Simulator Training Center Reduced Flight Training Costs

A sum of 30.000 hours of flight training has been accomplished at the simulator center within this 1-year-period with these 10 simulators. 21.000 hours of training have been achieved with KT-1T simulator and 9.000 hours with the T-38 simulator. Although 83 sorties were required for the completion of a pilot’s training on K1-1T Flight Training prior to the simulator training, the number of sorties that are prerequisites of the KT-1T Basic Flight Training were lowered to 69 from 83 with the trainings offered using these KT-1T full mission flight simulators. Thus, through the reduction of aforementioned 14 sorties, approximately 110.000 USD is saved from each pilot’s training. Before the establishment of this center, 83 sorties that have to be executed for the accomplishment of KT-1T basic flight training of a pilot cost Air Forces Command around 660.000 USD. With the launch of K1-1T full mission flight simulators, Turkish Air Forces is expected to save 33,5 million USD in a year. Almost 300 pilot candidates graduate from the KT-1T pilot training of Turkish Air Forces each year.

Costs of the T-38M Advanced Jet Flight Training Reduced as well 

Similarly, where a pilot had to complete 85 sorties in order to accomplish the T-38M Advanced Jet Flight Training before the simulator training, now with the training conducted with T-38M full mission flight simulators the number of sorties as the prerequisite for T-38M Advanced Jet Flight Training has been reduced to 69 from 85 and thus a saving of 212,000 USD from each pilot’s training has been achieved. The annual saving achieved by the T-38M full mission simulator to Turkish Air Forces is approximately 42,5 million USD. Each year, almost 200 pilot candidates graduate from the T-38M Advanced Jet Flight pilot training of Turkish Air Forces.