Thanks for the cool video! In 1992 I graduated from UPT 1.0 with 197.8 actual flight hours and I recall that everyone in my class was within a couple hours of that same number. I also recall that it was rare for a student to feel mastery in any subject - it was as if the moment you really “got” something, you moved on to something new. While this was frustrating at the time, I later realized that this revealed just how tailored the program was in teaching humans to fly and that there were little to no moments wasted beyond what was necessary. I have no doubt that UPT 2.5 takes advantage of leaps in training technology, but what concerns me most are the airmanship and skills shortfalls that form the root causes of many mishaps. Over the decades, many of these skills have been ping-ponged from UPT, to RTU, to the operational units and then back again in a game of square filling and shrinking budgets where currency often trumps proficiency. As a result, I am less concerned with the exact hours/training device footprint and more concerned with the syllabus meat of teachable moments and 2.5’s ability to ensure those lessons are successfully absorbed. In closing, I’ll add that I spent several years teaching new airline pilots in their first 35 hours of actual flight following simulators. The pilots received excellent training in the most modern devices and were, themselves, the cream of the crop from a wide and impressive MWS background. I can report that almost everyone needed 5-6 sorties to begin to show proficiency - the simulator simply failed to provide the real world stressors of comms, mission pressures, real-time flow, and weather that were needed to perform in the job. The IPs in the 2.5 program will need to focus on this and, in recognizing these unintended consequences, spend more time on items that they may not have stressed in the past (e.g. how cockpit tasks vary between bright sunlight, dusk, and night) than they did in the past because there will simply be less time to impart concepts that can only be experienced in the jet.
One of the major changes to the syllabus was that is was designed to not allow the brain dump that comes from switching blocks of training. When you and I went through, we learned Contact flying exclusively. No instruments. God help you if you looked at a cloud. After that, it was exclusively Instruments/Nav, then exclusively Form, and so on. In the old syllabus styles, one of the most common reasons for hooking that last check was from having brain dumped the skills from previous blocks that you didn't need to survive the current one. With the new syllabus, you're technically opted to see a lot of stuff right out the gate. Students can now sandbag when there's open seats. You get instruments training in small increments sooner throughout the Qual/Trans Phase leading into Instruments\Nav. You can get exposure to Form if the IPs determine the sortie has training value. And the Mission Pase (The last Phase of training in T-6's) you act as a mission commander on combined Form/Nav out and backs. It's ~21 rides that force a student to be proficient in all things from planning, to instruments and nav, to formation, as well as real world sortie management. Students, if deemed proficient and safe enough, can even Form Out/Back solo against an IP. One of the things written into the syllabus that I loved is that we can "grenade" their plan if they're really doing well. If they need added complexity, I've straight up filed different flight plans and opened them to see how they adjust to changes. Obviously the bottom 1/3rd can't really handle that specifically, but it's an example of how we're trying to train more dynamic and actively thinking pilots, versus the old style that just regurgitated a check-ride profile. What you tend to see is students gaining proficiency over a longer period of time, which can be really frustrating when you're used to seeing the compartmentalized progress of the old style syllabus, but even my worst students did have the ability to manage dynamic missions better than I could when I went through. It's not perfect yet. Too many students, not enough instructors, technology and contracts and a pain. But it's a step in the right direction.
As a Flt Commander in 38's at Laughlin I floated the idea of strong students doing great in the formation phase a ride 2-ship with nothing but tactical out to the area and tactical all the way back. Went nowhere. We had to do a full profile to get them ready to pass a check-ride. Tried to push some students gently to push a little to see what their limits might be. For example: their flying as #2 and lead calls for a straight ahead rejoin. Most would get accelerate to do a rejoin with 50 knots overtake and always handle it and get a grade of Excellent. So I would tell 2Lt Spike to try it with 100 Knots overtake and see if that works for you. The phrase I hated hearing through my 4-year ATC tour : "YOU CAN'T TEACH THAT TO A STUDENT!"@@TheAlmostHarmless
@@TheAlmostHarmless wrong, instruments in sims was introduced before the contact checkride, however, not to a point of dumping or,getting diverted from what you needed to know for the solo or checkride.
