SADAT Defense has ability to perform the basic and advanced trainings for Helicopter Pilot Training and orientation programmes effectively with the training teams composed from professionals chosen from a large circle of reserves depending on requests at all fields of Air Forces Command of friendly countries in their own territories.

Education/Training Staff

Training is carried out with experienced teacher pilots and technical staff who have worked as flight instructors in the Aviation Academy Commands under Turkish Armed Forces, Air Forces and the Land Forces Command.

Training Subjects

Military Pilot Training:

1. Helicopter pilot basic training
2. Carrying out the proficiency training of the desired helicopters
3. Helicopter instrument flight training
4. Night flight training (flight training with night vision binoculars)
5. Armed helicopter flight training and firing training
6. Technician basic course training
7. Technician type rating training

Initial Requirements for Courses

• Having pilot’s license
• Having a health certificate in accordance with civil aviation criteria

Abilities to be Gained After the Training

Having the ability to perform all kinds of flight tasks in the relevant helicopter type.

Duration of Course

Although it varies depending on the type of helicopter, it is 2 years maximum.

SADAT Defense has the capability to organize trainings in air operations and piloting main groups in the training programs it has prepared for the Air Forces Command.

In air operations training programmes, trainings are provided on subjects such as parachute, helicopter operation, electronic warfare and UAV with the personnel who are expert in their fields who have served and retired in the Turkish Armed Forces for long years and who have served as instructor in aviation-related branches.

In pilot training programmes, trainings are provided on subjects such as pilot training, aircraft type rating and jet fighter pilot training for all types of aircraft and helicopters to the aviator personnel of the demanding country, where pilots who have been retired after successfully serving in the Turkish Armed Forces as instructor.

Parachute Training Programme

SADAT Defense provides training in the parachuting branch, which is one of the basic needs of all air forces, with retired Turkish Armed Forces personnel who are expert in their field.

Training Subjects

1. Basic parachute jump training,
2. Free parachute jump training,
3. Equipped parachute jump training,
4. Night parachute jump training,
5. High-altitude (oxygen assisted) jump training,
6. Parachute air movement training

Initial Requirements

In order to attend the course, trainees must have successfully completed some major trainings before and gained the skills are;

1. Knowledge of basic military rules and techniques,
2. 7200 meters run with 20 kg rucksack in 52 minutes or less,
3. 60%+ achievement on rifle and pistol shootings.

The trainees who are successful in the tests and evaluations to be made are accepted to the Parachute Courses.

Abilities to be Gained After the Training

At the end of the course, trainees should be able to;

1. Perform static line parachute jump,
2. Recognize and jump all types of free parachutes,
3. Perform equipped parachute jump,
4. Know the rules of night parachute jump and perform jump,
5. Perform high-altitude (oxygen assisted) jump,
6. Perform air movement in night conditions with parachute and reach the target from long distances as a team personnel

Duration of course

Parachute training is carried out at 2 levels as theoretical, practical and simulation training. Basic parachute training is 2 weeks, advanced parachute training is 4 weeks and consists of a total of 6 weeks.

General

Helicopters can take off and land vertically and can stay in the air (by “Hovering”). When the main shaft axis (rotation plane) of the propeller is tilted, that is, the direction of the lift force created by the propeller is changed, the helicopter moves BACK and FORTH - RIGHT and LEFT. Thus, the helicopter moves in the air. Since the propeller is constantly rotating (due to the moment it creates on the fuselage), it also tries to rotate the helicopter's fuselage. To prevent this, a smaller propeller is used at the tail of the helicopter. The propeller in the tail absorbs the moment of rotation (torque) on the fuselage. In addition, the rotation of fuselage can be achieved by changing the amount of damping. Military Helicopters are manufactured for various purposes such as;

1. Attack Helicopters,
2. Reconnaissance & Surveillance Helicopters,
3. General Purpose Helicopters,
4. Ambulance Helicopters

Purpose of Training

By learning the technical features of the helicopter and the use of the weapons and technical equipment on it, both the crew and the transported personnel, at the highest level theoretically and practically;

Transportation Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Close Air Support missions to provide maximum benefit from the helicopter on the battlefield.

Training Subjects^[1]

1. Landing and Boarding While Fully Equipped – Armed Procedures to Helicopter
2. Bailing Out Techniques from a Helicopter
3. Loading and Unloading Procedures of Supplies to Helicopter
4. Procedures of Loading by Hanger, Transporting and Unloading Heavy Weapons by Helicopter
5. Procedures of Loading / Unloading or Dropping Goods and Materials by Helicopter
6. Transporting Procedures of Patient and Wounded by Helicopter
7. Reconnaissance and Surveillance Techniques by Helicopter

Types of Helicopter Operations

1. Air-Mobile Operations
   In cases where the transfer of Special Forces Teams, Underwater Offense Teams, Infantry Commandos and Gendarmerie Commandos, Infantry / Marine Infantry and Gendarmerie Units over the ground is not deemed appropriate or it is deemed necessary to move quickly; It is the operation of transporting by aircrafts from one place to another by landing and transporting a large number of helicopters.
   
