Overview AETC Philosophy Future Requirements Combt Systems Officer Trining Remotely Piloted Aircrft Trining Future of Pilot Trining
AETC Mission: Develop Americ s Airmen tody... for tomorrow Vision: Deliver unrivled ir, spce nd cyberspce eduction nd trining to Americ s Air Force Wht we do: Recruit, Trin, Educte, Innovte AETC trins & eductes over 400K personnel nnully for the Joint Tem, US gencies nd 150 prtner ntions Annul budget: $8.8 billion Personnel: Almost 70,000 militry, civilin nd contrctor Loctions worldwide: Over 1,300 Aircrft: 1450, 29 diverse irfrmes World s 4 th lrgest ir force! AETC prepres the wrfighters of tody for the chllenges of tomorrow
Wrfighter Requirements Drive Our Mission Wrfighter Recruit Trin Educte In nov vte Highest Qulity Responsive World Clss The decisions i mde tody must strike blnce between present nd future requirements 4
Trining System Blnce g Force Mngement Decisions Future USAF force structure Production Requirements p y / Throughput g p Cpcity Required Skill-Sets Skill Sets Trining Qulity Trining Footprint The Effect: Future Rted Force Fleet Sizing Fl t Service Fleet S i Life Lif Trining System Efficiency Trining Tsks / Syllbus Trining Decisions Acquisition Decisions Best Vlue Vl e
New Combt System Officer (CSO) Pipeline Consolidtes NAV, EWO & WSO trining into 1 pipeline Centrlizes trining t one loction NAS Penscol, FL. Progrm uses combintion of the DA-20, T-25 Simultors, T-6A, nd T-1M in the trining progrm First clss strted 5 My 2010 nd we expect to grdute 108 new CSOs by the end of FY11
CSO Trining Progrm T-6A T-1M Initil Flight Screening Bsic/Contct Instruments Advnced Nv Mission Mngement Forml Trining Unit VNAV/Low-Level Tsk Mgmt Wepons Employment Electronic Combt (F-15E WSO & T-6 Opertionl T25 Simultor Electronic EWO) Flight Triner Combt Trining (SECT) (OFT) + T-1 Opertionl Flight Triner (OFT) Introduction to Fighter 24 Flight Hrs 40 Flight Hrs Fundmentls 14 Sim Hrs 86 Sim Hrs (SECT/OFT) 220 Acdemic Hrs 398 Acdemic Hrs This innovtive progrm will provide every new CSO common set of 21st century wrfighter skills.
Remotely Piloted Aircrft Trining CSAF chrtered AETC to institutionlize the RPA pilot & sensor opertor trining courses Mrch 2009 Went from concept to clssroom in Six Weeks Grdutes from this progrm re flying Predtor nd Reper combt missions tody nd re redy for instructor upgrde! New RPA Desktop Simultor built to trin tomorrow s force Plnned production FY11: 60 Pilots/ 353 Sensors FY12: 146 Pilots/ 305 Sensors FY13: 250 Pilots/ 305 Sensors
Remotely Piloted Aircrft Trining RPA Pilots AETC 2 months 25 2.5 months RPA Pilots RPA Flight RPA Instrument & UPT Grds & SOs Screening Qulifiction Course (Pueblo CO) (Rndolph) RPA Pilot Fundmentl Skills 39 hours flight time UPT Grdutes Aircrew Fundmentls Course (Lcklnd) Aircrew Culture 2 weeks RPA Sensor Opertors Simultor only 49 hours Instrument Check Ride Bsic Sensor Opertor Course (Rndolph) Trin Full-motion Video, Sensor Bsics / Anlysis 4 weeks Fundmentls Course (Rndolph) Tcticl / Thetre Ops: wepons, rdrs, sensors, threts, Crew Resource Mngement 91 hours cdemics 3 Lbs/Missions 4 weeks ACC RPA Pilots & UPT Grds Joint Firepower Course (Nellis) 2W 2 Weeks RPA Pilots & UPT Grds & SOs MQ-1 Forml Trining Unit (Creech/ Hollomn) 3 months New CSO trining is underwy & RPA pipeline is formlized AETC is now focused on the Future of Pilot Trining
Pilot Trining of the Future In the 1980s the Air Force developed the multiple trck Specilized Undergrdute Pilot Trining (SUPT) progrm Tody, with smller fighter force, nywhere from 30-50% of our T-38 grdutes re ssigned to non-fighter ircrft Given the chnging circumstnces, we need to determine how trining will evolve in the next 20 to 30 yers History tells us tht smller, resource constrined AF needs flexible, responsive trining pipeline
SUPT 2000: The Pst Advnced Forml Trining Units Initil Flight Trining Primry T-37/T-34 34 Airlift / Tnker T-1A ME Turboprop TC-12 / T-44 Fighter / Bomber T-38A Airlift Tnker C-130 Fighter Bomber O p e r t i o n l y g Helo Rotry Wing UH-1
SUPT 2010: The Present Advnced Primry Airlift / Tnker T-1A Initil Flight Screening (IFS) Forml Trining Units Airlift Tnker RPA ME Turboprop TC-12 / T-44 T-6A/B C-130 C2ISR Fighter / Bomber T-38C Fighter Bomber Rotry Wing TH-1 Helo O p e r t i o n l
SUPT 20??: Uncertin Future Advnced Primry Airlift / Tnker T-1A or follow-on ircrft? Forml Trining Units Airlift Tnker Initil Flight Screening (IFS) C-130 T-6A/B Fighter / Bomber/? T-X C2ISR Fighter Bomber Rotry Wing TH-1 Helo O p e r t i o n l
supt 20??: Uncertin Future Forml Trining Units Initil Flight Screening (IFS) Primry Advnced Trining T-X Airlift Tnker C-130 C2ISR T-6 n Fighter Bomber O p e r t i o l Rotry Wing TH-1 Regrdless of the structure we choose we need new triner! Helo
Future Triner (T-X) The verge ge of the T-38 fleet is 43.5 yers old The Air Force is in the process of conducting n Anlysis of Alterntives (AOA) The T-X must be economiclly vible, bridge the gp between 4th nd 5th genertion ircrft nd prepre our vitors for the demnds of the modern cockpit nd bttlespce We re following DOD cquisition procedures so tht somedy soon the AF will be ble to procure new triner becuse this will be 50-yer decision - Generl Stephen R. Lorenz, Air Force Times 31 Aug 10
The Certin Future Pilot CSO RPA Mnned Pltforms Mnned Pltforms RPA O p e r t i o n l Ech of these progrms is criticl in mintining the combt cpbility of the Air Force
Summry AETC is dynmic Totl Force tem providing trining & eduction to over 400K people ech yer We re focused on prtnering with the wrfighter to ensure we deliver innovtive trining solutions The AF is tking holistic pproch to rted force trining, production nd wepon system cquisition AETC is leverging our gretest ssets, our people, to ensure we Develop Americ s Airmen Tody For Tomorrow Unrivled Air, Spce nd Cyberspce Trining in the future