@@hugoglenn9741 Right, I was referring to the flying blocks of training specifically. Basically every block of training was preceded by relevant sims, and it's still that way. I would have to find an old copy of my syllabus to check exactly where one got opted for instrument sims, however any instrument flying in the aircraft was done by the IP (on the books anyway). Caveat that of course with the fact that prior to UPT 2.5, the syllabus still ebbed and flowed every year with what events opted which and when. If you flew instruments during your Contact Phase, it wouldn't surprise me at all.
I’m a senior in High School, and the idea of flying a T-38 in 4 to 5 years time has always fascinated me. I’m taking my FAA written exam this month and about to join Civil Air Patrol. Wish me luck everyone.
@@legitsu_ Pretty good - I actually passed my check ride last month and have almost 100 hours. Got a 93 on the written. I start college in a few weeks and plan on doing ROTC.
I live near Randolph and really enjoy hearing the planes flying around in a path. Many people don't understand what these planes are doing, but being a Mom of a retired USAF, I certainly do...
VR is honestly such a game changer! I remember my first flight in VR in 2014 in DCS! Now with MSFS I get to fly approaches that I provide for pilots, GA and Commercial in South Florida and it has increased my understanding and perspective for what pilots are dealing with and looking for as I am calling airports or traffic to them because of how CLEAR and HD and accurately modeled it is! Thanks for sharing!
@@HasardLee what is/where can I find the P3E software mentioned that is available to the public? I have the same VR headset at home and really would like to try it with that software.
What's great about this, is the higher ups see the impact Hasards' UA-cam vids has on future pilots. Most regular companies would deny any idea like this. I call it the ego of the higher ups. Only they know what's best.
Gotta say I loved this video! Probably one of my favorites from your channel. So glad to hear that the training is advancing with the times and the extent to which the Air Force is focusing on the students and how to make it better for them rather than forcing someone to conform. Currently studying for the AFOQT and if all goes well I can’t wait to get to UPT!
Its amazing how far technology has come to the stage where now any civilian can pick up say DCS and a hotas and learn how to fly a fighter jet . That alone is a base line that didnt exsist 20 years ago . Having these things available to then augment to a military level must be a godsend in training just being how easily accessible this kind of technology is for both costs and readiness .
@@sebas793 I have been flying for two years and it hasn't cost me a dime. You get several aircraft from American to Russian air craft and props to multi engine jets.. I can see this not only working for real pilots as well as drone pilots.
I'm an ICU doc (I used to fly) and it's fascinating to see the you talk about the same concepts we are beginning to use and integrate for medical training and patient safety.
@@msmith7341 At what base? Do you have any advice for things I should start looking at outside the boldface/ops limits? Or techniques that you used to learn all the material?
@@riderraphael1097 what do they have you doing before hand? Just found out I'll be out there come October 🤙🤙 totally forgot about 2.5 so flexing now and prepping for this versus the old UPT
Your content just keeps getting better and better. This is how I wanted to follow a Pilot in the Military on social media! So much new content and information! Keep it coming Hasard!!!!!
That's really great news about our new training program. Congratulations on getting the Two Star to join you; that really blew me away! Your videos not only keep me interested, but ulso fill me with determination to really be the best I can be, not to mention fill me with pride for our country. As always, thank you and hooah!
USAF UPT class 72-08 here. All us grads went through the last half of the program in T-38s back then. The reason was that we would all supposedly be able to fly any Air Force aircraft. Those that couldn't hack the Talon went on to navigator school. I don't think I would make it through UPT today.
This was just amazing how air force is actually progressing in pilot training. I love what General said at the end it is not made to make it easy but to make them a better pilot.
Funny. At Laughlin the Deputy Commander for Operations saw me inside the BX (base Exchange) with my flight suit sleeves pushed up just like that. The next day I was called into my Squadron Commanders office to gently slapped for it. Something about 'Not setting a good example' for the students'. Nice to see they are more relaxed about it.
This is some great information sir !, currently a CEA looking to get into pilot training after going to school and this really summarizes it all, Thanks again for the information sir !
Just found this- I had to chuckle at the cartoon of the guy sitting with a plunger "practicing" the lessons. That really was a recommended study technique, straight from our instructors back in the Dark Ages of UPT!! No joke.
The VR aspect is a game changer. I used to play with the pilot view controlled from a mouse or the hat on the joystick. I added VR, and I'm able to visually track any targets and my flight path much easier.
When something works, don't change it - enhance it, but don't change it. This is good as it allows a lot of learning on the ground to make the expensive "airtime" more efficient.
