The School of Air Power Studies is the premier training institution of the

Namibian Air Force The Namibian Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Namibian Defence Force. It was commissioned on 13 March 2005 at Grootfontein Air Force Base. Accessed 2007/07/27 Following the independence of Namibia from South Africa in 1990, the Air ...

History

At the onset of the formation of the Namibian Defence Force Air Wing there was no capacity to train Pilots and maintenance technicians. An agreement with the Namibian Aviation Training Academy was forged. The academy was responsible for providing flight training to aspirant and maintenance training to aspirant technicians. President

Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, and was ...

Inaugurated the School on 13 February 2015. The school was set up in stages the first phase was the Aircraft Technical Training Centre.

Location

The school is located at the

Grootfontein Air Force Base Grootfontein Air Force Base is an air base of the Namibian Air Force in Grootfontein, a city in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. The air base is about south of the center of Grootfontein. It was formerly an air base for the South African Air ...

. For vocational training the initial phase is carried out at

Eros Airport Eros Airport or Windhoek Eros Airport is an airport serving Windhoek, the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in the Khomas Region, about south of Windhoek's central business district and was a secondary hub for Air Namibia. Ope ...

Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...

Training

The school is set up in three Wings.

Flight Training Centre

The flight training centre is responsible for training flight personnel for the Air Force.

Leadership and Academic Training Wing

The school of air power studies offers the three month potential Junior Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) Course, Train the Trainer (Instructor) Course as well as Basic to Advance HR courses.

Technical Training Center

Located at the Grootfontein AFB the Centre provide vocational training to technicians. It has electrical / electronic laboratories, aircraft systems simulators to train on training on fixed wing aircraft and helicopters for training. The centre caters for technical training of the Air force's ground personnel. Students from SADC Air Forces have also been accepted to institution'. Its curriculum are run in conjunction with the Namibian Aviation Training Academy. Qualifications offered include certificates and three year diplomas in: *Armament, Ground Support Equipment and Ejection Seat Trade *Aircraft Maintenance, Technician-Electric and Instrument Avionics Trade *Aircraft Maintenance Technician Airframe and Power-Plant trade Maintenance training is carried out in three phases, phase one(vocational training) is done over 35 weeks in

, phase two (professional training) is carried out for 60 weeks in Grootfontein and phase three (test trade preparation) is done for 7 weeks at Grootfotein Technical Training Centre.

References

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