Naval Air Tactics Centre
The Naval Air Tactics Centre (NATC) is a joint command of the Royal Acrean Air Force and Royal Acrean Navy which serves as a center of development for fighter and strike tactics, and teaches advanced tactics to select aviators of the RAAF and Navy to qualify them as squadron instructors.
History
NATC was established by the Royal Acrean Navy on March 3, 1968 at MFS Castelle in Castelle, Côte d'Or, in order to consolidate the development of emerging tactics used by carrier aircrews. A similar program had been initiated a few years earlier in 1964, but was done as a component of fleet training. NATC quickly established itself as an authority on the development and instruction of advanced air combat tactics. The RAAF sent its first pilots to NATC in 1969, and introduced a similar program called "Advanced Air Tactics Instruction (AATI)" in 1971. The Air Force program was relatively short-lived; in 1976, the program was rolled into NATC, with its instructors joining the NATC staff. NATC officially became a joint program in 1978, and was established as its own joint command in 1981.