LookieRookie

Open Mather again as UPT base instead of a UNT base you'll get a lot of VLPAD guys who want a 3 year tour while they build seniority. Or another desirable location

I wouldn't be surprised if every T-6 is updated to this standard and the turbotrack only* track is expanded big time. *There is a N=1 data set being tested at END from a SP that didn't graduate PTN and that SP is currently flying T-6s for Advanced Phase. Separate from PTN and currently restricted to T-6 FAIPing and U-28s as follow-on platform as of a few weeks ago.

No protests https://www.defensenews.com/air/2018/10/11/lockheed-leonardo-wont-protest-t-x-handing-program-to-boeing/

Well it seems the Air Force wants to do a mod to a new "E-model" standard for the PTN T-6s. (Navy has T-6Bs, Beech sells T-6C, Army has T-6Ds) From the RFI: The United States Air Force is interested in assessing industry’s capability and technical maturity in modifying up to eight T-6As to integrate the following capabilities on a temporary basis to demonstrate evolutionary training/learning procedures. We ask that any interested potential vendors specifically address each numbered capability with a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) along with substantiating data and estimated schedule to field each capability. Additionally, we are interested in airworthiness certification, cybersecurity, and spectrum certification strategies. Please include all of your assumptions in these strategies. 1. Generic Inflight weapons employment simulation (air-to-air and air-to-ground) including fully integrated sensor fusion a. 5th Gen style Helmet / HUD symbology b. Gun (20, 25, and 30 mm) – air-to-air and strafe c. Targeting/ISR sensor simulation and management (radar, FMV, infrared, radar warning) d. Unguided weapons (general purpose, rockets) e. Guided missiles (heat-seeking, radar) f. Laser-guided air-to-ground weapons (rocket, bomb, missiles) g. GPS-guided air-to-ground weapons/Inertially-aided munitions h. Retaskable after launch munitions (e.g SDB, JASSM-ER, etc) 2. Helmet mounted cuing system (HCMS) (objective) or fully integrated Heads-up-Display (HUD) (threshold) a. 5th Gen style Helmet/HUD symbology fully compatible with capabilities listed in item 1 above b. Simulation of sensors (radar, infrared, radar warning) c. Sensor displays (attitude, altitude, airspeed, TCAS/ADS-B) d. Simulated target display (air-to-air and air-to-ground) e. Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Construct display capability (fully compatible with datalink f. Display of GPS flight planned route(s) 3. Enhanced data transfer & sharing: UNCLAS datalink; data & video transfer (msn planning, scenario builds, debrief data [Ops, Safety, & Mx]) a. Mission planning upload to include full mission simulations as a Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) – data transfer device (DTD) b. Datalink to fully enable LVC missions 1) Sufficient bandwidth to support multiple channels of HD video (Threshold: 3, Objective: 12) 2) High definition video (threshold: 4K, objective 8K) 3) Ground control station to build, execute, monitor and record LVC missions Range w/gnd station repeaters (T: 40 Nm, O: 60 Nm) Range w/out repeaters (T: 70 Nm, O: 100 Nm 4) Datalink meets FIPS 140-1 security for FOUO data c. Ability to adjust LVC scenarios, helmet/HUD displays from rear cockpit or from ground station controls and inject synthetic sensor data and constructed targets (overlaid on geo-rectified sensor “feed” for air-to-ground) to include ability to construct moving ground targets d. Mission record capability via DTD 1) Operations (HUD/Helmet video, crew biometrics, datalink, 360/cockpit video) 2) MFOQA data e. Objective: Integrated Bluetooth & Wi-Fi to import external sensors (i.e. view real-time biometrics, helmet data); Threshold (data port for biometrics, helmet data) f. Power and/or data ports for hand-held equipment (EFB, FIS-B, TIS-B, ATAK) g. Tactical Situation Display that integrates the simulated radar and weapons cueing/control with real sensor data (LVC, ADS-B [TIS-B], TCAS), the datalink and simulated Radar Warning Receiver with cursor ability to determine target data 4. Hands On Throttle and Stick (HOTAS) a. Fully compatible with all weapons and sensor simulations b. Maximum similarity with 5th Generation Fighters c. Data entry options (e.g. single pilot, left-hand oriented). 5. Night Vision Goggle compatible lighting and displays. 6. Radar Altimeter 7. Ability to display GPS-driven flight plan (Threshold) and Moving Map (Objective) 8. Simulated defensive system (chaff/flare with HOTAS buttons to dispense); captured on mission recording 9. Debriefing system capability that can combine AHRS, LVC and DTD information. 10. 360 degree video record capability (separate from Helmet/HUD) – recordable and datalink 11. Basic Altitude Hold function 12. Fully-coupled, three-axis autopilot 13. Expanded video of front cockpit occupant displayed in the back seat, recorded, and datalink (e.g. supplement biometric data of student) 14. HMD adaptable to accept biometric monitoring capability (recorded parameter) We request that you also provide your company’s recommendation for existing T-6 capabilities and components whose function can be provided via the components that would be proposed to meet these new capabilities, along with strategies to certify these existing capabilities through the use of these new components. This modification must not negatively impact the existing aircraft flight capabilities. Identify a strategy to verify these existing capabilities remain intact post-modification.

