NATO ‘Crème de la CRÈME’ TOPGUNS!! | Sheppard Air Force Base TEXAS

NATO Channel Courtesy Video
UNITED STATES
03.27.2023
For many of NATO’s aspiring fighter pilots, the journey begins in Texas, where the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training programme churns out the next generation of Allied aviators.
There’s something that fighter pilots from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and 11 other NATO Allies have in common: their flying careers started in Texas, USA.
That’s where the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) programme has been training pilots since the early 80s, when a number of countries decided to found the programme at Sheppard Air Force Base. While conceived of as a cost-saving measure, giving Allies the chance to pool resources in the resource-intensive task of training new fighter pilots, this training has since become a place for students and instructors to pass on tactics and form multinational relationships that will span their careers.
Allies contributing to this training are Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Throughout the course, students learn the fundamentals of flight, progressing from ground school to the prop-driven T-6 Texan trainer - and finally to the T-38 Talon, a supersonic jet trainer that prepares them for the physical and mental strain of flying tactical aircraft.
With 12-hour working days and plenty of bookwork to supplement the flying, this course ensures that only the most skilled and most dedicated graduates serve as fighter pilots in their country’s air forces.
This video follows Royal Danish Air Force Lieutenant” Bun” and Belgian Air Force Lieutenant Jade. Having completed the programme, ‘Bun’ is now training to fly C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, while Jade is preparing to fly the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Future generations of Belgian pilots will also have the chance to fly the F-35 Lightning II, as Belgium is in the process of adding these assets to its fleet. The first F-35A jet will enter service at Luke Air Force Base in the United States in 2024, and at Florennes Air Base in Belgium from 2025 onwards.

[@ronaldduclos707]

They want nato they need to pay their fair share. Sick of usa pay for it.

[@yessir7147]

alot of these nations do pay their fair share.
its unfair to be a dick to the Greeks and the Spanish because they do pay into the alliance.

[@ronaldduclos707]

@yessir7147 you are so full of it. US pays half of nato and all the other countries split up the other half.

[@yessir7147]

@@ronaldduclos707 can you cite me a source?

[@yessir7147]

@@ronaldduclos707 do you know what having evidence to back up your argument is?

[@RicoWorldPeace]

Calm down , traning is included in the price of the Jets they buy from the USA.