Originally Posted by
Finningley Boy
Doesn't JFACTSU operate the Hawk T1?
FB
Yes, but the jets and the crews come from the Ton. This service provision will have to be contracted out to meet the certification and accreditation minimums for the course delivered by JFACTSU in order to satisfy the JCAS MOA. There's probably iro 380hrs per year Hawk T1 provision to JFACTSU largely to cover off hot drop BDU-33, in addition I suspect there's another bucket load of hours (300-400?) to meet formation level currency and training as directed by JALO. All this is additional requirement to the non-representative training delivered by extant service provisions using DA-42s under a bespoke contract to Army Command through 1 Arty Bde along with Air's non-competed MSASS contract.