The International Flight Training School (IFTS), a strategic partnership between the Italian Air Force and Leonardo conceived to create an advanced flight training centre for pilots from the world's air forces, awarded the first international graduations.
International Flight Training School
The International Flight Training School (IFTS), a partnership between the Italian Air Force and Leonardo, in collaboration with CAE, awarded the first Phase IV (Advanced/Lead-In to Fighter Training) diploma to two pilots of the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, further to the completion of their training.
The training activity took place over a course of nine months, at the Galatina airport
The training activity took place over a course of nine months, at the Galatina airport (located in Lecce, Southern Italy), home of the 61st Wing of the Italian Air Force, which is currently hosting the International Flight Training School. The school is destined to reach its final base with the inauguration of a new campus in Decimomannu, Sardinia, in Italy.
IFTS project
The IFTS project stems from the desire to bring together two national excellences - the skills in training military pilots from the Italian Air Force, strengthened through more than 75 years of experience at the Galatina flight school, in Lecce, Italy, with the advanced technological solutions of Leonardo, Italy’s leading industrial body in the field of aerospace and defence.
International Flight Training School is a programme with a very high strategic value, allowing, once fully operational, the doubling of the current offer, through the creation of a new training centre, which – for the military side – will remain under the single banner of the 61st Wing of the Italian Air Force, distributed between the Galatina Air Base and that of Decimomannu, in Sardinia, Italy.
Training military pilots to operate the latest generation fighters
Thanks to highly experienced instructor pilots, both military and civilian, and the advanced integrated training system, based on Leonardo’s M-346 aircraft (named T-346A by the Air Force), the IFTS represents an international centre of excellence, with the aim of training military pilots to operate the latest generation fighters, thereby providing them with the technical and procedural skills necessary for deployment in modern, increasingly complex operational scenarios.
The new IFTS campus, currently under construction at the Decimomannu Air Force Base (in Cagliari, Italy), has been designed around the training needs of future student pilots. An entire building will be dedicated to the Ground Based Training System (GBTS), comprising latest-generation simulation systems, which allow integrated training scenarios between simulated and real aircraft, thanks to Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) technology.
Logistic-maintenance infrastructures to be set up
Logistic-maintenance infrastructures will be set up to manage the operation of the fleet of 22 M-346 aircrafts
In addition, logistic-maintenance infrastructures will be set up to manage the operation of the fleet of 22 M-346 aircrafts, in force at the International Flight Training School’s facility, as well as logistic-receptive infrastructures to host trainees during training (accommodation, canteen, sports facilities).
‘Leonardo CAE Advanced Jet Training’, a company born from the partnership between Leonardo and CAE, will provide the maintenance and logistical support of the fleet of M-346 aircraft and simulators.
Training in real-life shooting scenarios
During the Phase IV course (Advanced/Lead-In to Fighter Training), participants will have the opportunity to train in real-life shooting scenarios in dedicated training areas, enabling the ability to test on the field the skills acquired.
Today, in addition to Germany, other countries have also chosen the International Flight Training School (IFTS) for the advanced training of their pilots, confirming the interest paid to the Italian training system, a unique trainer on the international scene.
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