For US Air Force pilots, the toughest training flights are going virtual
[Defense News]
Valerie Insinna
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — A new simulator campus at Nellis Air Force Base could be key for the U.S. Air Force as it grapples with the question of how it can train pilots against complex threats like Russia and China at a budget-friendly cost.
On Aug. 17, the Air Force opened the doors of the Virtual Test and Training Center, or VTTC, a new, $38 million building where pilots will practice advanced tactics in a simulated environment that replicates war against a near-peer nation.
“When you think about great power competition and where we might have to fight — shipping out to fight a China or Russia, particularly — there is no live training venue for the joint force, certainly for the Air Force, that’s big enough, that has the threat density that can replicate what China or Russia can do,†said Maj. Gen. Chuck Corcoran, who leads the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis.
https://news.yahoo.com/air-force-pilots-toughest-training-204147787.html
