Re: Men Of War Vietnam Trainer 1.00.1
Ania Cozzolino
As HIV prevention and treatment efforts expand around the globe, local capacity-building to update and maintain nurses' HIV competence is essential. The purpose of this project was to develop and sustain a national network of nurse-trainers who could provide ongoing HIV continuing education and training experiences to Vietnamese nurses. Over the course of 6 years, 87 nurses received training to become HIV trainers; their HIV knowledge increased significantly (p = .001), as did teaching self-confidence (p = .001 to .007). The 87 nurses subsequently reported training more than 67,000 health care workers. Recipients of train-the-trainer-led workshops demonstrated increased HIV knowledge (p = .001) and increased willingness to provide nursing care for HIV-infected patients (p = .001). The program demonstrated that including a substantial amount of instruction in pedagogical strategies and experiential learning could enhance knowledge transfer, expand education outreach, and contribute to sustainable HIV competence among nurses.
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engine military trainer aircraft manufactured by North American Aviation and used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a counter-insurgency aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War. It has continued in civilian use as an aerobatics and warbird performer.
On September 24, 1949, the XT-28 (company designation NA-159) was flown for the first time, designed to replace the T-6 Texan. The T-28A arrived at the Air Proving Ground, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in mid-June 1950, for suitability tests as an advanced trainer by the 3200th Fighter Test Squadron, with consideration given to its transition, instrument, and gunnery capabilities.[2] Found satisfactory, a contract was issued and between 1950 and 1957, a total of 1,948 were built.
After becoming adopted as a primary trainer by the USAF, the United States Navy and Marine Corps adopted it as well. Although the Air Force phased out the aircraft from primary pilot training by the early 1960s, continuing use only for limited training of special operations aircrews and for primary training of select foreign military personnel, the aircraft continued to be used as a primary trainer by the Navy (and by default, the Marine Corps and Coast Guard) well into the early 1980s.
The largest single concentration of this aircraft was employed by the U.S. Navy at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, in the training of student naval aviators. The T-28's service career in the U.S. military ended with the completion of the phase-in of the T-34C turboprop trainer. The last U.S. Navy training squadron to fly the T-28 was VT-27 "Boomers", based at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, flying the last T-28 training flight in early 1984. The last T-28 in the Training Command, BuNo 137796, departed for Naval District Washington on 14 March 1984 to be displayed permanently at Naval Support Facility Anacostia, D.C.[4]
Among these planes, whose full name is Beechcraft T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft, three will be delivered in the first quarter of 2024, the next two or three by the end of that year, and the remainder by 2027, said Brigadier General Sarah Russ.
In early June last year, General Kenneth S. Wilsbach, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, confirmed at a press briefing via telephone with Asian media that Vietnam would buy these trainer aircraft from the U.S. to train its pilots, according to Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper.
Center front, Paulette Lemon, 573rd ACSS squadron leader, John Adams, 580th ACSC group director and Scott Vandersall, 580th ACSC engineeering division chief and members of the IPT government and contractor team watch as Mr. Adams signs the airworthiness certificate for the TH-1H helicopter trainer. U. S. Air Force photo by Sue Sapp
A total of 16 participants (10 women, 6 men) from the Vietnamese private sector, attended the ASEAN Solutions for Investments, Services and Trade (ASSIST) Train-the-Trainers Workshop for Vietnam, which was held virtually on 30 July 2021. Participants consisted of representatives from the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC), SMEs Promotion Center, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Vietnam Association for Intellectual Women, as well as legal practitioners, consultants/trainers, and business owners. In addition, there were 2 ASEAN Secretariat officers who joined the training as co-trainers. The training workshop was held following the ATR-ASSIST Outreach Event in Vietnam, which was also held virtually on 27 July 2021, and aimed at creating greater awareness on the existence, functioning and trade facilitation benefits of the two primary trade facilitation instruments developed by ASEAN with support from the ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the European Union (ARISE Plus), known as ASSIST and the ASEAN Trade Repository (ATR, available at ).
