October 28 - 29, 2025
| The Westin San Antonio North, San Antonio, TX
BUILDING PILOT READINESS FOR THE FUTURE FIGHT ACHIEVING VERSATILITY, SCALABILITY & AFFORDABILITY IN PILOT TRAINING
The 10th Annual IDGA Military Flight Training USA Summit brings together world leaders in military flight training including AETC, CNATRA, Army Aviation Center of Excellence to discuss the challenges the community faces and the solutions that may solve them.
A community of 300+ Flight Training Program Managers, Instructors, Industry Leaders and Subject Matter Experts will be in attendance in San Antonio. Our sessions will focus on how partnerships, and technology are guiding the next era of pilot training for the US military and its allies.
Critical discussions will take place on:
- Balancing training in synthetic environments and live flight hours
- Evolving training for 5th and 6th generation aircraft
- Flight training capacity
- Going back to the basics of flight training
- Fostering innovation
- Implementing AI into pilot training
- Advancing rotary training
- Red flag training
Meet Your 2025 MFT USA Speakers
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)
US Air Force
Major General Clark Quinn
Deputy Commander for Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
US Air Force
Colonel Justin Stein
Assistant Head Flying Training, UK Military Flying Training System
Army Headquarters
Colonel Chris Dunston
Commander, 49th Maintenance Group
US Air Force
Richard Tempalski
Chief Modeling & Simulation Officer
US Air Force
Colonel Vito Cracas
Assistant Director
NATO Centre of Excellence Joint Air Power Competence Centre
Colonel William Barksdale
5THGeneration Subject Matter Expert
Joint Air Power Competence Centre
Colonel Jeffrey Shulman
Commander, 80th Flying Training Wing, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT
US Air Force
Colonel Jeffrey Poquette
Program Manager, Future Long Range Assault Aircraft
US Army
Lt Col Daniel Bowring
Commanding Officer, HT-18
US Navy
Colonel Peter Lee
Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing
US Air Force
Brian Kirk
Deputy Technology Integration within the Flying Training Center of Excellence
US Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Buckley
Chief of Curriculum, 19AF/A5
US Air Force
Captain Brian Higgins
Assistant Chief of Staff and Head of Facilities and Simulation
US Navy
Colonel Shaun Loomis
Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) commander,
US Air Force
Colonel Clint Cody
Chief of Staff, Army Aviation Center of Excellence
US Army
Jay Hennette
HQ AETC A4M
US Air Force
Top Five Reasons to Attend MFT USA 2025
NETWORK
Network with leadership from AETC, CNATRA, Army Aviation Center of Excellence and international military training leaders
UNDERSTAND
Understand the challenges the US military and allied nations are experiencing in live flight training
EXPLORE
Explore how Red Flag training is being implemented with the help of emerging technologies
HEAR
Hear directly from AETC and CNATRA leadership on the future of aviation training
GRASP
Grasp the importance of militaries going back to the basics when training pilots
Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
Sponsorship is the most effective way to share your company’s products and solutions with senior professionals from across the military flight training sector.
The 10th Annual Military Flight Training USA Summit will be attended by senior officials and decision-makers from across the US Air Force, US Navy and international allied air forces. With tailored networking, sponsors can achieve the face-to-face contact that overcrowded trade shows cannot deliver.
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