NATO fighter pilots train at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program

NATO fighter pilots train at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program. Welcome to Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, the rigorous course for NATO’s fighter pilots. The next generation of Allied fighter pilots is being trained at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) Program, a multinational training program based at Sheppard Air Force Base in the United States. Allied students go to Texas to learn the fundamentals of flight, progressing from ground school to the prop-driven T-6 Texan trainer - and finally, to the T-38 Talon, a supersonic jet trainer that prepares them for the physical and mental strain of flying a tactical aircraft. With 12-hour working days and plenty of bookwork to supplement the flying, ENJJPT ensures that only the most skilled and dedicated graduates are certified to serve as fighter pilots in their nation’s air forces. Founded in the 1980s, the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program hosts student pilots and instructors from 14 NATO Allies. Some Allies – Belgium, Denmark and Germany, for example – only train pilots at ENJJPT, underscoring the program’s importance to the future of Allied air power.