2. Landing and Boarding Tasks from/to Helicopter to Ground with “Fast Rope”
   It is the process of landing on a steep and rocky summit, behind enemy lines, behind a natural cover, on the roof of a building, on the deck of a ship, etc.
   
3. Airborne Operation
   

   It is the transfer of Special Force, SAT (Underwater Offense)/SAS (Underwater Defense) or Commando teams equipped with parachutes to the operation area by helicopter from the air. It is the process of transporting the troops by helicopter to the operational area but parachuting into the ground in teams.

   
4. Close Air Support Operation
   It is the task of supporting the operation of the ground troops by fire.
   
5. Reconnaissance and Surveillance Operations
   It contributes to meet the needs of long-range reconnaissance and surveillance in order to supplement the limited intelligence information of the ground troops regarding the enemy's position and movements in the depths of the front.
   
6. Supply and Transport – Medical Evacuation Tasks:
   The needs of the front line or reserve units in contact with the enemy can be fulfilled for the purpose of supplying emergency food, ammunition, CBRN, etc., for the transportation of light or heavy weapons, and even for the transportation of the seriously wounded ones.
   

Initial Requirements

1. Helicopter Pilots:
1. They must have successfully completed basic military service and Individual Combat Training and combat shooting with their own weapons.
2. They must have successfully completed Helicopter Pilot Basic and Advanced Flight Courses and Night Flights.
2. Personnel to be Transported:
1. Teams / Units to be transported by helicopter must have successfully completed the Basic Military Service, Individual Combat training required by their class and branch, and combat shooting with their own weapons.
2. Combat Teams / Units to be transferred must have successfully completed the troop training and exercises required by their class and branch, the crew training of the weapons to be used by the crew, and the Combat shooting.

3. The Supply and Logistics Unit Personnel must have reached professional standards in order to successfully perform the tasks required for their duties as staff member in all weather and difficult conditions.

Abilities to be Gained After the Training

1. Being trained in the use of helicopter-mounted heavy weapons, firing at airborne targets and ground troops.
2. Having successfully completed the training of landing and take-off techniques on a faulty and steep terrain or a ship in emergency or dangerous conditions.
3. Having successfully completed Aerial Reconnaissance and Surveillance Techniques and reporting procedures training.
4. Having successfully completed the training of helicopter intercommunication system, radio communications with superior, subordinate and neighboring units.
5. Having successfully completed the training on loading and unloading procedures for personnel and cargo transportation by helicopter.
6. Having successfully completed the training of patient and wounded transport and evacuation procedures by helicopter.
7. Gaining experience by successfully completing joint operations training and shooting drills for the combat teams / units to be transferred.
8. Supply and Logistics Unit Personnel:
   Being trained and experienced in the methods of loading and unloading the Weapons and Vehicles to be transported on the helicopter.
9. Medical Evacuation Teams:
   Gaining knowledge, ability and experience in evacuating the seriously injured units on the battlefield to the Mobile Surgical Hospitals behind the front or to the fully equipped hospitals in the Domestic Region.

DURATION OF COURSE

The theoretical training is 1 week, the practical training is 2 weeks, for a total of 3 weeks.

[1] These subjects are common training subjects that should be implemented in all Helicopter Squadrons of Air Forces Helicopter Squadrons, Land Forces Aviation Units, Gendarmerie General Command and Naval Forces Aviation Units, regardless of difference in any force of any country. Depending on the nature of the force, some trainings may be more important than others..

SADAT Defense with three different courses in which pilots who retired after successfully serving in the Turkish Armed Forces serve as teachers; It has the ability to train fighter pilots by providing Pilot Training, Aircraft Type Rating Training and Fighter Pilot Training for all types of aircraft and helicopters to the aviator personnel of the demanding country.

SADAT Defense plans, coordinates and implements pilot training in international standards in the demanding country. Pilot trainings can also be planned specifically for the needs of the countries. The standard pilot training is completed within a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 years. Pilot certifications are arranged according to the standards of the demanding countries, or by completing the training in the standards of these countries, pilot certificates can be obtained.

Training Subjects and Duration

  FLIGHT TRAINING

• is applied for at least 214 and half hours / 1 year.

  ATPL(A) THEORETICAL TRAINING

• Theoretical knowledge training is a total of 774 hours / 6 months.

• Aircraft technical training directly related to flight, basic instrument and procedural instrument theoretical training, navigation, class rating theoretical training, safety management system (SMS), flight safety training, advanced upset prevention and recovery training course (AUPRT), flight crew cooperation training (MCC) and other theoretical trainings consist of a total of 112:00 hours.

Initial Requirements for Courses

1. Being at least 21 years old
2. Being at least high school graduate or equivalent
3. Having a valid 1st class health certificate issued by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation
4. Not having a Criminal Record

Abilities to be Gained After the Training

At the end of training, the trainees will be licensed for piloting private and commercial flights and will also be ready for training for any military aircraft.

Duration of Course

Duration will be total of 18 months; with 6 months of ground lessons and theoretical training and 1 year of flight and practical training. Depending on the weather conditions, flight training period may extend up to 2 years maximum.