Assessing the Impact of Future Operations on Trainer Aircraft Requirements
Assessing the Impact of Future Operations on Trainer Aircraft Requirements

Author: John A. Ausink

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780833037909

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This monograph examines how the skills needed to perform future military missions might affect the capabilities required of new pilot training systems. In the next few years, the Air Force must decide to replace or extend the lives of two of its trainer aircraft. This monograph addresses which skills should be taught in undergraduate flying training, which are so different that they cannot be taught in current training aircraft, and what impact these issues have on decisions to replace or extend the lives of the aircraft.

The Training of Military Pilots: Men, Machines, and Methods
The Training of Military Pilots: Men, Machines, and Methods

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Published: 2002

Total Pages: 68

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This study analyzes strategic issues in Air Force undergraduate pilot training (SUPT). After describing the key variables that determined pilot training's historical development, the author assesses what type of training system, generalized or specialized, produces the best ratio of cost to effect. The conclusion is that the current specialized system is more responsive to disparate operational needs, better matches training media to task, and generates large cost savings for the Air Force. Next, the writer evaluates recent structural changes to SUPT and analyzes the pilot training systems of the US Navy and Israeli Air Force, Several broad conclusions emerge from these inquiries: the need to stabilize the still-maturing SUPT system; the potential benefits of improved candidate pre-selection methods; and, finally, the pivotal role of the instructor pilot in any training program's success. The final chapter synthesizes the study's findings and implications to suggest an optimal course for future Air Force pilot training.