The US Air Force is to modify its training programme for the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, with ab initio pilots to receive interim instruction on the Lockheed F-16.
"First flight in a $200 million jet will be solo, so a pilot will do a few F-16 flights to get used to a 9g sidestick fighter," says an official from the USAF's Air Education and Training Command. Twelve students will go through the new course from January 2008, and perform their first of 160 F-22 conversion flights in March.
Source: Flight International
