Dutch F-16 pilot ọzụzụ na Arizona
Tucson enweghị ebe nchekwa ụgbọ elu dị ka ọdụ ikuku Dutch. Ọ bụ ya mere ndị Dutch F-16 ji na-adọba ụgbọala n'èzí, n'okpuru anya anyanwụ, dị ka e gosiri na foto J-010. Nke a bụ ụgbọ elu e kenyere onye isi ndị agha squadron, nke edere na etiti mkpuchi mkpuchi. Foto sitere n'aka Niels Hoogenboom
Nhọrọ nke ndị ga-aga maka Royal Netherlands Air Force Basic Aviation School dabere na profaịlụ ikike akwadoro, nyocha ahụike, nyocha ahụike na nyocha nke mmụọ. Mgbe ha gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Royal Military Academy na Basic Aviation Training School, a na-eziga ndị a họpụtara ka ha fega ụgbọ elu F-16 na Sheppard Air Force Base na United States maka ọzụzụ ọzọ. Ha na-agafe na otu Dutch na Tucson Air National Guard Base n'etiti ọzara Arizona, ebe ha ghọrọ ndị na-anya ụgbọ elu Dutch F-16.
Mgbe ha gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Royal Military Academy, ndị na-anya ụgbọ elu debanyere aha na ọzụzụ ụgbọ elu ndị agha bụ isi na Wundrecht Air Base na Netherlands. Onye isi nchịkwa ahụ, Major Pilot Jeroen Kloosterman, kọwapụtara anyị na mbụ na ndị ọkwọ ụgbọ elu niile nke Royal Netherlands Air Force na Royal Netherlands Navy zụrụ azụ ebe a kemgbe e guzobere ọzụzụ ọzụzụ ụgbọ elu ndị agha na 1988. A na-ekewa usoro ahụ n'ime akụkụ ala na ihe omume bara uru na ikuku. N'oge akụkụ ala, ndị na-eme ntuli aka na-amụ isiokwu niile achọrọ iji nweta ikike ịnya ụgbọ elu, gụnyere iwu ụgbọ elu, meteorology, igodo, iji ngwa ụgbọ elu, wdg. Usoro a na-ewe izu 25. N'ime izu iri na abụọ sochirinụ, ụmụ akwụkwọ na-amụta ife ụgbọ elu Switzerland Pilatus PC-12. Ụgbọ elu ndị agha Dutch nwere ụgbọ elu 7 dị otú ahụ.
Sheppard Base
Mgbe ha gụchara ọzụzụ ụgbọ elu ndị agha, a na-eziga ndị na-anya ụgbọ elu F-16 n'ọdịnihu na Sheppard Air Force Base na Texas. Ebe ọ bụ na 1981, ọ bụla ebe obibi maka mmemme ọzụzụ pilot ọgụ maka ndị òtù European NATO, nke a maara dị ka ọzụzụ ọzụzụ ụgbọ elu nke Euro-NATO Joint Jet (ENJJPT). Nke a na-eweta ọtụtụ uru: ọnụ ala dị ala, gburugburu ọzụzụ ụgbọ elu ka mma, nhazi ọkwa na mmekọrịta, yana ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ.
Ụmụ akwụkwọ buru ụzọ mụọ ife efe T-6A Texan II wee gaa n'ihu na T-38C Talon. Mgbe ha gụchara ọzụzụ ụgbọ elu a, ndị cade na-enweta baajị pilot ha. Nzọụkwụ na-esote bụ usoro atụmatụ a maara dị ka Okwu Mmalite na Fighter Fundamentals (IFF). N'ime usoro izu 10 a, ụmụ akwụkwọ na-azụ ọzụzụ ụgbọ elu nhazi ọgụ, na-amụta ụkpụrụ nke BFM (Basic Fighter Maneuver), omume mkpasu iwe na agbachitere na ọgụ ikuku, yana n'ọnọdụ dị mgbagwoju anya. Akụkụ nke nkuzi a gụnyekwara ọzụzụ n'iji ezigbo ngwa ọgụ eme ihe. Iji mee nke a, ụmụ akwụkwọ na-efega ngwa agha AT-38C Combat Talon. Mgbe emechara usoro ahụ, a na-eziga ndị na-anya ụgbọ elu na Tucson Air Force Base na Arizona.
