horar da matukan jirgin F-16 na Dutch a Arizona

Babu mafakar jirgin sama a Tucson kamar akwai sansanonin jiragen sama na Dutch. Don haka, F-16s na Dutch suna tsaye a buɗe, ƙarƙashin hasken rana, kamar yadda aka nuna a hoto J-010. Wannan shi ne jirgin da aka ba shugaban squadron, wanda aka rubuta a kan firam na murfin kokfit. Hoto daga Niels Hugenboom

Zaɓin 'yan takara don Makarantar Koyarwar Sojan Sama ta Royal Netherlands ta dogara ne akan bayanan cancantar da aka shirya, gwaje-gwajen likita, gwajin lafiyar jiki da gwaje-gwajen tunani. Bayan kammala karatunsu daga Makarantar Soja ta Royal Military Academy da Makarantar Koyar da Jirgin Sama, an tura 'yan takarar da aka zaba don jigilar mayaka F-16 zuwa sansanin Sojan Sama na Sheppard da ke Amurka don samun horo. Daga nan sai suka koma wani sashin Dutch a Tucson Air National Guard Base a tsakiyar hamadar Arizona, inda suka zama matukan jirgin F-16 na Dutch.

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Soja ta Royal, matukan jirgi sun shiga horo na asali na horar da jiragen sama a sansanin Wundrecht da ke Netherlands. Kwamandan kwas din, Manjo Pilot Jeroen Kloosterman, ya bayyana mana tun da farko cewa dukkan matukan jirgi na Rundunar Sojan Sama na Royal Netherlands da Navy na Royal Netherlands an horar da su a nan tun lokacin da aka fara ba da horo na asali na soja a cikin 1988. An raba kwas ɗin zuwa ɓangaren ƙasa da kuma motsa jiki a cikin iska. A lokacin filin ƙasa, 'yan takara suna nazarin duk abubuwan da ake buƙata don samun lasisin matukin jirgi, ciki har da dokar zirga-zirgar jiragen sama, nazarin yanayi, kewayawa, amfani da kayan aikin jirgin sama, da sauransu. Wannan matakin yana ɗaukar makonni 25. A cikin makonni 12 masu zuwa, ɗalibai suna koyon yadda ake tashi jirgin Swiss Pilatus PC-7. Jirgin saman soja na Holland yana da 13 daga cikin wadannan jiragen.

Base Sheppard

Bayan kammala wani horo na farko na horar da jiragen sama na soja, ana aika matukan jirgin F-16 nan gaba zuwa sansanin Sojan Sama na Sheppard a Texas. Tun daga 1981, an aiwatar da shirin horar da haɗin gwiwa na matukin jirgi na yaƙi ga membobin Turai na NATO, wanda aka fi sani da Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT), a nan. Wannan yana kawo fa'idodi da yawa: ƙananan farashi, ingantaccen yanayi don horar da jiragen sama, haɓaka daidaito da haɗin kai, da ƙari.

A mataki na farko, dalibai suna koyon tukin jirgin T-6A Texan II, sannan su matsa zuwa jirgin T-38C Talon. Bayan kammala wannan horon jirgin, ƴan wasa suna karɓar baji na matukin jirgi. Mataki na gaba shine kwas na dabara da aka sani da Gabatarwa ga Maƙasudin Fighter (IFF). A cikin wannan kwas na mako 10, ɗalibai suna horar da dabarun yaƙi, suna koyon ƙa'idodin BFM (Basic Fighter Maneuvers) motsa jiki, yaƙin iska mai ban tsoro da tsaro, da kuma yanayin dabarun dabara. Wani bangare na wannan kwas kuma shine horarwa kan sarrafa makamai na gaske. Don wannan, ɗalibai suna tashi jirgin sama dauke da makamai AT-38C Combat Talon. Bayan kammala kwas ɗin, ana aika 'yan takarar matukin jirgi zuwa Tucson tushe a Arizona.

