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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Guess I'm daft, but you would think that the majority of that training would be handled by the winning fighter's company and they would use their own current training facilities. At last for the transition?
This seems like an extra level of cost to me.
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It actually reduces the cost. We use the Hawk for phase 3 and 4 right now, 3 is the basic jet course and 4 is the lead in training, which reduces the hours required on the final fighter.
DND can't design a new lead in program without knowing what the end aircraft is, which is why the NFTC program has been extended once and most likely will get another extension in a couple years.