Every second counts when it comes to saving lives. That’s why a special group of airmen known as Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, or JTACs for short, practice hour after hour calling in airstrikes ...

A diagrammatic representation of how the new training system (simulator, left; briefing/viewing station, center; trainer workstations, right) is integrated onto a trailer. Credit: ...

Mobile DJFT. The MVRsimulation trailer-mounted DJFT displayed at I/ITSEC 22. Front left: PTMT; rear, l-r: role player station, observer station, instructor operator station. (Giles Ebbutt) ...

Military aviation training companies Top Aces and Blue Air Training announced the completion of a merger on 30 March. Las Vegas-based Blue Air provides Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training ...

Both communities undergo rigorous training and selection processes, with TACPs completing a pipeline including airborne and JTAC qualification courses, while CCTs undergo an extended training pipeline ...

RAAF Pilatus PC-21 aircraft from No 4 Squadron are working with the Royal New Zealand Air Force to enhance New Zealand's Joint Terminal Attack Controller training. However, Australia is likely to drop ...

SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq (AFNEWS) -- A joint terminal attack controller is completely immersed downrange on the battlefield. His heart is pounding and his forehead drips with sweat as he directs a combat ...

US Air Force bombers deployed to Norway for the first time ever in late February. This week, those bombers trained with troops on the ground to conduct close air support. The deployment, and increased ...