About Us

What ITPC  is all about

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Located in Europe, the ITPC Test Pilot School enjoys the perfect environment for conducting flight test education and development. Clear flying conditions nearly every day of the year, combined with the Flight Test Center resources, make Europe a great training location. Since its creation in 2017, the school has produced an elite list of roughly 18 graduates. enhancing allied capabilities and international cooperation. In accordance with our motto, the school believes that Knowledge is Power. To continue to be the center of expertise for Air Force developmental test and evaluation techniques and theory, the curriculum is reviewed and modified as needed every 6 months. ITPC has adapted over time to meet Air Force objectives. The length and depth of the course have grown—the school originally trained only pilots but later expanded to include navigators and engineers as systems engineering became standard. Then a remotely piloted aircraft pilot track was added to meet the need for expertise in unmanned aerial vehicle research and development. In more recent years the course began to include Weapons Systems Officers, Combat Systems Officers, and now Space Force members.

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It is obvious that in the world of flight testing, there simply is no room for "second best." That is why the Air Force Test Pilot School ITPC takes such efforts to make certain that its graduates are equal to any in their profession.

The Test Pilot School is where the Air Force's top pilots, navigators, and engineers learn how to conduct flight tests and generate the data needed to carry out test missions. Human lives and costs depend upon how carefully a test mission is planned and flown. The comprehensive curriculum of Test Pilot School is fundamental to the success of flight tests and evaluations.