Education & Training
The JAPCC contributes expertise to a variety of NATO and national education and training entities. They include NATO School Oberammergau, national staff colleges and HQ/entities responsible for offering training. Coordination between COEs is crucial to provide the best possible functional support in the required areas of expertise. The JAPCC’s support to training is in response to individual requests or to longstanding agreements with training entities. The JAPCC itself does not conduct its own courses, but provides Subject Matter Experts that offer their specific expertise in areas that may not be available elsewhere.
Featured Publications
Rebalancing Combat Aviation Training
Integrating Synthetic Environments for Multi-Domain Mission Readiness
By Lt Col
Antonio
Gutierrez
Combat pilots have always preferred to fly, and that preference has shaped how militaries train. However, in recent decades, simulator training has increasingly supplemented live flight hours. As the synthetic training environment evolves in sophistication [...]
How to Train Your Pilot
Rethinking Early Pilot Training in an Age of Live, Virtual, Constructive
By Col
William
Barksdale
By Col
Vito
Cracas
There is a memorable moment in the DreamWorks animated film ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, where the young protagonist, Hiccup, realises that no number of books or lectures can teach him to fly a dragon. [...]
The Hellenic International Flight Training Centre
A Strategic Enabler of NATO Air Power
By Maj Gen
Marios
Bantouvas
By Lt Col
Athanasios
Sdrakas
Pilot training has become a strategic determinant of combat air power. The technology of warfare has advanced rapidly, but training systems have not always evolved at a commensurate pace with modern aircraft systems. In contested [...]
