O a'oa'oga pailate F-16 Dutch i Arizona

Tucson e leai ni malutaga va'alele e pei o le Dutch air bases. O le mafuaaga lena ua paka ai le Dutch F-16s i le ea, i lalo o le la, e pei ona faaalia i le ata J-010. O le vaalele lea ua tofia i le taʻitaʻi o le au, o loʻo tusia i luga o le faʻavaa o le tapuni o le vaalele. Ata na saunia e Niels Hoogenboom

O le filifilia o sui tauva mo le Royal Netherlands Air Force Basic Aviation School e faʻavae i luga o faʻamatalaga agavaa, suʻega faʻafomaʻi, suʻega o le tino ma suʻega mafaufau. A mae'a ona fa'au'u mai le Royal Military Academy ma le Basic Aviation Training School, o sui ua filifilia e fa'alele le F-16 va'alele va'alele e auina atu i le Sheppard Air Force Base i le Iunaite Setete mo nisi a'oa'oga. Ona latou siitia atu lea i se iunite Dutch i Tucson Air National Guard Base i le ogatotonu o le toafa o Arisona, lea na avea ai i latou ma pailate Dutch F-16.

Ina ua uma ona faauu mai le Royal Military Academy, ua lesitala pailate i aoaoga faavae vaalele a le militeri i Wundrecht Air Base i Netherlands. O le taʻitaʻi o le vasega, Major Pilot Jeroen Kloosterman, na faʻamatalaina muamua ia i matou o pailate uma i le lumanaʻi o le Royal Netherlands Air Force ma le Royal Netherlands Navy na aʻoaʻoina iinei talu mai le faʻavaeina o le aʻoaʻoga a le militeri i le 1988. Ua vaevaeina le vasega i se vaega o le eleele ma fa'atinoga fa'atino ile ea. I le taimi o le eleele, e suʻesuʻe e sui tauva mataupu uma e manaʻomia e maua ai se laisene pailate, e aofia ai tulafono vaʻalele, meteorology, faʻatauvaʻa, faʻaogaina o mea faigaluega vaalele, ma isi. O lenei vaega e 25 vaiaso. I le isi 12 vaiaso, e a'oa'o ai tamaiti a'oga e fa'alele vaalele Suiselani Pilatus PC-7. O le vaalele a Dutch e 13 ia vaalele.

Sheppard Base

A mae'a a'oa'oga tau va'alele a le militeri, e auina atu pailate F-16 i le lumana'i i Sheppard Air Force Base i Texas. Talu mai le 1981, ua avea ma fale mo se polokalame aʻoaʻoga pailate faʻatasi mo tagata Europa NATO, ua taʻua o le Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT). O lenei mea e maua ai le tele o faʻamanuiaga: tau maualalo, sili atu le siosiomaga o aʻoaʻoga vaalele, faʻateleina tulaga faʻataʻatia ma fesoʻotaʻiga, ma sili atu.

E a'oa'o muamua tamaiti a'oga e fa'alele le T-6A Texan II ona fa'asolo lea i le T-38C Talon. I le mae'a ai o lenei a'oa'oga va'alele, e maua e le au ta'ita'i a latou pine pailate. O le isi laasaga o se taʻaloga faʻapitoa e taʻua o le Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF). I lenei vasega 10-vaiaso, o tamaiti aoga e toleni i vaalele faʻavae taua, aʻoaʻoina mataupu faavae o le BFM (Basic Fighter Maneuver) faʻataʻitaʻiga, faʻalavelave faʻafefe ma le puipuiga i taua i luga o le ea, ma i faʻataʻitaʻiga faʻalavelave lavelave. O se vaega o lenei kosi e aofia ai foi aʻoaʻoga i le faʻaaogaina o auupega moni. I lea tulaga, o tamaiti aoga e felelei faʻaauupegaina AT-38C Combat Talon vaalele. A mae'a le kosi, ona auina atu loa lea o sui tauva pailate i Tucson Air Force Base i Arizona.

