Welcome to the 16th Training Squadron
"Tomahawks"
Virtual Training Squadron of the 388th VFW
 

 

16th Training Squadron Cadet Training Program
Described below is our 8 week cadet program. Here you will find information about training for the 388th and a chart showing the progress of our fledgling pilots. New members of our wing are placed in the 16th Training Squadron. After they have completed the course, they are assigned to one of  three fighter squadrons (4th, 34th, 421st) that comprise the 388th Virtual Fighter Wing. Each member of the wing has gone through this training. The 388th operates at a high skill level, and we want to make sure new members understand  Falcon and all of its systems. In this way, we hope to insure that every pilot is an asset to his (or her) squadron and the entire wing.

 

 

 

ESSENTIAL DOWNLOADS
 

16th VTS OFFICIAL CADET TRAINING HOPS  unzip in Balkans Directory

FALCON 4.0 ALLIED FORCE RAMP START TRAINER (Flash Program)
FALCON 4.0 ALLIED FORCE COCKPIT TRAINER (Flash Program)

FALCON 4.0 ALLIED FORCE RAMP START GUIDE (.pdf file)
ENHANCED A/A TRAINING DOCUMENT (word file)
ENHANCED A/G TRAINING DOCUMENT (word file)
388th STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
FALCON 4.0 QUICK THREAT GUIDE (.pdf file)

MAVERICK  SETUP AND DEPLOYMENT
MULTI-SERVICE BREVITY CODES

STANDARD BREVITY TRAINER

TACAN REFERENCE GUIDE

TRAINING DOCUMENTS 

 

 

16th Training Program
EACH  CADET WILL HAVE 1 WEEK IN WHICH TO COMPLETE EACH TRAINING HOP.
THE CADET MAY COMPLETE ANY HOP IN LESS THAN A WEEK AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT HOP.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE HOPS:

  HOP 1 / WEEK 1 :

 YOU'LL TAKE THE LEAD WITH YOUR IP AS YOUR WING AND PRACTICE; SETUP, STARTUP, RECON, 388th STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, FORMATION , BREVITY, NAVIGATION  AND TIMING, AND TAKEOFF AND LANDING.

  HOP 2 / WEEK 2 : 

 YOU'LL FLY LEAD AND PRACTICE; FORMATION FLYING, BREVITY, NAVIGATION AND TIMING, RADAR MISSILES (AIM -120'S), AND IR MISSILES (AIM-9M'S).
  HOP 3 / WEEK 3 : YOU'LL FLY LEAD AND PRACTICE; FORMATION FLYING, BREVITY, NAVIGATION AND TIMING, THREE BOMB DELIVERY (CCIP , DTOS , AND CCRP).
  HOP 4 / WEEK 4 :  YOU'LL FLY LEAD AND PRACTICE; RAMP START, FORMATION FLYING, BREVITY, NAVIGATION AND TIMING  AND GUIDED BOMB (GBU'S) . YOUR IP WILL PICK YOUR TARGETS.
  HOP 5 / WEEK 5 : YOU FLY LEAD AND PRACTICE; FORMATION FLYING, BREVITY, NAVIGATION , HSI STEERING/TACAN  USAGE AND USE OF THE GMT RADAR MODE, TACTICAL DELIVERY OF THE AGM-65 MISSILE.
  HOP 6 / WEEK 6 : YOU'LL FLY LEAD AND PRACTICE; FORMATION FLYING, BREVITY, NAVIGATION AND TIMING, HARM (AGM-88'S) , AND CBU DELIVERY.

 HOP 7 / WEEK 7 : 

YOU'LL FLY YOUR BFM  FLIGHT WITH  AN IP FOR  1 ON 1 TRAINING. THIS HOP WILL BE FLOWN IN THE DOGFIGHT MODE OF FALCON 4. (BASIC FIGHTER MANEUVERING OR DOGFIGHTING) 

  HOP 8 / WEEK 8 :

YOU'LL FLY THE EVALUATION FLIGHT. THIS IS YOUR FINAL FLIGHT WITH THE TRAINING SQUADRON. YOU WILL BE TASKED ON ALL THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED. YOU WILL FLY THIS FLIGHT WITH A MINIMUM OF 2 IP'S. 

 

 

TRAINING HOPS COMPLETED
CADET HOP 1 HOP 2 HOP 3 HOP 4 HOP 5 HOP 6 HOP 7 HOP 8

               

 

CADET FLIGHT STATUS

This table shows the last time a Cadet logged a flight
If a Cadets name is not here he has not logged a flight yet.

CADET JOIN DATE LAST FLIGHT
CLOUD 4/25/2012 5/17/2012 4:55:44 PM