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In 1974, the United States joined the working group and, in addition
to the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey and Canada, proposed a plan to
host a joint undergraduate pilot training program. After a thorough
review of all the proposals, it was agreed that the United States
could offer the best combination of good flying weather, adequate
training airspace, existing facilities and growth potential to
accommodate proposed annual requirements. Consequently, in 1978, the
United States was formally selected to host the ENJJPT program for 10
years as a short term solution, while studies on relocation to a
European base continued.
A multi-national working group visited Sheppard AFB to survey the
facilities and organization of the 80th FTW, which was already
conducting undergraduate pilot training for the German and Dutch air
forces. In June 1980, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown announced the
selection of Sheppard as the site for the proposed program, and the
ENJJPT Program held its official opening ceremony Oct. 23, 1981. In
1987, the program was extended to 1989, and in 1989, the program was
again extended to 2005. Currently, plans are underway to extend the
program to 2016.
The ENJJPT Wing is a uniquely manned multi-national organization with
a USAF wing commander and vice commander and an operations group
commander in the top three leadership positions. The OG commander is
based on country participation. Command and operations officers'
positions in the flying training squadrons rotate among the
participating nations, while the commander of the 80th Operations
Support Squadron is always from the USAF. Additionally, officers from
all 13 participating nations fill subordinate leadership positions
throughout the wing. Five nations -- Germany, Italy, The Netherlands,
Norway and the United States -- provide instructor pilots based on
their number of student pilots. Canada, Greece, Portugal, Spain and
Turkey do not have student pilots in training, but do provide one
instructor pilot. As an example of this totally integrated structure,
an American student pilot may have a Belgian instructor pilot, a Dutch
flight commander, a Turkish section commander, an Italian operations
office, and a German squadron commander.
ENJJPT is also unique with its four distinct training programs. In
addition to Undergraduate Pilot Training, ENJJPT also provides for its
own Pilot Instructor Training (a program that teaches pilots to be
instructor pilots), Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals, and IFF
Upgrade Instructor Pilot training. About 200 student pilots earn their
wings at ENJJPT annually after a 55-week, three-phased training
regimen. About 80 new instructor pilots are trained annually and up to
150 pilots transition through IFF each year. All this training is
supported by a staff of more than 1,300 military, civilian and
contract personnel employing 242 T-6A, T-37B and T-38C training
aircraft. Of that total, 59 T-37B aircraft will be retired from
service this year as ENJJPT completes the transition to the T-6A.
The benefits of the ENJJPT Program are many -- lower cost, better
training environment, enhanced standardization and interoperability,
to name a few. Another important aspect of ENJJPT is the bond of
friendship and respect developed among all participants in the 80th
FTW. The student pilots and staff instructors of today will be the
leaders of NATO's air forces of tomorrow. Having trained together,
they will be much better prepared to fight and win together, when the
need ever arises.
(Current as of January 2009)
Point of Contact
82nd Training Wing Public Affairs