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Flying Training
 After
you join the Indian Air Force, we ensure that you increase your expertise and
knowledge. We organise a number of training programs designed to help you gain
proficiency as a pilot and tackle more responsibilities in related fields.
The following are some training programs organised for the Flying Branch:
Ab-Initio Pilots Course (Common for Fighter, Transport and Helicopter Streams)
Designed to train newly inducted cadets, this training program is conducted to impart basic flying training. All individuals who join the Flying Branch take this course for a year before specialising on Fighter, Helicopter and Transport aircraft.
Transport Conversion Course
The objective of this course is to prepare an officer-in-training to operate as pilot-in-command on a transport aircraft. This course provides support to enable the officer-in-training to handle initial conversion on a turbo-prop twin-engine transport aircraft.
Qualified Flying Instructors Course
After gaining expertise in the field, a pilot in the Indian Air Force can become a Flying Instructor. The objective of this course is to teach the methodology of imparting Flying Instructions on basic trainer aircraft. On completion of training, an experienced pilot is capable of preparing cadets for the Flying branch of the Indian Air Force.
Test Pilot Course
After relevant experience, a pilot can become Test Pilot. The purpose of this course is to train a skilled pilot to undertake developmental flight-testing of aircraft weapons, avionics and other related systems. The course provides pilots the necessary expertise to support evaluation and testing of various options before and after aircraft are selected for final induction into service.
Flight Test Engineer Course (Fixed / Rotary Wing / Avionics / Instrumentation)
This course is aimed at veteran Aeronautical Engineers to help them gain expertise as Flight Test Engineers on fixed/rotary wing. They are also trained to estimate the fight measurement operation cost with relevant analysis and precision.
Pilot Attack Instructors Course
Select pilots of the Fighter Stream take the Pilot Attack Instructors Course. The objective of the course is to introduce them to details of air-launched weapons and their effective employment.
Fighter Combat Leader Course
This course is targeted at veteran pilots of the Fighter Stream to train them in the art and science of aerial combat in a multi-aircraft scenario. The course curriculum also includes a wealth of information about air weapons and strike tactics. This course is the pinnacle of achievement for a Fighter Pilot, a qualification that all aspire to.
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