Alaka Holland na Tucson
Ọdụ ụgbọ elu mba ụwa nke Tucson bụ ebe obibi nke ndị nchekwa mba ikuku na Wing 162, nke nwere ndị otu F-16 ọzụzụ atọ. 148th Fighter Squadron bụ squadron Dutch. Nku ahụ nwere acres 92 n'akụkụ ụlọ ọdụ ụgbọ elu Tucson. A na-akpọ akụkụ nke ọdụ ụgbọ elu nke Tucson Air National Guard Base (Tucson ANGB). 148th Fighter Squadron, dị ka ndị ọzọ, na-eji otu runway na taxiway dị ka ọdụ ụgbọ elu ndị nkịtị na-eritekwa uru na nchekwa ọdụ ụgbọ elu na ọrụ mberede nke Tucson International Airport na-enye. Ọrụ mbụ nke Fighter Squadron nke 148 bụ ịzụ ndị na-anya ụgbọ elu Dutch F-16.
Na 1989, Netherlands na United States abanyela na nkwekọrịta iji ego na ndị ọrụ nchekwa ụgbọ elu na-azụ ndị na-anya ụgbọ elu Dutch F-16. Ndị Dutch bụ ndị mbụ n'ime ọtụtụ mba malitere ọzụzụ ọzụzụ nchekwa nke mba ikuku. Na 2007, a bufere ọzụzụ na Ohio Air National Guard's 178th Fighter Wing na Springfield na nkwekọrịta afọ atọ, mana laghachiri Tucson na 2010. Ngalaba ahụ bụ Dutch kpamkpam, n'agbanyeghị na etinyere ya na nhazi ya na Wing 162, ọ nweghị nlekọta America ọ bụla - ụkpụrụ Dutch, ihe ọzụzụ na iwu nke ndụ agha na-emetụta. Royal Netherlands Air Force nwere 10 nke F-16 nke ya (F-16AM otu oche ise na oche ise F-16BM) ebe a, yana ihe dị ka ndị ọrụ 120 na-adịgide adịgide. Ndị a gụnyere tumadi ndị nkuzi, kamakwa ndị nkuzi simulator, ndị na-eme atụmatụ, ndị na-ahụ maka ngwa ngwa na ndị ọrụ nka. Ihe dị ka ndị agha 80 US Air Force bụ ndị na-eje ozi n'okpuru iwu Dutch na-agbaso usoro ịdọ aka ná ntị ndị agha Dutch. Onye isi ugbu a nke ngalaba Dutch na Tucson, Arizona bụ Lt. Col. Joost "Nicky" Luysterburg. "Nicky" bụ onye ọkwọ ụgbọ elu F-16 nwere ahụmahụ nke nwere ihe karịrị awa 4000 nke oge ụgbọ elu n'ụdị ụgbọ elu. Mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na Royal Netherlands Air Force, o sonye na 11 mba ofesi, dị ka Operation Deny Flight na Bosnia na Herzegovina, Operation Allied Force na Serbia na Kosovo, na Operation Enduring Freedom na Afghanistan.
Ọzụzụ izizi na F-16
Kwa afọ, ngalaba Dutch Tucson na-efe efe ihe dị ka awa 2000, ọtụtụ ma ọ bụ ọkara nke etinyere na ọzụzụ ụmụ akwụkwọ na F-16, nke a maara dị ka ọzụzụ ntozu izizi (IQT).
Lieutenant Colonel "Nicky" Luysterburg na-ewebata anyị na IQT: mgbanwe site na T-38 ruo F-16 na-amalite na otu ọnwa nke ọzụzụ ala, gụnyere ọzụzụ usoro iwu na ọzụzụ ịme anwansị. Mgbe ahụ F-16 aka-na ọzụzụ na-amalite. Ụmụ akwụkwọ na-amalite site na iji onye nkuzi na-efe efe na F-16BM wee mụta ife efe ụgbọ elu site n'ịgbagharị na mpaghara dị mfe. Ọtụtụ ndị na-anya ụgbọ elu na-eji onye nkuzi na-eji ụgbọ elu mbụ ha gachara ụgbọ elu ise. Mgbe ụgbọ elu solo gachara, ndị na-azụ ọzụzụ na-aga n'ihu na-amụ BFM, usoro ọgụ bụ isi nke ọzụzụ ikuku na ikuku. Ọzụzụ BFM na-ekpuchi isi ụzọ a na-eji ọgụ ikuku, iji nweta uru karịa ndị iro na ịzụlite ọnọdụ dị mma iji ngwa ọgụ nke gị. Ọ nwere usoro mkpasu iwe na ịgbachitere n'ọnọdụ dị iche iche nke ogo siri ike dị iche iche.
