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NFTC training device upgrades

18th October 2018 - 15:47 GMT | by Trevor Nash in Moose Jaw, Canada

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Originally signed in May 1998, the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) programme has been highly successful and is likely to continue to provide fast-jet training well into the future, according to officials.

The NFTC provides training using the CT-156 Harvard and CT-155 Hawk and these aircraft are supported by five Flight Training Devices (FTD); three for the Harvard and two for the Hawk.

‘We’re upgrading all five devices in a rolling programme with the first device about to be completed,’ explained Scott Greenough, CAE's manager of CMAT/NFTC operations. ‘We’re about 90% there on the

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