Indian Air Force pilot graduates USAF Test Pilot School
Indian Air Force wing commander Gyandeep Singh graduated U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School class 07B graduated in a ceremony on June 7. The school’s 148th class is the first to receive a Master of Science in Flight Engineering degree upon completion of this course. Class 07B consisted of eight flight test pilots, eight flight test engineers and two flight test weapons systems officers from the United States, India and Israel.
Each student has completed more than 2,500 hours of academics and about 120 hours of in-flight training — each student puts in about six hours per day of instructor contact time, not including academic and flight preparation time.
Each student has been trained to lead members of a flight test team in the latest methods of flight testing, systems evaluation and test management, while instilling the cooperation and understanding between test team members necessary for successful flight test operations.
