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Old 03-01-2009 | 08:56 PM
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Default UPT phases

This thread is started to share information of the different phases of training during USAF UPT.
Floridagator said:
I cant remember...because these posts have like ten different conversations going on...but I think you asked about UPT.
As for Vance...in beautiful Enid OK. (feel the sarcasm....and yes, detroying OK in the national championship was bliss) it was broken up into 3 squadrons. t-27 squadron, t-38 squadron, & T1 squadron. The squadrons were run by a Lt Col. and broken down into flights. Each T-37 and T-1 flight was headed by a Captian who had about 8 instructors working under him. 7 were First Assignment Instructor Pilots (FAIPS) 1st LT's, and usually there was one or two captains for whatever reason. T-38's had very few FAIPS and instuctors and flight commanders were always Majors or Lt. Col's due to the intensity of the program.
Programs were broken down into 3 or 4 phases.
1st Phase Contact. Typical Loops, Cuban 8's Chandelles, Split-S, Spins and every other aerobatic imaginable. MUCH more cool than Commercial training in a complex General Aviation aircraft.
2nd Phase - Instrument. Not much to talk about here. Mostly book work, but all-in-all, I liked the 141 training better.
3rd Phase - Formation. This is unlike anything I every experienced in my Civilian training. Very demanding. Completely unapplicable to what I do under 121.
4th Phase - Low Level. Usually only 2 or 3 sorties. No different than buzzing along at 500' in GA with a VFR sectional. Not a memorable phase.
So let me get this right.....this is just the T-6A phases of training correct - so the equivalent of USN/USMC/USCG Primary T-34C training.

I am really surprised by how many FAIPs you say there are in the flights.
We don't have SERGRADs teaching T-34 students do we (Bunk, FlyBoyd?)

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