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www.vanguardcanada.com FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 23 As the prime contractor of the NFTC, CAE is responsible for all support aspects at the school and providing the CT-156 Harvard II turboprop and CT-155 Hawk advanced jet trainer, which are leased from the Government of Canada, but main- tained and serviced by CAE. The academ- ic and simulator instruction is delivered by CAE employees who have previous military flying instruction experience. The company also operates the multi-purpose facility at this location, which houses offic- es, classrooms, briefing rooms, three Har- vard II simulators and a Hawk simulator. DND provides the students, live fly- ing instructors, airspace, syllabus for the ground-based training and flight training, air traffic control personnel, flight safety program and training standards for the NFTC program. In addition to training RCAF pilots, the NFTC program is also available to other NATO partners and Allies through direct government-to-government agreements. To date, students from Denmark, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Italy, Hun- gary, Austria, and the United Arab Emir- ates have participated in the program. the CFtS Program The other school, 3CFFTS, is in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba and is operated by KF Aerospace through the Contracted Flying Training and Support (CFTS) pro- gram. The CFTS program is a flying train- ing and support services contract for the Primary and Basic Flying Training and Multi-Engine and Helicopter pilot train- ing programs. These sessions are con- ducted at the Southport Aerospace Cen- tre (SAC), which was formerly known as Canadian Forces Base, Portage-La-Prairie, Manitoba. In 2005, the CFTS contract was award- ed to Allied Wings, led by KF Aerospace, and included Canadian Helicopters, At- lantis Systems Intl, Black & Macdonald, and Coastal Pacific Aviation. Under the 22-year, $1.77B contract, Allied Wings is responsible for providing the Grob G120A aircraft for Primary and Basic Flying Train- ing, the Raytheon King Air C90B for Ad- vanced Multi-Engine Flying Training, and converting the Bell 206 Jet Ranger and Bell 412 Griffon helicopters from Cana- dian Forces inventory for Advanced Heli- copter Flying Training. 3CFFTS conducts the flight training while the contractor is responsible for all other aspects of training and support ser- vices, including infrastructure, aircraft, ac- commodation, meals, academic training, simulator training, and air traffic control. The program includes full-motion flight simulators to support the Multi-Engine and Helicopter Flying Training programs. To facilitate the necessary training to carry out this contract, a new 80,000 square foot training facility was constructed at South- port, which includes high-tech classrooms, student lounges, briefing rooms, board- rooms, a 150-seat theatre, a flight planning centre, fitness centre, reference library and ceremonies hall. This complex also houses simulators and devices for flight training. Training through this contract began in 2006 and will run until 2027. trAininG CAE instructors deliver the ground school academic and simulator training for the NFTC program. Photos: CAE KF Aerospace manages the CFTS program at the 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training school in Portage. Photo: KF Aerospace.

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