KC-30 Aircrew Training Reaches a Constant State
KC-30 Aircrew Training Reaches a Constant State 02 Maret 2017 The KC-30 air refuelling officer (ARO) part-task trainer. (photo : Australian Aviation) RAAF KC-30A pilot and air refuelling officer training should stabilise in 2017 as the tanker transport approaches full operating capability (FOC) and the first of two additional aircraft enters service later in the year. Using a Level D-certified full-mission simulator (FMS), an integrated procedure trainer and an air refuelling officer (ARO) part-task trainer the CAE Australia-operated KC-30A training centre at RAAF Base Amberley is planning to run four pilot conversion courses with three students and two courses of six AROs in 2017. Training at the centre began in 2012 following the KC-30’s entry into RAAF service with 33 Squadron in 2011. “There was a sudden ramp up in 2013 with the aircraft here in country,” CAE Australia’s Amberley training centre manager Ben Gage told media ahead of the Avalon Airshow on Thurs...