UK Military Flying Training System

Colonel Paddy Logan Assistant Director Flying Training

HQ 22 Gp RAF Flying Training Stations

RAF Valley RAF Linton-On-Ouse • Advanced Fast Jet Training • Basic Fast Jet Training • Hawk T2 • Tucano • 202(R) Sqn

Defence Helicopter Flying School • Tri-Service • Squirrel (Eurocopter AS350) RAF Cranwell • Griffin (Bell 412) • Multi Engine Pilot Training • King Air B2000

RNAS Culdrose • Royal Navy Observer Training RAF Cranwell / RAF Wittering • King Air Avenger • Elementary Flying Training • Grob Tutor Why do we Need UK MFTS? Why UKMFTS?

• September 2000 - Critical National Audit Office report published on Fast Jet pilot training: – Aircrew spend too long in flight training – Most training aircraft approaching out of service dates – Training gap – No defined Output Standard – Lack of Tri-service approach What is UKMFTS required to deliver

Mission To deliver a world-class military flying training system to UK Military Aircrew

Aim To provide a complete flying training environment which will form the benchmark for tri-service aircrew military training

Goal 3 Key Tenets of UKMFTS: Reduce Capability Gap with Frontline Optimise time spent in training Value For Money UKMFTS – Brief History • Public Private Partnership (PPP) • MOD Major Change Programme • 2008 – Contract between MoD and Ascent Flight Training Limited – 50:50 Babcock & Lockheed Martin • SDSR10 – SUN12/Data pack 6 • Incremental acquisition – 2011 - Rear Crew training commences RAF Barkston Heath & RNAS Culdrose – 2012 - Advanced Fast Jet Phase 4 training commences at RAF Valley • 2016 - Fixed and Rotary Wing on contract; Rear Crew Stage 1 extension • Apr 2018 – Elementary Fixed Wing Flying Training commences • – Rotary Wing Training commences • SDSR15 Deliverables and Dependencies

Training System Partner MOD Dependencies Deliverables

Airfield Services Training Needs Analysis Military Instructors Training System Design Input and output standards Training Infrastructure Hawk T2 Ground Based Training Equipment Aircraft Service Provision (not Hawk) Training Delivery – Courseware – Training Management Information System UKMFTS

• 4 strands – Fast Jet Phase 4 - delivering

– Rear Crew Stage 1 - delivering

– Fixed Wing flying training – on contract

– Rotary Wing flying training – on contract Fixed Wing MFTS Rotary Wing MFTS The Training Gap

Big transition

Hawk T1 Typhoon

Smaller transition

Hawk T2 Benefits

OFFICIAL SENSITIVE MANAGEMENT 12 Grob Tutor replaced by Grob 120 Prefect Tucano replaced by T6-C Texan Hawk T1 replaced by T2 KingAir replaced by Phenom 100 Squirrel & Griffin replaced by Juno & Jupiter UKMFTS Training Sites – 2019 RAF Valley

RAF Cranwell & Barkston Heath Basic Flying Training Multi Engine

Elementary Fast Jet Phase 4

Rear Crew

RW Maritime RAF Shawbury Rotary Wing

RNAS Culdrose Rear Crew UK Military Flying Training System

Al Shinner UKMFTS Chief Operating Officer Progress - Infra

Cranwell – Ops Support Building Progress - Infra

Shawbury – Ops Support Building Progress - Infra

New facilities in old legacy infrastructure Progress – Platforms

23 Grob 120 TP ‘Prefect’ Progress – Platforms

1st Student Sortie – 9 Apr 18 Progress – Platforms

29 Airbus H135 “Juno” 3 Airbus H145 ‘Jupiter’ Progress – Platforms

5 Embraer 100 ‘Phenom’ Progress – Platforms

1st Flight on Mil Reg – 18 Apr 18 Progress – Platforms

10 Hawker Beechcraft (Textron) Texan T6C Takeaways Principles • Planning coherence between Air Cap, MFTS PT, Ascent, 22 (Trg) Gp. Joined-up planning • Change in Culture – Contractor led delivery. Equals not adversaries • No going back – Understand and embrace • Retaining the military ethos. Common goal - meet the needs of Defence

Key Issues • Challenging timeline whilst protecting Legacy FT delivery • Instructor / pers transition from Legacy FT to UKMFTS • SDSR – the requirement • Other Agencies support (Regulatory; RAFCAM; DIO) Summary

…delivering a world class flying training capability for UK Military Aircrew Questions