Hear from US Air Force and Royal Norwegian Air Force at Military Flight Training 2015

LONDON - June 17, 2015 - PRLog -- The Ministry of Defence has recently announced they are investing £80 million in new specialist equipment to help train the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy helicopter pilots and rear crews of the future*.

Minister of State for Defence Procurement Philip Dunne stated: “Over the last year, we are very proud to have delivered a number of new helicopter capabilities to our Armed Forces, and we plan to invest a further £11 billion over the next decade to sustain and further improve our fleet.”

Air Vice-Marshal Julian Young, Director Helicopters at the MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support organisation, said: “Simulation is a solution that, when blended with live flying events, provides the optimum individual and team-level training.

With this mind, Military Flight Training 2015 will provide the perfect opportunity for attendees to discuss the latest training developments taking place at this year's conference. Further information available on www.militaryflight-training.com/prlog

Highlights for Military Flight Training 2015 Include:

Presentation on day 1 by Colonel Joseph William DeMarco, Commandant at Air Command and Staff College, US Air Force on ‘Pilot transformation: tactical expert to operational master’.

He’s talk will look at topics such as; we train stellar pilots, but how do we educate them to become operational masters and eventually strategic decision makers?; education is key: agile, anticipatory leaders who can make bold audacious operational level decisions; educating today’s leaders to solve tomorrow’s problems and advancing airpower thought and theory one leader at a time…

Presentation on day 2 by Major General Tom Henry Knutsen, Former Commandant of the Norwegian Defence University College and the RNoAF Academy, Royal Norwegian Air Force (ret) on ‘NATO air and space power- the future vector project’.

He will look at; the air and space power paradox; the future strategic environment; consequences for future air warfare and how to build NATO’s air and space power for the future…

Other key speakers who will feature in the 2015 conference agenda include:

- Brigadier General Philip Garbutt, Director General Air Force Development, Royal Canadian Air Force
- Major General Tom Henry Knutsen, Former Commandant of the Norwegian Defence University College and the RNoAF Academy, Royal Norwegian Air Force (ret)
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniele Donati, 20° Squadron OCU, Commander, 4° Wing, Italian Air Force
- Lieutenant Colonel Christoph Hegele, Director of Simulators and Simulation, German Army Aviation School, German Armed Forces
- Colonel Joseph William DeMarco, Commandant at Air Command and Staff College, United States Air Force
- Colonel Gungor Özer, Instructor/Lecturer, Turkish Air War College
- Captain Bjorn Persson, Head of Education Programmes, Air Combat Training School, Swedish Armed Forces
- Squadron Leader Nick Goodwyn, MOD Liaison to CAA, Safety and Airspace Regulation Group, Royal Air Force and Civil Aviation Authority
- Wing Commander Paul Moss, SO1 ISTAR Training, ISTAR Force Headquarters, RAF Waddington

The full speaker line-up can be found at www.militaryflight-training.com/prlog

In addition to the conference, the event will also feature an interactive half-day pre-conference workshop, taking place on the 15^th September entitled: Increasing Mission Effectiveness and Success in an Increasingly Uncertain World Through Full Crew Training. Hosted by Andy Furness, Founder/CEO at Amber Tiger Aviation (UK) Ltd.

For those interested there is currently an early bird discount of £200 running until 30^th June.

For further information visit the website or contact Frederick Agboletey on: +44 (0) 20 7827 6070 / fagboletey@smi-online.co.uk

Military Flight Training
16 - 17 September 2015
Marriott Hotel Regents Park, London, UK
www.militaryflight-training.com/prlog

(*Royal Air Force, 2 June, 2015 - http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/mod-invests-80-million-in-new-synthetic-helicopter-training-equipment-02062015)

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