French Air Force TB 30 Trainer Fleet Passes 500,000 Flight Hour Mark

EADS, Cognac-based French Air Force flight training Unit celebrated the passage of the symbolic threshold of 500,000 hours flown for its fleet of EADS Socata TB 30 Epsilons, during a ceremony presided by Pierre Niclot, head of the French Air Force Training command, while Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Vittini took over command of the school, replacing Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert Cr