U.S. Air Force Student Pilots Will Train at the International Flight Training School in Italy

For the first time the U.S. Air Force has chosen a foreign school to train its pilots, with the first 10 students arriving soon in Italy.

The Italian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force announced a historic agreement, which will see for the first time in history U.S. student pilots trained in a foreign school belonging to a NATO Ally. The school chosen by the American service is the International Flight Training School (IFTS) at Decimomannu Air Base, in Sardinia, Italy. Contents For the first time the U.S. Air Force has chosen a foreign school to train its pilots, with the first 10 students arriving soon in Italy. International Flight Training School The Phase IV Lead In to Fighter Training

The agreement, called the “Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for Flight Training of the U