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2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (2CFFTS; french: links=no, 2e École de pilotage des Forces canadiennes) is one of the
Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...
's training centres for pilots and also one of the facilities of the
NATO Flying Training in Canada NATO Flight Training in Canada (NFTC) is a military flight training program for NATO and allied air forces provided by the Canadian Forces. Located at 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School, 15 Wing, CFB Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan and 4 Wing, CFB ...
(NFTC) program.


History

The school is located at
CFB Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw , also known as 15 Wing Moose Jaw, is a Canadian Forces base located south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is home to RCAF Pilot trainin ...
. Prior to operating the CT-155 and CT-156, 2CFFTS flew the
CT-114 Tutor The Canadair CT-114 Tutor (company model CL-41) was the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and later Canadian Forces, standard jet trainer between the early 1960s and 2000. It was designed and produced by Canadian aircraft manufacturer Canadair ...
from 1964 until 1999. Pilots at the school are in the Advanced Training section of the CF program with focus on: * Phase II – Basic course with the CT-156 Harvard II after which students will be streamed into the different platforms (jet, multi-engine, or helicopter). * Phase III Jet – Advanced course on the CT-156 Harvard II * Phase IV Conversion – Conversion to the CT-155 Hawk to prepare students for further training at CFB Cold Lake


Images

File:RaytheonCT156HarvardII156121.JPG, Raytheon CT156 Harvard II of 2 CFFTS, at CFB Moose Jaw, 3 November 2005 undergoing maintenance File:CFBMooseJaw01.JPG,
CT-114 Tutor The Canadair CT-114 Tutor (company model CL-41) was the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and later Canadian Forces, standard jet trainer between the early 1960s and 2000. It was designed and produced by Canadian aircraft manufacturer Canadair ...
jet trainer and the old Moose Jaw control tower in the spring of 1982 File:CFBMooseJaw02.JPG,
CT-114 Tutor The Canadair CT-114 Tutor (company model CL-41) was the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and later Canadian Forces, standard jet trainer between the early 1960s and 2000. It was designed and produced by Canadian aircraft manufacturer Canadair ...
s belonging to 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School parked on the ramp at CFB Moose Jaw, 1982


Badges

File:2CFFTSbadge.jpg, 2 CFFTS Big 2 badge 1981 File:2CFFTS Apache Flight badge 02.JPG, "A" Flight badge 2008 File:BanditFlightBadge.jpg, "B" Flight badge 1981 File:CobraFlightBadge.JPG, "C" Flight badge 1981 File:DragonFlightBadge.JPG, "D" Flight badge 1981 File:EagleFlightBadge.JPG, "E" Flight badge 1981. Eagle Flight was the Ground Training School (GTS) File:SnapperFlightBadge.JPG, Standards Flight badge 1981. Snapper Flight was responsible for evaluating students through flight testing. File:QFIBadge.JPG, Qualified Flying Instructor badge 1981


See also

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1 Canadian Forces Flying Training School While the lineage of 1 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (1 CFFTS; french: 1re École de pilotage des Forces canadiennes, link=no) can be traced back through previous similarly named Canadian military pilot flying schools, such as No. 1 S ...
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3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (3 CFFTS; french: 3e École de pilotage des Forces canadiennes) is located at the Southport Aerospace Centre just south of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. 3 CFFTS conducts Primary Flight Training on ...


References


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