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Australia receives F-35A training equipment

4th May 2018 - 06:30 GMT | by Shephard News Team

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The Royal Australian Air Force has received F-35A training equipment for the F-35A Integrated Training Centre.

This was the first delivery of Australia’s training equipment for the joint strike fighter. The delivery includes an ejection systems maintenance trainer, a replica of the F-35A aircraft escape systems; and a weapons load trainer, which replicates the F-35A fuselage, including the weapons bay and wing hard points.

Two of Australia’s F-35A aircraft will be based at RAAF Base Williamtown from December 2018 and pilot training at the base is expected to commence from mid-2019.

Williamtown’s No. 2 operational conversion unit is also expecting six full mission simulators for F-35A pilot training. The first two of these six simulators will be delivered later this year.

The equipment will provide Australia with its own F-35 pilot and maintainer training capability, enabling pilots and crews to train without removing aircraft from flight schedules.