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- On 1 May 1955 No. 22 Flying Training School RAF (22 FTS) at RAF Syerston was renamed to 1 FTS. It flew the Percival Provost T.1, de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 and de Havilland Vampire T.11, moving to RAF Linton-on-Ouse on 18 November 1957.
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On 1 May 1955 No. 22 Flying Training School RAF (22 FTS) at RAF Syerston was renamed to 1 FTS. It flew the Percival Provost T.1, de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 and de Havilland Vampire T.11, moving to RAF Linton-on-Ouse on 18 November 1957.
- Basic and advanced helicopter training
- United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force
- No. 22 (Training) Group – Directorate of Flying Training
This is a list of schools within the Royal Air Force, including the empire flying training scheme, civilian and service elementary training schemes, and gliding schools.
In Apr 2018, 670 Squadron was subsumed by the newly reformed 9 Regiment AAC to go on delivering flying training for the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) later to become 1 Flying Training School (1FTS) at RAF Shawbury under the new UK Military Flying Training System (UK MFTS).
The 1st Flying Training Squadron provided pilot and navigator proficiency training to all Air Force rated personnel assigned to headquarters in the Washington, D.C. area from 1969 to 1971. It conducted the USAF flight screening program for pilot training candidates between 1990 and 1994 and flew the initial T-3 Firefly operations in early 1994. [1]
- Basic Aircraft Training
- Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado
Apr 27, 2024 · On 1 May 1955 No. 22 Flying Training School RAF (22 FTS) at RAF Syerston was renamed to 1 FTS. It flew the Percival Provost T.1, de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 and de Havilland Vampire T.11, moving to RAF Linton-on-Ouse on 18 November 1957. [1]
No 22 (Training Group) from its Headquarters at High Wycombe recruits RAF personnel, provides initial and through career training for RAF personnel and provides other specialist training to members of the Army and Royal Navy.
On 15 Jan 1994, the Air Force reactivated the unit with its current name at Fort Novosel, Alabama to train future helicopter pilots in the UH-1H “Huey”. Adopted from the Army, the UH-1H served as the 23 FTS’s only training aircraft for many years until a modernized TH-1H “Huey II” was introduced in 2008.
