Fri, Apr 18, 2008
To Be Used By USAF In Training Iraqis
Frasca International recently
delivered 5 Flight Training Devices (FTDs) to the Kirkuk Air Base
in Iraq for use by the US Air Force in training the Iraqi Air
Force. These five units are part of a total order of nine FTDs that
was placed in August 2007.
The devices will be used for training pilots for both helicopter
and fixed wing aircraft and include three Cessna 172 FTDs, two Bell
206 helicopter FTDs, two Cessna Caravan FTDs and two Huey
Helicopter FTDs. Three 172 FTDs and two Bell 206 FTDs have been
delivered to date. The Caravan FTDs will be delivered this month
and the remaining devices will follow within the next few months.
All nine FTDs will include Frasca's TruVision 220 visual display
system for greater realism and fidelity.
In order to commemorate their appreciation of the quick delivery
of the first devices, the US Army presented Rudy Frasca, President
of Frasca International with a plaque. The presentation took place
on April 3rd at the Frasca facility in Urbana, IL.
"It is hard to imagine how we trained without the Frasca
simulators," said Lt Col Mark Bennett, Commander of the 52nd
Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron. "We received the simulators
and we were up and running within a couple days.
"The number one attraction, and the place I take all VIPs,
General Officers and high level civilians from both the US and
Iraq, is to the simulator room. When I need to explain our
training practices the Frasca simulators are very helpful.
The visuals are outstanding and the simulators show exactly how we
are training the Iraqi Air Force's future pilots."
The contract is a result of a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case
originated from PEO-STRI to procure multiple flight training
devices for the Iraqi Air Force Flight Training Program. The
devices will be used for a large portion of the flight instruction.
The pilot training will include approximately 80 hours in the
Cessna 172 aircraft and approximately 40 hours in the Frasca 172
FTD and 60 hours in the Cessna Caravan 208B and approximately 70
hours in the Frasca 208B FTD.
The Iraqis have not had a flight training school since 2003.
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