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Contractors Seek To Cut The Cost of Military Flight Training

Even leading air forces are opting to contract out some flight training provision.

Discovery Air claims to be the military flight training market leader with a fleet of over 30 aircraft, including these Alpha Jets. [Photo: Discovery Air]

By Chris Pocock • Defense Correspondent

June 17, 2017

Flying military jets is an expensive business--up to $70,000 per hour for the latest fighters. This has prompted an increasing number of air arms to examine the potential savings by outsourcing some training tasks to private companies. In a major change of policy, the U.S. Air Force wants to contract-out 40,000 flying hours from 2019. The UK is holding a competition for an expanded requirement that could reach 15,000 hours per year.

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