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    T-38 circling approach

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    I’ve had FTU students from traditional UPT, 2.0, the experimental UPT next and they all honestly end up about the same in the end.

    I’d much prefer a UPT that weeds out the weak and poor attitudes than teach irrelevant form landings and pie in the sky.

    Competition matters and performance under stress is needed to sort the chaff at UPT so tough flying should be a discriminator.

    Case in point, 90% of weak swimmers are direct to fighter guard/reserve hires who didn’t compete. Had they, they’d be no chance in hell they would show up here.

    The story I could/probably will eventually tell of the DEI unit hire that know they are an entitled and protected class. Cannot at the moment due to lawyers and stuff.

    At old school UPT I doubt this student would have made it thru T-37 solo phase.


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    Commanders are dropping like flies this year

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    Having known people who have had false allegations levied against them, I'll hold off on my judgement of Maj Gen Stewart and see what the investigation comes up with. 

    Hahahaha…c’mon Huggy, haven’t you been around long enough to know even fake accusations = guilty?

    Saw a guy acquitted of false charges and he still lost his jet/career while the female kept her civilian job.




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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    If you could build a fighter sim using this platform, with some other technology to enhance the physical strain of the modest g generation capability of this full motion sim system you might be able to get a bit of the visceral feel real flight
    https://desdemona.eu
     
    3.3 Gs is modest but something; if you had dynamic resistance systems to add weight / breathing resistance on to the aircrew during simulation of high g maneuvers you probably could get a better effect
    Not cheap I’m sure but if you wanna have the best air to air simulator, an amp’d up version of this networked to other stations with good real and AI opponents might be worth the coin

    Motion/g’s wouldn’t be where I’d spend any effort.

    We have the sim tech already, we’d just rather spend it on flying hours than invest because that’s how we’ve always done it.




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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    What training are you accomplishing in this hypothetical? I literally can’t think of one valid thing you can do in this setup. And if you say admin manipulation of systems/PVI (i.e. ground ops), then that’s a sim, not a T-6. If you say basic airmanship/aerial decision making, then that’s a single engine piston tail wheel and zero need for fighter-relevant displays (if we’re really trying to save money, then even a T-6 would be overkill for this).
    I completely agree with your assessment of dinosaurs and FHP. But a “cheaper” airplane option is not relevant to fighters, outside of the piston example above. The 50/50 high end sims/fly fighter MDS is the viable solution, it will just take way longer than we’d all like. I can see utility for an official “cheaper” companion aircraft for other MDS.

    Sims are superior for training in many ways but you can’t replicate the “skin in the game”for deconfliction, maneuvering in IMC etc.

    I take many risks in the sim I wouldn’t while in the MOA.

    A companion trainer could bridge the gap. No its not 100%, but if I could get even 50% value at 5% of the cost, it’s still a win.

    I’ve flown trainers with built in simulation and was very impressed.


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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    [mention=13370]Standby[/mention] I’m sure it depends on MWS. For fighters you absolutely must fly the actual airplane to get the training, there is no substitute. More sims/less flights for RAP is a viable solution in theory, HOWEVER, sims are MASSIVELY behind for what they’d need to be to actually make that transition in how we do daily training. Maybe we can reassess in 10 years.

    I don’t think you’ll need to wait that long. I think in 5 years maybe less we’ll do 50% of training (tactical stuff) in sims and 50% part task training in the jet.

    They are building JSE at Edwards, Nellis and Alaska and it will improve massively in the short term.

    Biggest obstacle is dinosaur leadership that focuses on quantity over of flying vs quality.


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    Recruiting Crisis: 9% want to serve

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    Oh really? Where?
    The content of your post isn’t what’s riling. It’s that your argument has no effective warrant.

    You can read unclass plenty of sources in the future Im referencing if you have an open mind to change.

    I’d start with Army long range hypersonics, check out open source space capes, read up on adversary capes. Sone interesting naval stuff as well.

    Brabus is right on this probably reaching the end of conversation on some levels but lots of open source out there to get you thinking.

    Reminds me of when my PAS in ROTC who was a F-4 pilot got upset that I wrote a paper on computers replacing the need for WSO’s.


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    Recruiting Crisis: 9% want to serve

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    It’s really hard to jam/hack/interdict a bullet or a dumb bomb delivered by a well trained thinking human being. 
     
    lemme know when the egg heads crack that nut 

    Other than hogs, does any fighter community even train to those skills anymore?

    I get it and I knew my post would rile people up.

    Try telling an ex viper pilot that their BFM foundation was for nothing or a hog guy that they’ll never get close enough to use their 30MM or better, call the F-22 a legacy platform for some good responses.

    Not debating fighters will be around a long time. Just that their role will diminish as better/cheaper/safer options are fielded.

    And they are being fielded.
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    Recruiting Crisis: 9% want to serve

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    Haha, I knew I’d get a few riled up here. Brabus is correct, the last fighter pilot hasn’t been born. That doesn’t mean that last fighter pilot will be as relevant and necessary as they once were.

    There is a reason raptors are retiring in 10 yrs, NGAD will be procured small in numbers and the F-35 but will be cut drastically from original #’s and it has to do with things like hypersonic artillary and new tech that does the job of the fighter cheaper/better/with less risk.


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