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Anyone in the know on this? Edit: "A total of 15 officers and 5 enlisted airmen will be selected to participate in a 6 month pilot training program which will leverage technologies such as virtual reality, advanced biometrics, modernized learning techniques, artificial intelligence, and flight training in the T-6A trainer aircraft."

Anyone have any insight into this? Edit: "A total of 15 officers and 5 enlisted airmen will be selected to participate in a 6 month pilot training program which will leverage technologies such as virtual reality, advanced biometrics, modernized learning techniques, artificial intelligence, and flight training in the T-6A trainer aircraft."

@Napoleon_Tanerite As of now, IFF will get the T-X first then UPT.

IMHO, the T-50 and T-100 are the only jets that can be procured quickly, although DRS said they will be building a new factory in Alabama. All the other jets will need a lot more time/testing change the "production example" prototype into an actual mission ready variant. Which is why I don't understand all the Scorpion craziness.

The T-6 is doing the same with ADS-B out. The new WAAS GPS isn't paired to anything except the ADS-B squitter.

Is this program in tandem with purchasing new T-6s, ie T-6Cs or T-6Ds? I saw the white paper talking about purchasing more to get our 1600 pilot production, but I never heard if it was going to happen along with this providing MFDs/HUDs/embedded synthetic training/etc...

Welcome to life before the last 2 years

The PIT syllabus has different tracks for SUPT and CTP. The MIF/Standards are the "same" by syllabus definition but guys going to CTP are held to different standards aka weak swimmers are let through.

AETC staff yes. But who knows how far these ideas are along.

It's being discussed. And UPT expanded to Bergstrom or Alliance with a contractor esque deal ala Doss with AF QA

Did the post say whether the sortie was dual or solo? If it was dual the ISS should have punched out both pilots.

PM me your .mil and I'll give you the RA information that bought it for the B-52 FTU.

It's out of date anyways.

Tough shit.

Call a flight medicine clinic, give them your social and ask to look it up in AIMWTS.

Yup for sure. If you PM your .mil I can give you the snowflake package to send to the NAF/A1C.

Yea I'm talking about ARTs. The WG/CC just had to certify every year for the continued need for the Retention Incentive. As for the new GS-2181-XX SSR, AFRC sent that to OPM early this year with AFRC/CCs signature so who knows where that is.

Why did they only do 1 year? Bomber guys do 4 years.

The 11-401 allows SQ/CC's to put people unqualified aircrew onto flights as crew as necessary or what have you. AETC wrote a white paper on it when they got rid of Instructor Enrichment Program. PM me and I'll look to see if I can find out

Ah yes, the selfie-queen herself.

Identify as an attack helicopter?

That's the real reason he wanted line up cards. Needed to make them for requal.

There's a bottleneck in UPT/FTU.

"We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Navy Cdr. Gary Ross, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement. @HuggyU2 @Hacker @ClearedHot et al, back in the game! Although I think just means the VRRAD will be expanded. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/20/air-force-recall-many-1-000-retired-pilots-address-serious-shortage/785344001/ Text: WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Friday allowing the Air Force to recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to active duty to address a shortage in combat fliers, the White House and Pentagon announced. By law, only 25 retired officers can be brought back to serve in any one branch. Trump's order removes those caps by expanding a state of national emergency declared by President George W. Bush after 9/11, signaling what could be a significant escalation in the 16-year-old global war on terror. "We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Navy Cdr. Gary Ross, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement. But the executive order itself is not specific to the Air Force, and could conceivably be used in the future to call up more officers and in other branches. The Air Force needs about 1,500 pilots more than it has. Bonus programs and other incentives have not made up the shortfall. The Air Force has been at the forefront of the Pentagon's battle against the Islamic State, flying most of the combat sorties in Iraq and Syria since 2014. In June, Sen. John McCain, D-Ariz., labeled the pilot shortage a crisis that would prevent the Air Force from fulfilling its mission. “This is a full-blown crisis, and if left unresolved, it will call into question the Air Force’s ability to accomplish its mission,” said McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee. Richard Aboulafia, an aviation analyst and vice president of the Teal Group, said the shortage stemmed from a number of issues. "One is competition from commercial airlines," Aboulafia said. "Another is delays and funding shortfalls in training. And, due to military operations, utilization of the aircraft and crew has been higher than expected." On Capitol Hill, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and a member of Armed Services Committee, said that the fight against Islamic State and al-Qaeda linked terrorists will be expanding. He spoke to reporters while speaking about the four U.S. soldiers killed Oct. 4 in Niger. Counter-terrorism rules under President Obama had been too restrictive and ineffective, Graham said. “The war is morphing," Graham said. "You’re going to see more actions in Africa, not less. You’re going to see more aggression by the United States toward our enemies, not less. You’re going to have decisions made not in the White House but out in the field. And I support that entire construct.” Last month, President Trump became the third president to renew the post-9/11 state of national emergency, which allows the president to call up the national guard, hire and fire officers and delay retirements. Those extraordinary powers were supposed to be temporary. But even after 16 years, there's been no congressional oversight of the emergency.