{"id":1087,"date":"2024-07-29T09:01:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T09:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2024-07-29T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T09:01:06","slug":"first-romanian-pilots-complete-training-course-at-european-f-16-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"First Romanian pilots complete training course\u00a0at European F-16 Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Romanian pilots to graduate from the European F-16 Training Center in Romania were honored\u00a0during a special ceremony last week. They were the very first class of graduates from the center in Fete\u0219ti, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romania-inaugurates-european-training-center-f16-nov-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was inaugurated in November 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to convey my hearty congratulations to the seven Romanian Air Force pilots who have successfully completed a demanding course of instruction over the past 8 months, which included rigorous academics, simulator flights, mission planning, airborne missions and much more,\u201d US ambassador Kathleen Kavalec <a href=\"https:\/\/ro.usembassy.gov\/ambassador-kathleen-kavalec-at-f-16-training-center-graduation-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at the graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout this course of instruction, these pilots have learned not only to operate an advanced fighter jet, but how to employ it as a team in formations while executing modern air-to-air and air-to-surface tactics,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lockheed Martin, which ensures instructors and maintenance at the European F-16 Training Center, new classes started in early July, with the next one beginning in September.<\/p>\n<p>The center has expanded its training fleet to 14 Dutch F-16s, successfully conducting night training missions and executing dissimilar air-to-air training exercises with other NATO air forces, the company also <a href=\"https:\/\/news.lockheedmartin.com\/2024-7-26-Lockheed-Martin-Celebrates-Milestone-Graduation-at-European-F-16-Training-Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The center is an international hub for F-16 pilot training and facilitates increased interoperability between NATO allies.<\/p>\n\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Facebook\/Ministerul\u00a0Ap\u0103r\u0103rii, by<em>\u00a0Bogdan Pantilimon, Statul Major al For\u021belor Aeriene)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Romanian pilots to graduate from the European F-16 Training Center in Romania were honored\u00a0during a special ceremony last week. They were the very first class of graduates from the center in Fete\u0219ti, which was inaugurated in November 2023. \u201cI want to convey my hearty congratulations to the seven Romanian Air Force pilots who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}