Ukuqeqeshwa kwabashayeli bezindiza be-Dutch F-16 e-Arizona
Azikho izindawo zokukhosela zezindiza eTucson njengokuthi kunezisekelo zomoya zaseDutch. Ngakho-ke, ama-Dutch F-16s ame obala, ngaphansi kwezibonisi zelanga, njengoba kukhonjisiwe esithombeni J-010. Lena indiza eyabelwe umholi weqembu, ebhalwe ohlakeni lwekhava ye-cockpit. Isithombe ngu-Niels Hugenboom
Ukukhethwa kwabazongenela iRoyal Netherlands Air Force Basic Training School kusekelwe kumaphrofayili okusebenza alungisiwe, ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha, ukuhlolwa kokuqina komzimba kanye nokuhlolwa kwengqondo. Ngemva kokuphothula eRoyal Military Academy kanye naseBasic Aviation Training School, abazokhethwa ukuba bandize ama-F-16 fighters bathunyelwa eSheppard Air Force Base e-United States ukuze bayoqeqeshwa okwengeziwe. Bese bedlulela ophikweni lwama-Dutch e-Tucson Air National Guard Base phakathi nogwadule lwase-Arizona, lapho beba abashayeli bezindiza be-Dutch F-16.
Ngemva kokuphothula eRoyal Military Academy, abashayeli bezindiza bangena esifundweni esiyisisekelo sokuqeqeshwa kwezindiza esikhungweni saseWundrecht eNetherlands. Umkhuzi wezifundo, uMajor Pilot Jeroen Kloosterman, wasichazela phambilini ukuthi bonke abashayeli bezindiza besikhathi esizayo beRoyal Netherlands Air Force kanye neRoyal Netherlands Navy baqeqeshwe lapha kusukela kwasungulwa ukuqeqeshwa kwezempi okuyisisekelo kwezindiza ngo-1988. Isifundo sihlukaniswe ngengxenye yomhlabathi kanye nokuzivocavoca okusebenzayo emoyeni. Phakathi nengxenye ephansi, amakhandidethi afunda zonke izifundo ezidingekayo ukuze bathole ilayisense yokushayela, okuhlanganisa umthetho wezokundiza, i-meteorology, ukuhamba, ukusetshenziswa kwezinsimbi zendiza, njll. Lesi sigaba sithatha amaviki angu-25. Emasontweni ayi-12 alandelayo, abafundi bafunda ukushayela indiza ye-Swiss Pilatus PC-7. Indiza yezempi yaseDutch inezingu-13 zalezi zindiza.
Isisekelo Sheppard
Ngemva kokuphothula isifundo sezempi esiyisisekelo sokundiza, abashayeli bezindiza besikhathi esizayo be-F-16 bathunyelwa e-Sheppard Air Force Base e-Texas. Kusukela ngo-1981, uhlelo oluhlanganyelwe lokuqeqesha abashayeli bezindiza bezempi lwamalungu aseYurophu e-NATO, olwaziwa nge-Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT), seluqalisiwe lapha. Lokhu kuletha izinzuzo eziningi: izindleko eziphansi, indawo engcono yokuqeqeshwa kwezindiza, ukukhuphuka kokumiswa nokusebenzisana, nokunye.
Esigabeni sokuqala, abafundi bafunda ukushayela indiza i-T-6A Texan II, bese bedlulela endizeni ye-T-38C Talon. Ngemva kokuqeda lokhu kuqeqeshwa kwendiza, ama-cadet athola amabheji okushayela. Isinyathelo esilandelayo yinkambo yamaqhinga eyaziwa ngokuthi I-Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF). Phakathi nalesi sifundo samasonto ayi-10, abafundi baqeqeshelwa ukundiza ngendlela yokulwa, bafunde imigomo ye-BFM maneuvering (Basic Fighter Maneuvers), imisebenzi ehlaselayo neyokuzivikela ekulweni nesitha somoya, kanye nezimo eziyinkimbinkimbi zamaqhinga. Ingxenye yalesi sifundo iphinde iqeqeshelwe ukuphatha izikhali zangempela. Kuze kube manje, abafundi bandiza indiza ehlomile i-AT-38C Combat Talon. Ngemva kokuphothula izifundo, amakhandidethi abashayeli bezindiza bezindiza bathunyelwa esikhungweni sase-Tucson e-Arizona.
