Originally Posted by
DuckDodgers
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.
One imagines HHA will be the likely contenders? I wonder if they'll pick up few of the Hawks? They also need to find somewhere else to live of course.
FB