TAF Progresses State-of-Art Simulation Systems
Commander of the Turkish Air Force General Akın Öztürk, Undersecretary for Defence Industries Murad Bayar, Commander of Air Training Command Lieutenant General Mehmet Çetin, Commander of the 2nd Main Jet Base Major General Mehmet Özlü, Chairman of the Board of Havelsan-the company in charge of the establishment of the simulation center - Atilla Gürdere, Havelsan General Manager Sadık Yamaç and a great number of military and defence industry officials attended the opening ceremony at the 2nd Main Jet Base Command in Çiğli where the future pilots in Turkey start their first flight trainings in Turkey.
In his speech at the ceremony Undersecretary for Defence Industries Murad Bayar said, “The simulator project started in year 2009 has been brought to service with an outstanding performance. Beforehand, new aircrafts entering into the inventory, completion of their modernization have been all accomplished according to the planning of our Air Forces. Last year they were taken into actual use and we believe that they would greatly contribute to the training of the pilots. Pilot training in Turkey already has a high standard and this level would increase via these programs. Simulators for all aircraft systems were made and these systems were developed completely through national technology. An important number of the actual flights were shifted onto these simulators and a flight training of 9 thousand hours was enabled”.
Commander of the Air Forces Command General Akın Öztürk said, “I fully believe that these simulators manufactured through national resources shall provide efficient facilities to our pilots for long years. Presently we are witnessing dizzying developments in technology. Grave improvements have been accomplished in training field. Our flights have become multi-functional from the very beginning of the trainings.There is an ever-increasing need for simulators in order to provide efficient training to our future pilots and as Air Forces,these simulator systems became our greatest assistants. We put the most improved F-16 simulators into service with the contribution of domestic firms and today we are opening the center that took its place among the greatest simulator centers of the world”.
KT1-T and T-38 Aircraft Trainings with Simulators
Turkish Air Force Command gained the capacities required for the efficient and safe training of potential pilots with these TESIM and ARISIM programs. Within the scope of TESIM program, a total of 7 simulators consisting of 2 KT-1T aircraft Operational Flight Training Simulators, 2 Instrument Flight Training Simulators, 2 KT-1T Aircraft Training Device and 1 Aircraft Abandoning Trainer and a Simulator Training Center building have entered into HvKK’s inventory. Four simulators consisting of2 T-38 aircraft Operational Flight Training Simulators and 2 T-38 Aircraft Instrument Flight Training Simulators have been delivered to the Air Forces Command by Havelsan within the framework of ARISIM project.
8 Debriefing systems, database development systems and other support systems exist in the Center. Trainings in the simulator center are provided in parallel with the actual flight trainings. According to the schedule, potential pilots accomplish their first flight trainings in SF 260 type aircrafts and then get trained in KT-1T aircrafts for the following six months. At the final stage, the trainings take place in jet classT-38 planes. In 2013, 280 pilot candidates were trained for 6 days for 24 hours (a total of 9000 hours) in these simulators. 60 hours of actual flights and 30 hours of simulated flights took place in KT-1T and T-38 aircrafts within this period. During daily simulator trainings, the faults of the pilots have been shown to the candidates in order to increase the potential pilots’ awareness. Minimizing the flight and maintenance costs of actual flights and providing safe and efficient training independent from weather conditions are aimed with theSimulator Training Center.
8 Aircrafts to Accomplish Virtual Formation Flights
With the systems built within the scope of TESIM and ARISIM projects, integrated environment that fully meet the requirements of comprehensive pilot trainings covering a wide variety of embarkation and abandoning trainings, simulated ammunition trainings are provided.
8 Aircrafts could accomplish virtual formation flights in the simulation training center in following trainings; internal controls using avionic systems similar or close to the aircraft systems, engine run-up, taxiing methods, controls before take-off and after landing and engine stopping trainings, take-offs using the global display system that provides high resolution and wide-angled images (270 degrees horizontal and 115 degrees vertical), instrument and pilot navigation, approaching, “touch and go” and landing trainings, aircraft and avionic emergency trainings using more than 150 simulated failure and emergency cases, abnormal cases using aerodynamic simulation models with high similarity, acrobatic maneuvers, stall and virile trainings, night flights using high-end technology imaging systems designed especially for producing realistic night images, instrument navigation/descent/approach and landing trainings and Operational and Instrument Flight Training Simulators with joint functioning capabilities.