Igatsha lesiDashi eTucson
I-Tucson International Airport iyikhaya le-Air National Guard kanye ne-162nd Wing yayo, eneziqephu ezintathu zokuqeqesha ze-F-16. 148th Fighter Squadron - Dutch Squadron. Uphiko luthatha indawo engamahektha angama-92 eduze kwezakhiwo zeSikhumulo Sezindiza saseTucson Civil. Le ngxenye yesikhumulo sezindiza ibizwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi i-Tucson Air National Guard Base (Tucson ANGB). I-148th Fighter Squadron, njengezinye, isebenzisa umzila wezindiza ofanayo kanye nomzila wetekisi njengesikhumulo sezindiza esivamile, futhi isebenzisa ukuphepha kwesikhumulo sezindiza nezinkonzo eziphuthumayo ezihlinzekwa yi-Tucson International Airport. Umsebenzi oyinhloko we-148th Fighter Squadron ukuqeqesha abashayeli bezindiza baseDutch F-16.
Ngo-1989, iNetherlands ne-US benza isivumelwano sokusebenzisa izimali ze-Air National Guard kanye nabasebenzi ukuqeqesha abashayeli bezindiza baseDutch F-16. AmaDashi ayengawokuqala emazweni amaningi aqala ukuqeqeshwa ku-National Air Guard. Ngo-2007, ukuqeqeshwa kwadluliselwa ku-178th Fighter Wing ye-Ohio Air National Guard e-Springfield ngenkontileka yeminyaka emithathu, kodwa yabuyela eTucson ngo-2010. Lolu phiko lungesiDashi ngokuphelele, futhi nakuba lufakwe kwezokuphatha ezinhlakeni ze-162nd Wing, alunakho ukwengamela kwaseMelika - izindinganiso zamaDashi, izinto zokuqeqesha kanye nemithetho yempilo yezempi iyasebenza lapha. I-Royal Netherlands Air Force inama-F-10 ayo ayi-16 lapha (ama-F-16AM amahlanu anesihlalo esisodwa kanye nama-F-16BM anezihlalo ezimbili ezinhlanu), kanye namasosha ahlala unomphela angaba ngu-120. Phakathi kwabo kukhona ikakhulukazi abafundisi, kanye nabafundisi be-simulator, abahleli, ochwepheshe bezokuthutha kanye nochwepheshe. Banezelwa cishe amasosha e-US Air Force angaba ngu-80 asebenza ngaphansi komyalo wamaDashi futhi alandela izinqubo zokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe kwamasosha aseDashi. Umkhuzi wamanje wophiko lwamaDashi e-Tucson, e-Arizona nguLieutenant Colonel Joost "Nicky" Luysterburg. "U-Nicky" ungumshayeli wendiza we-F-16 onesipiliyoni onamahora angaphezu kuka-4000 ondiza lolu hlobo lwendiza. Ngesikhathi esebenza eRoyal Netherlands Air Force, wabamba iqhaza emisebenzini engu-11 yaphesheya kwezilwandle njenge-Operation Deny Flight eBosnia naseHerzegovina, i-Operation Allied Forces eSerbia naseKosovo, kanye ne-Operation Enduring Freedom e-Afghanistan.
Ukuqeqeshwa okuyisisekelo ku-F-16
Unyaka ngamunye, uphiko lwama-Dutch e-Tucson luba namahora acishe abe ngu-2000 esikhathi sokundiza, iningi noma ingxenye yawo inikezelwa ekuqeqesheni i-F-16 yabafundi, okwaziwa ngokuthi Ukuqeqeshwa Kokuqala Kokufaneleka (IQT).
ULieutenant Colonel "Nicky" Luisterburg usethula ku-IQT: uguquko olusuka ku-T-38 ukuya ku-F-16 luqala ngenyanga yokuqeqeshwa okuphansi, okuhlanganisa ukuqeqeshwa kwethiyori nokuqeqeshwa kokulingisa. Khona-ke isigaba sokuqeqeshwa esisebenzayo se-F-16 siqala. Abafundi baqala ngokundiza nomqeqeshi ku-F-16BM, bafunde ukushayela indiza ngokwenza amasu alula ezindizeni eziyindilinga nasezindaweni. Abashayeli bezindiza abaningi benza indiza yabo yokuqala bebodwa ngemva kwezindiza ezinhlanu nomfundisi. Ngemva kokundiza bodwa, abaqeqeshwayo bayaqhubeka nokufunda i-BFM - ukuqondisa izilwi eziyisisekelo ngesikhathi sesigaba sokuqeqeshwa sokusuka emoyeni ukuya emoyeni. Ukuqeqeshwa kwe-BFM kuhlanganisa amasu ayisisekelo asetshenziswa ekulweni kwasemoyeni ukuze uthole inzuzo ngaphezu kwesitha futhi wakhe indawo ekahle yokusebenzisa izikhali zakho. Iqukethe izindlela ezihlaselayo nezivikelayo ezimeni ezehlukene zamazinga ahlukene obunzima.
