What a professional.
Is it common practice for members of the military to train foreigners?
Maybe I'm missing something here, but this (and stories others have shared) don't sound like a "CFI + student at your local flight school" scenario.
Just curious.
Is it common practice for members of the military to train foreigners?
Maybe I'm missing something here, but this (and stories others have shared) don't sound like a "CFI + student at your local flight school" scenario.
Just curious.
Yes, there are plenty of foreign military pilots trained in the US. They are here for many different reasons, but most are part of military aid packages.
In other words, a country that buys some F-16s, for example, also gets as part of the deal a certain number of training slots in UPT, IFF, and the F-16 B-Course.
In the case of Japan, there is a long-standing joint training agreement that has a certain (small) number of students going through the pipeline pretty regularly. They will go back to fly F-15Js and F-2s in the JASDF.
I always hear about a steady amount of foreign pilots being trained over here by the AF, but do any of our guys train overseas with allied countries as part of the exchange??
I always hear about a steady amount of foreign pilots being trained over here by the AF, but do any of our guys train overseas with allied countries as part of the exchange??
Is it common practice for members of the military to train foreigners?
Maybe I'm missing something here, but this (and stories others have shared) don't sound like a "CFI + student at your local flight school" scenario.
Just curious.
Easy to say when you are not dealing with the A/C blowing full hot and none of the communication methods you've used with the non-native English speaker up in the front cockpit have helped him find the temperature rheostat.