Did you have g-series? Request a DAFSC duty history change in vMPF to put a prefix on your afsc and if that doesn't work BCMR it.

FAIPs also will be doing sim instructor duties at some bases.

FWIW, some e Dawgs didn't wash out. The decision was decided they weren't going to get pilot wings so they were removed from training.

You all are missing the point for AR. Throw a couple bags of gas on then get a tanker bridge and CT XC to Europe for Oktoberfest.

Check above. They won't go to Phase III. They would do a T-38 TX course at Randolph that already exists for Toner Bros that get fighters later in life

He's Reserve unsponsored to UPT and wants to be a FACT.

Ask for a waiver to be pushed for AETC/SG in AIMWTS and if needed sent to ACS for consultation. If you were actually DQ'd you need to get a waiver from AFMSA/SG3P

Why do you think the original proposal was for 350 T-X and now there is a contract for 475 total? Convenient that 125 was the magical number to replace all T-1s with T-X and return to GUPT.

T-68 or T-70 because T-69 would be offensive.

B-2s do the same thing and it works fine. First Assignment bubba's go through PIT to be T-38 IPs before they can go to the B-2. There are SPs who's lifelong dream is to be a U-2 driver. I think the program will work fine.

1. Yes, because you go to T-38 PIT and a T-1 UP would have to go through T-38 T-X (aka Phase III) at KRND first 2. This means you will fly the U-2 rather than getting hired later and released 3. Self explanatory 4. That makes no sense. The program is there to grow 11R U-2 guys. An ADAIR is completely different than Companion Trainer.

So an Article 15 means special assistant to XX until retirement?

Preach brother

6 years to IOC. Another couple thousand hours for each T-38

Because you only drink 1-2 times a month with 3 or less drinks?

The RCP SGTO is ending?

I would also like to point out that reps in a VR sim are not going to be as taxing on your body as a triple turn in the DLF heat. (Granted I've only been there once)

Give an example. I can say nebulous stuff like my wing is looking to spend 8 figures to build the Matrix for a virtual Red Flag but that doesn't make it true.

What ever happened to diversity of thought/experience versus diversity of skin color/genitalia

From AviationWeek Seems like AETC/CC thinks there's nothing wrong with the system even though it was just briefed the O2 concentration can be whack. USAF Calls T-6 Physiological Events ‘Extreme Outliers’ Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Lee Hudson Sep 18, 2018 USAF NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The U.S. Air Force has not completed its safety investigation board focused on the increase of physiological events (PEs) for T-6 Texan II trainer pilots but says early analysis indicates these incidents are “extreme outliers.” Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) chief, told reporters at the Air Force Association’s annual symposium here Sept. 18 that initial indications show problems with the T-6’s on-board oxygen generation system (Obogs) have nothing to do with the mix of gases delivered to the pilot. One of the things the service will do is optimize the system’s software so it is delivering oxygen at a more consistent rate. The service still needs to brief Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson on the deep dive conducted at Edwards AFB, California, that was aiming to pinpoint the root cause. After a stand-down of roughly one-month following a series of hypoxia-like events, T-6 student and instructor pilots returned to flying the aircraft Feb. 27, and since then the service has been averaging approximately 7.8 PEs per month. The services defines a PE as when aircrew experience symptoms that can result from a variety of factors, including hypoxia, hypocapnia, hypercapnia or disorientation. The service is implementing a series of corrective measures to reduce the number of physiological events that pilots are experiencing, including the redesign of the oxygen system and the ability to adjust oxygen levels in flight. AETC will increase maintenance on the T-6’s Obogs and the service anticipates it will take two to four years to redesign the system to stabilize the oxygen levels that pilots breathe while in flight. Concurrently, AETC and Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) are working with industry to adjust the Obogs software algorithm to stabilize oxygen concentrations. Some pilots are unable to deal with the physiological stress and experience symptoms resulting from receiving either too little oxygen, or too little carbon dioxide. AFMC established an independent review team to investigate why this was happening and the organization worked with AETC to conduct a full Obogs inspection. During those inspections the Obogs filter and drain valves were found to fail at a higher rate than the service anticipated. The service will now implement new maintenance procedures, such as purging excess moisture from the Obogs, so that it operates more efficiently, Doherty said in a statement. Brig. Gen. Edward Vaughan, Air Force Physiological Episodes Action Team (AF-PEAT) lead, will collaborate with service officials to determine if the T-6 Obogs measures should be applied to other aircraft that use the system. AETC also is creating new study materials for T-6 pilots that focus on identifying symptoms, responses and corrective procedures for PEs. The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which was enacted Aug. 14, directs the Air Force secretary to submit a report to the congressional defense committees no later than March 1 of next year outlining all efforts the service is pursuing to reduce the occurrence of and mitigate the risk posed by PEs. The report must include the rate of PEs affecting crewmembers of covered aircraft; a description of the specific actions carried out by the service; a description of any upgrades or modifications; and an explanation of any organizational changes the Air Force has made. The new law defines covered aircraft as the F-35A, T-6A and any other Air Force aircraft as determined by the secretary.

On the topic of the T-38 cat cartridges modified for the T-6. https://www.military.com/2018/09/18/airmen-dont-trust-us-field-equipment-they-need-general-says.html