The device provides deployed pilots realistic, high-fidelity simulator training in basic flight operations, navigation, emergency procedures, crew resource management and more.
Technical virtuosity is demanded for CONOPS like all-domain operations, and so is LVC simulation so the Navy, Air Force, and Army can train and fight as one.
The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has announced the delivery of first Aircrew Procedures Trainer (APT) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan.
The US Embassy in Algiers announced the delivery of the first Algerian C-130J – a Facebook post marking the public announcement of the sale.
The 2018 contract between Algeria and Lockheed Martin was for four aircraft, and there was an option for four more. The contract value has never been disclosed.
So far, 25 nations have ordered the C-130J. Tunisia was the first African operator, taking delivery of two stretched C-130J-30s in December 2014.