Light Attack and Advanced Training

The UK Royal Air Force’s flight training pipeline is being stressed by queues of personnel waiting to reach the front line, industry officials involved in the U

BAE Systems has teamed with U.S. augmented reality training technology provider Red 6 to see if Red 6’s AR system can be fitted to the Hawk jet trainer to provide a further boost to its training capability.

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has taken delivery of its first pair of Textron T-6TH Texan II trainers, with a landing at the RTAF Kamphaeng Saen flight training school.

Although the U.S. Air Force and Navy have added high-tech, intense learning to undergraduate pilot training, a large backlog remains.

Some military analysts think the J-6 and other older Chinese fighters still may play a critical role in a Taiwan conflict, as a cheap, potentially reusable vanguard of UCAVs.

The root cause of a blade failure on the Rolls-Royce F405 Adour engine has been identified.

The Royal Jordanian Air Force has signed up to purchase 10 Bell 505 single-engine light helicopters for rotary-wing training.

A South Africa-based test pilot school at the center of a growing international controversy over the recruitment of former Western military pilots to train Chinese personnel has denied wrongdoing.

Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody has completed the first flight of an upgraded version of the L-159 Advanced Light Combat Aircraft, boosting its capab

An engine blade failure has grounded the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fleet of Boeing/BAE Systems T-45C Goshawk advanced jet trainers.

An Israeli industry-led initiative to train Greek fast jet pilots has performed its first training flights.

A report from Myanmar-based newspaper The Irrawady says that a Burmese group of pilots, technicians and weapons officers has traveled to China to begin training on the Guizhou Aviation Industry Corp-built lead-in jet trainer and light combat aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force wants more adversary aircraft to train against the service’s jets and pilots in Europe, with a new solicitation calling for at least six aircraft available for persistent support.

It can take nearly 7 years to train a rotary-wing pilot in the UK’s flight training system, figures released by the country’s defense ministry show.

Boeing has agreed to integrate the Red 6 training system on a company-owned McDonnell Douglas TA-4 chase plane.

The South Africa-based Paramount Group says deliveries of its Mwari light attack aircraft are underway to an undisclosed customer as part of new

Brazil’s Navy and Air Force are to receive new Airbus H125 light helicopters for rotary-wing training.

The UK Royal Air Force’s fast jet training output is being impacted by an engine issue on its Hawk T2 jet trainers.

Portuguese MRO house OGMA will provide support and maintenance for fleets of Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos operating in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The U.S. Air Force now offers the mobile ad-hoc networking technology to international partners with light attack aircraft.

Korea Aerospace Industries is about to deliver FA-50 light combat aircraft (LCA) to an undisclosed first customer in Africa.

Finland has retired its indigenous Vinka training aircraft after 42 years of use.

The U.S. Air Force wants to privatize its helicopter pilot training, turning to industry to provide all aspects of initial training for pilots headed for its chopper cockpits.

The U.S. Air Force now plans to sell off the six aircraft it bought about two years ago following the end of a light attack experiment, the service’s predecessor to the new U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) Armed Overwatch program.

Since all 12 KAI FA-50PH were delivered in 2017, the S.211 has primarily been used for pilot training.