Nevada Guard Trains Canadian Air Force

Nevada National Guard Soldiers trained the Canadian Air Force in flying Chinook helicopters. The Soldiers spent two weeks in the Nevada desert learning flying techniques and how to work with terrain similar to that of Afghanistan. Learn more about the National Guard: http://bit.ly/gncHTK.

Produced by SFC Robert Stephenson. Courtesy of National Guard Public Affairs, www.ng.mil.

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[googy666]

Example places like France, Germany and England surely have enough fly space for "experience pilots" but when you have a rookie doing his first flight it's better to keep him in a place where he can crash and not take a entire village out after bailing out

[USMCommando]

@RandyAllen112 The Royal Canadian Air Force of the Second World War was largely trained by a British-led training program hosted throughout it's empire. Even some Americans prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor crossed the border into neighboring Canada to train as a pilot and possibly later fight against Nazi Germany.

[kurskss]

@RandyAllen112 The Canadian Air Force is trained by the Canadian Air Force, except when circumstances dictate additional experience and help from those who possess it ( i.e. the 'Guard for their heavy lifters)

There is lots of cross pollination amongst NATO members and you will often see the Brits flying in Canada, trained by the Canadians.

[GreatWhiteNorth82]

@RandyAllen112 BTW, Nevada also simulates the same type of terrain the pilots would have to deal with in Afghanistan. Canadians also train in New Mexico before deployment. 

[GreatWhiteNorth82]

@RandyAllen112 You're not wrong. All allied NATO nations train and learn from each other.  The only reason the States trained Canada in the Chinooks is because that's who Canada bought them from. Part of the procurement deal included training.

[Sharod101]

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[bry10101]

what are the requirements to fly in the guard??

[WatISayGoes1]

Way to go guard!!!