Clark Griswold Posted June 25 Posted June 25 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Day Man said: https://www.borsight.com/news Updated, cache thing, refreshed and their site had these links, Day Man 1 Clark 0 https://thedefensepost.com/2025/06/18/us-texan-aircraft-avionics/ https://www.govconwire.com/article/borsight-t6a-avionics-replacement-usaf-military-trainer Edited June 25 by Clark Griswold 1
pbar Posted June 25 Posted June 25 20 hours ago, Arkbird said: This feels like another T-1 moment where by the time they update the avionics on the T-6, they're going to send them to the boneyard. They need to just start buying PC-21s and call it a day. Well, it does run through 2034...
Arkbird Posted June 26 Posted June 26 https://www.aerocontact.com/public/img/aviaexpo/produits/catalogues/297/Pilatus-Aircraft-Ltd-PC-21-Brochure.pdf Looking at this PDF the PC-21 probably has all the avionics upgrades Borsight is going to be upgrading the T-6 to. I spot large MFDs, HUD, a mission computer, and probably a GPS that isn't from the early/mid 90s. Pilatus website even has some airframes with pylons for simulated weapons. Sounds like something the Air Force could use as a front line trainer and to bridge the gap for the fighter/bomber bros before T-38s/T-7s. Seems like a no brainer to me which is probably why the Air Force isn't going this direction.
Clark Griswold Posted June 26 Posted June 26 PC-21 would be great I could post again this plane or that one, this many hours in this one then this one but really it’s all about getting the institution of the AF to admit that the effort to privatize too much of UPT, to cut from UPT and to radically change UPT is the problem. Not the fact and inherent costs of owning training aircraft(s) at dedicated training bases.I don’t know how you get a champion(s) with equivalent authority to those who wish to cut everything but the upcoming T-7 but if ever a training mafia needs to be formed ala the fighter mafia it is now.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Clark Griswold Posted June 26 Posted June 26 Just curious but in all these machinations on UPT NEXT, FUPT, etc… has the Air Force Safety Center been asked or done an analysis on the effectiveness/impact of curtailing/changing pilot training?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Swizzle Posted June 26 Posted June 26 1 hour ago, Clark Griswold said: Just curious but in all these machinations on UPT NEXT, FUPT, etc… has the Air Force Safety Center been asked or done an analysis on the effectiveness/impact of curtailing/changing pilot training? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Safety is a Commander's program. Commanders ordered and approved the changes, what do you think? 1
Clark Griswold Posted June 26 Posted June 26 Safety is a Commander's program. Commanders ordered and approved the changes, what do you think?Yeah, good pointJust thinking there was a way to throw a flag on the field Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Lawman Posted July 10 Posted July 10 Complete side comment.Can somebody from AETC world send me a PM with a POC at the 479th FTG at Pensacola?Trying to put some forward thinking people designing training efforts at our school house in contact without it getting continuously sidelined or hijacked. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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