NFO Primary/Intermediate

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Contents 1 NFO Primary: 1.1 Squadrons 1.2 Aircraft 1.3 Main Syllabus Events 1.3.1 Contacts 1.3.2 Instruments 1.4 Graduation 2 NFO Intermediate: 2.1 Squadrons 2.2 Aircraft 2.3 Main Syllabus Events 2.3.1 Instruments 2.3.2 Visual Navigation/Low Levels 2.3.3 Formation Flights 2.3.4 T-1/T-39 Syllabus 2.4 Graduation

NFO Primary:

Squadrons

VT-10 Wildcats

• Students are called Flight Officer Candidates (FOCs)

VT-4 Warbucks

• Students are called Studs

Aircraft

T-6 Texan II

Main Syllabus Events

Contacts

• Basic air-work.
• Introduction to basic air work, pattern work, course rules and basic maneuvers such as level speed change, approach turn stall, spins, emergency landing pattern, precautionary emergency landing, power-off stall and the turn pattern.
• Focus on knowledge of EPs and procedures.
  • Ability to actually fly maneuvers not graded.

Instruments

• Basic knowledge of FLIP, charts, pubs
• Intro to Jet Cards and the DD-175
• Intro to instrument approaches.

Graduation

• All Marines, Air Force and Internationals continue on to Intermediate.
• Navy students have the option of selecting P3’s or going to Intermediate.

NFO Intermediate:

Squadrons

• VT-10 Wildcats
• VT-4 Warbucks
  • Remain in same squadron from Primary to Intermediate.

Aircraft

• T-6 Texan II
• T-1
  

  T-1

Main Syllabus Events

Instruments

• Higher expectations on basic instrument work.
• Cross-country eligible

Visual Navigation/Low Levels

• Six flights
• Intro to visual navigation (VNAV)
• Intro to making TPC charts, CHUM, etc.
• Intro to the low-level environment (1,000-2,000’)

Formation Flights

• Four flights
• Intro to the board brief.
• Intro to form concepts (Two Flights)
  • Positions/Maneuvering/Tail chase/Tactical Maneuvers
• Intro to formation low-level (Two Flights)
  • Application of tactical formation maneuvering to the low-level environment.

T-1/T-39 Syllabus

• Ground school for T-1/T-39 Systems
  • International students fly the T-39
• Intro to jets
• Intro to the crew mentality
  • First-time having NFO Instructors.
• Intro to instrument and low-level flights in the jet.
• Check ride is a combination low-level/instrument hop

Graduation

• All Marines, Air Force and Internationals continue on to VT-86.
• Navy students have the option of selecting E2’s or going to VT-86.