RIMBA AIR FORCE BASE, Friday, 21 February 2025 – Four pilots have successfully completed their C295MW conversion course at 15 Squadron, 1 Wing, Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF). Lieutenant (U) Pg Aminor Fikhri bin Pg Amir Hamzah, Lieutenant (U) Muhd Najib Naqiuddin bin Haji Idris, Lieutenant (U) Awang Muhammad Syarafur Rahman bin Awang Haji Ya'akub, and Lieutenant (U) Abd Qayum Ar'rasyid bin Zaidi flew their final sorties last week, concluding the first conversion course for the C295MW platform.
Following squadron tradition, the pilots were given a congratulatory hose-down by their Officer in Command and/or their flying instructors to commemorate their achievement.
The conversion course covered both general and instrument flying exercises, encompassing basic and advanced flight training. The pilots were trained in aircraft start-up, taxiing, general handling with simulated emergencies, circuit flying, and instrument flight rules (IFR) procedures.
With the successful completion of the course, the pilots are now designated as operational, limited combat-ready (LCR) co-pilots and will proceed to future C295MW operations within the RBAirF.
PENAMATAN KURSUS
CONVERSION PERTAMA PESAWAT C295MW DALAM TUDB
PANGKALAN TENTERA UDARA RIMBA, Juma'at, 21 Februari 2025 – Empat juruterbang 15 Skuadron, Cawangan No. 1, Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei (TUDB) telah berjaya menamatkan kursus conversion bagi pesawat C295MW. Leftenan (U) Pg Aminor Fikhri bin Pg Amir Hamzah, Leftenan (U) Muhd Najib Naqiuddin bin Haji Idris, Leftenan (U) Awang Muhammad Syarafur Rahman bin Awang Haji Ya'akub dan Leftenan (U) Abd Qayum Ar'rasyid bin Zaidi telah membuat penerbangan latihan terakhir mereka minggu ini bagi menandakan tamatnya kursus
conversion pertama bagi pesawat C295MW.
Sebagai salah satu tradisi skuadron penerbangan, juruterbang yang telah tamat kursus atau mencapaian pencapaian tertentu, akan menerima “siraman tahniah" dari Pegawai Memerintah skuadron dan/atau jurulatih juruterbang.
Kursus ini merangkumi latihan
general dan
instrument flying, yang mengandungi latihan asas dan lanjutan penerbangan, tatacara menghidupkan pesawat, prosedur kecemasan, latihan penerbangan
circuits, serta prosedur penerbangan
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).
Dengan tamatnya kursus ini, juruterbang-juruterbang tersebut telah diiktiraf sebagai pembantu juruterbang operasi berstatus
limited combat ready (LCR).
