Air Force willing to pay $300K for ideas that revolutionize pilot training
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By JAMES BOLINGER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: October 19, 2018
The Air Force is prepared to pay up to $300,000 for ideas to solve problems uncovered during the inaugural class of an innovative training program helping to fill about 2,000 vacant pilot positions.
The first graduates of Pilot Training Next — a six-month program at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Austin, Texas — pinned on their wings in August. PTN uses modern teaching methods and new virtual-reality flight simulators that allow students to refine their skills at their own pace before ever stepping into a cockpit.
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