Thursday, June 8, 2017

Milestone in training

NAVAL AIR STATION WHITING FIELD, Fla. – The Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity International Training Center (ITC) marked the 400th international student-aviator to earn wings of gold on May 26. Four ITC-trained students were from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces and trained as helicopter pilots with Training Wing Five at Naval Air Station Whiting Field. Saudi Arabian students represent the majority of the international winged-aviators to have trained with ITC over three decades. (Source: Whiting Tower, 06/07/17)