The Best For The Best

Over twenty years of experience providing advanced tactical training to air arms worldwide

The International Tactical Training Centre is a unique facility providing advanced military flight training on-demand featuring:

Expert team of international instructors;
Lead-In Fighter Training to Fighter Weapons Instructor Courses;
Tailored training programs available on demand;
World-class facilities;
Latest technology including Live Virtual Constructive training for today and tomorrow’s combat aircrew.

News

ATOT 2021 Registration open

Advanced Tactical Operations Training being held in Canada, offering 5 weeks of lectures and 1 week of advanced simulator training. Contact rene.changtin@itpscanada.com for full details.

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FLIT Graduation Ceremony 2020 - Group 1

Our first Fighter Lead-In course class to graduate from the International Tactical Training Centre. Dignitaries from the RMAF joined the event via Webex for another successful part online graduation event. Well done to the students who head back home on … [...]

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Training & Courses

Lead-In Fighter Training

Advanced Jet Training

Weapons and Tactics Training

NVG and Night Operations Training

Electronic Warfare Training

ITTC by the Numbers

25

Air Force Clients
47

Employees
16

Highly experienced former military instructors
30+

Support Staff
35+

Contractor Instructor Network
5

L-39 Aircraft
5

Full Fighter Weapons Instructor Courses presented to date
4

Air Forces per intake
2000+

Training flight hours per year and growing

Experts & Professionals

The ITTC instructor team consists of an international group of experts with the broadest spectrum of knowledge and experience in fixed and rotary wing, civil and military flight testing.

Harun Demirtas

Harun served in the Turkish Air Force as a fighter and instructor pilot for twenty-six years during which he amassed 3000 flight and SIM 700 hours mainly on F-4 Phantom and T-38 Talon. Harun participated in planning and execution phase of several national and NATO-led exercise. During his career, He served as a Flight Safety Officer, Flight Commander, Squadron Commander and Evaluation & Inspection Branch Head.

He also qualified Electronic Warfare and Air to Land Integration SME as well as experienced Flight Instructor Pilot. Other participation includes FWIC, Advanced Command & Staff Course in UK, Joint and Combined War Fighting School in US.

Harun had valuable experience with a variety of missions ranging from all kind of Air to Air and Air to Ground including COMAO as a planner and fighter pilot. He served as Chairman of NATO Air & Missile Committee Working Group at NATO HQ in Belgium where he was responsible for preparation of the highest-level NATO Air & Missile Defense Policy.

He currently works Head of Training at ITTC, holds Canadian ATPL, and successfully serves as Instructor Pilot in Fighter Lead-In Training.
Brendan Pierce

As a Fighter Weapons Instructor and recent retiree of a 14 year career in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Brendan ‘Darcee’ gained over 2300 hours of training and operational experience. The main portion of his military career was spent flying the CF-18 Hornet where he logged 1300 hours of experience. Highlights from that portion of his career were deploying to Iraq in 2015 flying combat missions against ISIS, completing the RCAF Fighter Weapons Instructor Course in 2017 as well as many other international operations and exercises.

He earned Mass Attack as well as Mission Commander designations which were exercised in many large force employment exercises. He gained valuable instructional experience being employed as an FWI by the RCAF and helping organize and instruct on multiple FWI courses. He ended his RCAF career in 2019 teaching at the operational training unit instructing new pilots to the CF-18 Hornet. Other aircraft flown include the CT-156 Harvard II, CT-155 Hawk, L-39 and Boeing 737NG.
Sibte Gillani
Sibte Gillani served in the Pakistan Air Force for 24 years. He graduated from PAF Academy with honours as Best Pilot. He flew 2000 hours on F7P and T-37 aircraft. Throughout his career he served at different operational and command positions including Squadron Commander, Flight Commander Operations, Base Flight Safety Officer, Air Liaison Officer. His Qualification include; Flight Safety Course, Command and Staff Course, Defence Resource management Course, Electronic Warfare course, FWIC and QFIC. Sibte has a vast instructional and command experience of Basic Flying Training, FLIT Courses and FWIC. He also planned and executed several national level joint air exercises and participated in air superiority exercises with USN. While working in the Air Force planning department he was actively involved in trials of new armament and Avionics for the upgrading of different fighter aircraft. Sibte has broad experience of leading a variety of air superiority and Ground Attack missions throughout his military career as a fighter pilot and planner.
Adem Okal

Adem Okal is a former fighter pilot with around 2000 flight hours mainly on F-16 (Viper). He has 20 years of experience dedicated to the aviation community. He had valuable experience at multi-role squadrons with a variety of missions ranging from A/A, A/G and SEAD. Throughout his career, he flew with eleven different types of aircraft. He is currently a rated L-39 pilot and serving as a tactical instructor pilot at ITPS. In addition to his fighter experience, Adem has a BSc Degree in Engineering, a MSc Degree in Operations Research and is also a part-time PhD student in the Aviation Program at the University of Waterloo.