This training caters primarily to the private sector, and is designed to benefit and help participants to develop, organize and deliver training modules on how to use ASSIST, a free, online, non-binding and consultative mechanism which can be used by ASEAN businesses to lodge complaints to ASEAN governments in relation to intra-ASEAN cross-border trade issues (for Trade in Goods and Trade in Services). Simulation exercises using hypothetical case studies were also conducted to give participants a better understanding of the step-by-step ASSIST process. Participants of the training workshop are expected to become trainers and conduct future capacity building exercises on ASSIST to the benefit of their Vietnamese colleagues, members of their trade associations/business organizations, and fellow entrepreneurs. That is why the training is conducted with a smaller group of participants, so as to maximize focus and individual involvement.
The ARISE Plus Regional Project will remain available to work with the private sector to advance ASSIST by holding regular outreach and awareness creation events and training of trainers, in cooperation with the respective private sector stakeholders, gearing towards greater intra-ASEAN trade and regional economic integration.
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In October 2013, the first year of training of the skilled occupation industry mechanics started in cooperation between Bosch Vietnam Co., Ltd. and LILAMA2 Technical & Technology College in Dong Nai. The promising training program was participated by 24 apprentices. In total, the vocational training takes 3.5 years and is taken over by qualified and experienced trainers. The program includes 75% of practical work within the vocational training centre of Bosch Vietnam and 25% theoretical education of LILAMA2. Based on German standards, Bosch Vietnam intended to employ and train further apprentices in the following years.
According to high Vietnamese officials, the VPAF will have a new 5-year aviation training programme, which would be implemented in the coming years to replace the traditional 4-year programme. In this new programme, the Texan II would most likely be used to train Air Force Officer Cadets expected to fly the western transport aircraft such as the C295 and C212. The future selected fighter pilots start basic flight training on either the Texan II or the Yakovlev Yak-52, before moving on to the Aero L-39C/L-39NG and from there on to the Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter and Sukhoi Su-27/30 Flanker. The new ordered Yakovlev 130 trainers are to train pilots in preparation for future aircraft acquisition (which is rumoured to be the Sukhoi Su-35). For more information on the new jet training aircraft see the Scramble Magazine news items of 1 November 2020 (Yak-130) and 19 february 2021 (Aero L-39NG).
The T-6 Texan II is a turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company (which became Hawker Beechcraft and later Beechcraft Defence company and was bought by Textron Aviation in 2014). The trainer aircraft, based on the Pilatus PC-9, has already replaced the USAF's Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird and the US Navy's T-34C Turbo Mentor. The T-6A is used by the USAF for basic pilot training and Combat Systems Officer (CSO) training, the US Navy and USMC use the trainer for primary Naval Aviator training and primary and intermediate Naval Flight Officer (NFO) training.
Two T-38s from Beale Air Force Base, California, fly in formation over Northern California March 29, 2018. The T-38 Talon is a twin-engine, high-altitude, supersonic jet trainer used in a variety of roles because of its design, economy of operations, ease of maintenance, high performance and exceptional safety record. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Ramon A. Adelan)
Mission
The T-38 Talon is a twin-engine, high-altitude, supersonic jet trainer used in a variety of roles because of its design, economy of operations, ease of maintenance, high performance and exceptional safety record. Air Education and Training Command is the primary user of the T-38 for joint specialized undergraduate pilot training. Air Combat Command, Air Force Materiel Command and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration also use the T-38A in various roles.
Features
The T-38 has swept wings, a streamlined fuselage and tricycle landing gear with a steerable nose wheel. Two independent hydraulic systems power the ailerons, rudder and other flight control surfaces. Critical aircraft components are waist high and can be easily reached by maintenance crews.
The T-38C incorporates a "glass cockpit" with integrated avionics displays, head-up display and an electronic "no drop bomb" scoring system. The AT-38B has a gun sight and practice bomb dispenser.
The T-38 needs as little as 2,300 feet (695.2 meters) of runway to take off and can climb from sea level to nearly 30,000 feet (9,068 meters) in one minute. T-38s modified by the propulsion modernization program have approximately 19 percent more thrust, reducing takeoff distance by 9 percent.
The instructor and student sit in tandem on rocket-powered ejection seats in a pressurized, air-conditioned cockpit.