Paranesi a Holani i Tucson

Tucson International Airport o le nofoaga lea o le Air National Guard ma lona 162nd Wing, lea o loʻo iai ni au faʻataʻitaʻiga e tolu F-16. O le 148th Fighter Squadron o le Dutch squadron. O le apaau o loʻo nofoia le 92 eka o fanua e lata ane i le Tucson Civil Airport fale. O lenei vaega o le malaevaalele ua ta'ua aloaia o le Tucson Air National Guard Base (Tucson ANGB). O le 148th Fighter Squadron, e pei o isi, o loʻo faʻaogaina le auala tutusa ma le taxiway e pei o le malaevaalele lautele ma faʻamanuiaina foi mai le saogalemu o le malaevaalele ma auaunaga faʻafuaseʻi na saunia e Tucson International Airport. O le misiona autu a le 148th Fighter Squadron o le aoaoina lea o pailate F-16 Dutch.

I le 1989, na osia ai e Netherlands ma le Iunaite Setete se maliliega e faaaoga ai tupe a le Ea National Guard ma tagata faigaluega e aoaoina ai pailate F-16 Dutch. O Dutch o le muamua lea o le tele o atunuu na amata aʻoaʻoga a le Air National Guard. I le 2007, na siitia atu ai aʻoaʻoga i le Ohio Air National Guard's 178th Fighter Wing i Springfield i luga o se konekarate e tolu tausaga, ae toe foi atu i Tucson i le 2010. O le iunite o le Dutch atoa, ma e ui lava o loʻo tuʻufaʻatasia faʻatasi i le 162nd Wing, e leai se vaʻaiga a Amerika - faʻaaogaina tulaga faʻa-Holani, mea aʻoaʻoga ma tulafono o le olaga militeri. O le Royal Netherlands Air Force e 10 ana lava F-16s (lima nofoa nofofua F-16AM ma le lima nofoa lua F-16BM) iinei, faʻapea foʻi ma le 120 tagata faigaluega tumau. O nei mea e aofia ai le tele o faiaoga, ae faʻapea foʻi faiaoga simulator, fuafuaga, logisticians ma tekinisia. O loʻo faʻaopoopoina e le tusa ma le 80 US Air Force fitafita o loʻo galulue i lalo o le faʻatonuga a Dutch ma mulimulitaʻi i faʻatonuga a le militeri Dutch. O le ta'ita'i o lo'o iai nei le vaega a Dutch i Tucson, Arizona o Lt. Col. Joost "Nicky" Luysterburg. O “Nicky” o se pailate poto F-16 e silia ma le 4000 itula o le taimi o le vaalele i le ituaiga vaalele. A o auauna atu i le Royal Netherlands Air Force, sa auai o ia i misiona e 11 i fafo, e pei o le Operation Deny Flight i Bosnia ma Herzegovina, Operation Allied Force i Serbia ma Kosovo, ma le Operation Enduring Freedom i Afghanistan.

A'oga amata ile F-16

O tausaga taʻitasi, o le Dutch Tucson iunite e lele pe a ma le 2000 itula, o le tele poʻo le afa o ia mea e tuuto atu i le aʻoaʻoina o tamaiti aoga i le F-16, ua taʻua o le aʻoaʻoga faʻamaonia muamua (IQT).

Lieutenant Colonel "Nicky" Luysterburg faʻafeiloaʻi i matou i le IQT: o le suiga mai le T-38 i le F-16 e amata i le masina o aʻoaʻoga i le eleele, e aofia ai aʻoaʻoga faʻapitoa ma aʻoaʻoga faʻataʻitaʻiga. Ona amata loa lea o le vaega o toleniga F-16. E amata tamaiti aoga i le felelei faatasi ma se faiaoga i le F-16BM ma aoao e faalele le vaalele e ala i taamilomilo faigofie ma le eria. O le tele o pailate e ave la latou malaga toatasi muamua pe a mae'a malaga e lima ma se faiaoga. A mae'a le va'alele to'atasi, e fa'aauau pea ona a'oa'oina e le au a'oa'o le BFM, o faiga fa'avae fusu ole a'oa'oga i luga ole ea. O aʻoaʻoga a le BFM e aofia ai faiga faʻavae e faʻaaogaina i taua i luga o le ea, e faʻamoemoe e maua se avanoa i luga o le fili ma atiina ae se tulaga lelei e faʻaaoga ai au lava auupega. O lo'o i ai fa'agaioiga fa'alavelave ma fa'alavelave i fa'aaliga eseese o tikeri eseese o faigata.