trainer jet crashed into a lake at Iyyancherry in Urapakkam, 30km south of Chennai, at 10.30am on Tuesday (31 Jan 2012). The jet took off from Tambaram Air Force Station earlier.One of the two airmen in the Kiran HJT-16 aircraft was injured in the incident. Wing Commander C. G. Deepak suffered severe injuries to the legs when his parachute got caught in a tree. Deepak was injured when he fell off the tree and onto a compound wall in the backyard of a house. He was taken to hospital and the doctors said his condition was stable. His co-pilot, Squadron Leader K P Singh, landed safely in the Narmada Nagar area despite brushing against an electric wire.There were no casualties on the ground as the pilots had guided the jet towards the lake before ejecting to safety
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