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As a Pilot there is nowhere more exciting to work than in Army Aviation. You get to engage in tactical flying in and around battlefields, conduct mission planning and make split second decisions in the air. Fly in-between trees, under wires and close to troops on the ground, anything is possible for a Pilot in the Australian Army.
As an officer you’ll learn leadership and management skills only the Army can teach that allow you to take charge of the Army’s helicopters, million dollar equipment and crew. Our officers make important decisions, lead, and maintain the team spirit that is essential to the success of any operation.
General Army pilot training starts with a 6 month course in basic flying training on fixed wing aircraft at Army Base Tamworth in NSW. This covers general flying, navigation, aerobatics, formation flying and instrument flying. Helicopter training is then conducted at Oakey in Queensland, including 52 hours of flying in the Kiowa helicopter and this is where pilots earn their wings. After this stage they are allocated to an operational aircraft type and undertake further training, with an emphasis on tactics.
The Tiger is a challenging flying system so this Full Flight and Mission Simulator (FFMS) is an incredibly valuable training tool for the Army. Classed at Level 5, the simulator provides such a realistic replication of the actual aircraft, that any time spent training in it is equivalent to training in the real thing. The added bonus is that pilots can experience extremely dangerous situations in the simulator, such as engine failure, that they could never practice in the real Tiger without being in danger themselves. Even the weapons systems can be deployed in the simulator including the laser, gun, rocket and the hellfire.
