Australian Defence Force Basic Flying Training School

The Australian Defence Force Basic Flying Training School (BFTS) was located in Tamworth in northern New South Wales.

BFTS was raised in response to the RAAF and RAN beginning all-through training on the Pilatus PC-9 in December 1992. in 1993, Headquarters Training Command Detachment A was raised in Tamworth consisting primarily of civilian instructors.

All flying training was conducted by the ADF with the provision of aircraft and support services from BAE Systems Tamworth.

[3] In 2015, BAE Systems lost a contract bid to Lockheed Martin Australia for the ab-initio training of pilots.

[1] The drawdown of training in Tamworth began in 2018 and the final ADF course graduated from BFTS in February 2019.