Amanda Towner
Amanda Towner writes news articles for the Halldale Group’s website as well as CAT and MST Magazines. She studied English and Creative Writing at Stetson University, where she became a Sullivan Scholar for her work. Her writing covers several topics including journalism and storytelling, and is featured in several publications.
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Rapid technological advancements and a shift back to great power competition has created a higher demand for well-trained warfighters. The undergraduate combat systems officer schoolhouse at U.S. Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida is changing to meet that demand. The new training plan is based on a mix of historic... 7 January 2019
Applications are now open for Skyborne Airline Academy with potential cadets invited to make 2019 the year they begin their pilot careers. The academy offers a series of courses including the EASA Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) as well as EASA Modular ATPL options. Lee Woodward, Chief Executive Officer... 7 January 2019
FSC Aviation Training will give a new direction into FSC’s Approved Training Organization with the influence and experience of Jan Groot. Groot will succeed Fred Dusoswa as Head of Training. Groot has 35 years of experience in military and civil aviation and a total of 19,500 flight hours. For most... 7 January 2019
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. won a follow on task order by the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). Valued at $17 million, it was issued against a U.S. Foreign Military Sales sole-source, three-year, single award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide training-related products... 7 January 2019
A joint surgical team comprised of three separate branches assembled at U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley in December to perform an operation. Consisting of a U.S. Navy surgeon, an Air Force nurse and an Army technician, the team was organized to perform a Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery to restore a... 4 January 2019
A joint surgical team comprised of three separate branches assembled at U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley in December to perform an operation. Consisting of a U.S. Navy surgeon, an Air Force nurse and an Army technician, the team was organized to perform a Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery to restore a... 4 January 2019
VA Airline Training now offers a choice of aircraft types for APS MCC training. With the installation of a new Airbus A320 FTD1 simulator, trainees can now choose between the existing B737-800 or the A320 for their APS MCC training. VA will also offer its trainees a greater choice of... 4 January 2019
Richard L. Griffith, DEngSci in EE, MD wandered about in his career not unlike John James. Physics, graduate work in electrical engineering, military service, medical school, head trauma research, residency in anesthesiology, private practice, academic practice, a decade in medical device development at Becton Dickinson, then back to medical... 4 January 2019
Airways Flygutbildning is the latest Swedish flight school to go live with FlightLogger’s Flight Training Management platform. The value proposition of becoming paperless by integrating the management of flight programs, ground theory, bookings, flight registrations, certificates, documents, messages and maintenance was Airways Flugutbildning’s reason for choosing the FlightLogger platform. After... 4 January 2019
The U.S. Department of Defense announced that Pinnacle Solutions Inc. has been awarded a $20-million modification of a previously awarded contract for KC-10 training system. This modification provides for the exercise of the fourth year option and incorporates within scope changes to contractual requirements that result from a mutual agreement... 4 January 2019
