TRAINING IN TURBULENT TIMES

With dramatic reductions in manpower levels since the failed coup of 2016, the Turkish Army is busier than ever training new crews for its aviation arm.

The Aviation Training School uses a large number of AB-206Rs for initial pilot training.

TRAIN TODAY AS you fight and win tomorrow’ — the mantra of Turkish Army aviators learning their new art at Güvercinlik, which in 2016 alone trained an impressive 184 new students at the Army Aviation School including the first brand-new pilot for the T129.

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