Reshen Dutch a Tucson

Filin jirgin saman kasa da kasa na Tucson gida ne ga Sojojin Sama na Kasa da Wing na 162, wanda ke da rukunin horar da F-16 guda uku. Squadron Fighter na 148 - Squadron Dutch. Reshen ya mamaye kadada 92 na fili kusa da gine-ginen Filin Jirgin Sama na Tucson. Wannan bangare na filin jirgin ana kiransa Tucson Air National Guard Base (Tucson ANGB). Squadron na 148th Fighter Squadron, kamar sauran, suna amfani da titin jirgin sama da taxi iri ɗaya a matsayin filin jirgin sama na farar hula, kuma yana amfani da tsaro na filin jirgin sama da sabis na gaggawa da filin jirgin saman Tucson ke bayarwa. Babban aikin 148th Fighter Squadron shine horar da matukan jirgin F-16 na Dutch.

A cikin 1989, Netherlands da Amurka sun kulla yarjejeniya don amfani da kudade da ma'aikatan Tsaron Sama don horar da matukan jirgin F-16 na Dutch. 'Yan kasar Holland su ne na farko a cikin kasashe da dama da suka fara atisaye a cikin rundunar sojojin sama ta kasa. A cikin 2007, an tura horo zuwa ga 178th Fighter Wing na Ohio Air National Guard a Springfield akan kwangilar shekaru uku, amma ya koma Tucson a 2010. Ƙungiyar gaba ɗaya ta Yaren mutanen Holland ce, kuma ko da yake an haɗa ta a cikin tsarin mulki na 162nd Wing, ba ta da wani sa ido na Amurka - ƙa'idodin Dutch, kayan horo da ka'idojin rayuwar soja suna aiki a nan. Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Royal Netherlands tana da 10 na ta F-16 a nan (F-16AMs masu kujeru guda biyar da F-16BMs kujeru biyar), da kuma kusan dakaru 120 na dindindin. Daga cikinsu akwai malamai da yawa, da kuma masu koyar da na'urar kwaikwayo, masu tsara tsarawa, ƙwararrun ƙwararru da ƙwararrun ƙwararru. Kimanin sojojin sojojin saman Amurka 80 ne ke ba su ƙarin aiki a ƙarƙashin umarnin Dutch kuma suna bin hanyoyin ladabtarwa na sojan Holland. Kwamandan na yanzu na sashin Dutch a Tucson, Arizona shine Laftanar Kanar Joost "Nicky" Luysterburg. "Nicky" ƙwararren matuƙin jirgin sama ne na F-16 tare da sama da sa'o'i 4000 na lokacin tashi a cikin irin wannan jirgin. Yayin da yake aiki a Rundunar Sojan Sama na Royal Netherlands, ya halarci ayyuka 11 na kasashen waje kamar su Operation Deny Flight a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Operation Allied Forces a Serbia da Kosovo, da Operation Enduring Freedom a Afghanistan.

Babban horo akan F-16

Kowace shekara, ƙungiyar Dutch a Tucson tana da kusan sa'o'i 2000 na lokacin jirgin, wanda yawancin ko rabi ke sadaukar da su ga horar da dalibai F-16, wanda aka sani da Koyarwar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru (IQT).

Laftanar Kanar "Nicky" Luisterburg ya gabatar da mu ga IQT: sauyi daga T-38 zuwa F-16 yana farawa da wata ɗaya na horo na ƙasa, gami da horo na ka'idar da horar da kwaikwaiyo. Sa'an nan kuma aikin horo na F-16 ya fara. Dalibai sun fara tashi tare da malami a cikin F-16BM, suna koyon tashi jirgin ta hanyar yin motsi mai sauƙi a cikin da'ira da zirga-zirgar yanki. Yawancin matukan jirgi suna yin jirgin su na farko bayan jirage biyar tare da malami. Bayan jirgin na solo, masu horon sun ci gaba da koyon BFM - dabarun gwagwarmaya na yau da kullun a lokacin horon iska zuwa iska. Horon BFM ya ƙunshi ainihin motsin motsa jiki da ake amfani da su a cikin yaƙin iska don samun fa'ida akan abokan gaba da haɓaka wuri mai dacewa don amfani da naku makaman. Ya ƙunshi motsin kai hari da na tsaro a yanayi daban-daban na nau'ikan wahala daban-daban.