This iteration of ETAP course has more than 150 aircrew from Germany, Spain, Poland, Norway, Portugal, Czech Republic and Lithuania. This course will standardise cargo aircraft procedures and air-to-air communications across Allied cargo airframes.
The four founding members, The Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany, inaugurated EATC on September 1, 2010. Luxembourg joined in 2012, Spain and Italy joined in 2014. EATC supports ETAP with supplementary personnel during the trainings and courses and by chairing the Standardisation Board, which advises about the ETAP Techniques, Tactics and Procedures (ETTP), course syllabi and Training objectives. EATC is furthermore responsible for supervising the consistency of airlift training.
The German Air Force uses A-400m for their main cargo transport plane. Archived photo courtesy of the US Air Force.
Both institutions work closely together in order to offer efficient and tailored airlift training in Europe, and to increase the interoperability among all partners.
EATC supports ETAP with supplementary personnel during the trainings and courses and by chairing the Standardisation Board, which advises about the ETAP Techniques, Tactics and Procedures, course syllabi and training objectives.