Helicopter training at 1 Flying Training School, RAF Shawbury. (Photo: UK MoD/Crown Copyright)
Ascent Flight Training, the consortia comprising Lockheed Martin and Babcock International that runs the UK’s Military Flight Training System (MFTS), is about to start its first rotary-wing course for the British Army Air Corps (AAC), which is not putting all its students through fixed-wing training.
Students that have undergone fixed-wing training on this inaugural course include pilots that have for some reason, not completed their training during previous courses.
The next basic rotary-wing course in late 2022 will comprise 100% non-fixed-wing students.
Rotary-wing training takes place with 1 Flying Training School (1 FTS) at RAF Shawbury. Shephard understands
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