Updated IOT course, as of the 25th November 2005.
TERM 1
Week 1-Week 4: Military Skills-Weapon Training, First Aid, Essential Service Knowledge, Physical Education, Drill, Navigation Exercise, Leadership (Fundamentals-PICSIE)
Week 5: Leadership Hangar Exercises
Week 6: Academic Leadership Static (Leadership building)
Week 7: Leadership Dynamic 1 (at RITC Fairbourne, Wales)
Week 8: Leadership Dynamic 2 (at RITC Fairbourne, Wales)
Week 9: Military Skills, 1 week Exercise
Week 10: Leadership Test
Then a review and leave (1 week)
TERM 2
Week 11: Intro to academics
Week 12: Exercise - Military Aid
Week 13 - Week 15: Academics-Operational studies, Oral Communications, Essential Service Knowledge, Staff Studies, Written Communications, Leadership (Transactional)
Week 16: Exercise Planning for Decisive Edge I (formerly force protection), Military Skills (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical)
Week 17-Week 18: Exercise-Decisive Edge I leadership test
Week 19: Academic Exams
Week 20: Graduation Support
Recommend Graduation and leave (1 week)
TERM 3
Week 21: Leadership Academics
Week 22-Week 25: Basic Air Warfare Course (BAWC)/Grantown-on-Spey/Care in Command, Station Visit
Week 26: Exercise Planning for Decisive Edge II (formerly combined operations centre), London Visit?
Week 27- Week 28: Exercise - Decisive Edge II
Week 29: Graduation Preparation
Week 30: Graduation
As for the aircraft, well, helicopters have their wings above the roof and they go around and all the other aircraft have their wings bolted firmly onto the sides Tornado wings even move backwards and forwards. The only way to learn the different types of aircraft is to learn them by looking at the pictures.
Best to buy yourself an aircraft recognition book. If it is just RAF aircraft you are after try looking at the RAF Website.