This channel is amazing how many UA-camrs have access to an actual General willing to come on their Channel and explain things to us the way this gentleman just did
I like this approach to training. I believe we need to constantly direct some focus towards improving learning/teaching methods - it always results into an improvement in life itself
Would be fascinated to know, as long as it isn't classified or anything, what flight sims they're using for training. Also, if possible, what the software they're using to monitor the students.
Great video, would love to see you do one for the RPA pilot side of the house that has followed a similar path for its training. Getting your perspective as a manned pilot on their training or possibly bringing in an expert to cohost the video with you would be top notch. Thanks for the great content.
Makes me more excited than ever to message a recruiter and get an appointment to talk to someone about this stuff Edit: This stuff gets me so excited that I can't sleep
I only have my employment authorization document , im born in honduras i moved to my country after processing my inmigration status , my inmigration lawyer told me to wait me a year in honduras ,bc i lost my legal permit to reentry the US , that means i can wait me a year for my greencard then i can have a career in the US Airforce as a pilot with good engineering.
I'm 42 now but I wanted to be a pilot so bad when I was younger. There's Pictures of me in cockpits at air shows with fighter jet Pilots when I was a kid. But I have worse than 20/70 vision... so the closest I can get now is flight simulator and games like Battlefield and even Space games like Star Citizen and Elite dangerous. Maybe in another lifetime.
Finally after seeing this people will realize that some of the study simulators available are not just "computer games" but are a good tool that can help a pilot learn flying without the risk of making mistakes like in a real airplane. Obviously, this can't replace real flying, but like the general said, if one can solo on a 4th sortie, imagine what we can teach from 4th to 44th sortie in the real plane
Hey Hasard, I was at CES Las Vegas(consumer electronics show) just last week and I stopped by this one companies booth and they manufacture fighter helmets that have augmented reality built in so that you can simulate and display enemy aircraft flying around and dog fighting! It was a wild concept and was wondering if you’ve heard anything about that?
I just started the vid but had to comment before I forgot! Ken Cooper! The Flying Show has an episode in the 35’s simulator with Ken walking the host through a few things. Sometimes if I’m having a bad day, I watch that video because of Ken because it makes me happy. (Low key, I have a dream of getting a flight in one of those simulators! Lol) All of this stuff, all of you guys, this all helps me sleep at night and puffs my patriotism through the roof. Thanks for great content, Hasard. Glad the AF has your back with this endeavor.
Man I wanted to be an airforce pilot so badly way back when...even got accepted to the Airforce academy... but ended up deciding to go to an 8 year med school program because I wasn't sure about my motion sickness in planes.
Its lookheed martin’s flight simulator, its called Prepar3d, it goes for around $60 for the basic version. They were also using TacView ($70) and OBS (free). All of that software is off the shelf along with almost all of the hardware. I believe they were using oculus rift 2 ($400) and the HOTAS warthog ($500-$1000) along with some other specialized hardware.
@@bean5050 We also use custom modules for X-Plane, at least at Vance. The syllabus missions are relatively consistent between Randolph and Vance, tailored for local procedures, but the tools and software we're sticking to in still in flux. Just figuring out what's best.
The U.S. Navy has a prototype aviation training program called Project Avenger that is based off the Air Force's UPT 2.5 program. Project Avenger is currently underway for some (not all) student naval aviators in primary flight training at NAS Corpus Christi, and will start soon at NAS Whiting Field.
This was such a nice video! As a private pilot who wants to pursue a pilot career in the air force, this was very informative and just overall exciting. Thank you for continuing to be an inspiration
General Wills real top gun wow great stuff guys i bet the hardest thing is trying to log on to the new lightning aircraft there a bit complex iv heard thanks for a great video
Absolutely incredible to see that the USAF has finally started using Falcon9 multiplayer dynamic campaign, Microsoft Flight sim X, Lockheed Martin Prepar3d, and maybe DCS, something a lot of us Sim pilots been using for many years 😜. In all seriousness I'm really impressed train your pilots smarter not harder, a lot more Air-Forces around the world are slow to adopt this technology and this approach. Thanks Hasard, I really appreciated the behind the scenes especially hearing "train the individual you got, not the one you want" it reminded me of a description of the average school system[...] You have a monkey, a goldfish, a dolphin, and a dog the teacher tells them to climb the tree. Again thank you as a failed fighter pilot (too tall in my country) to commercial pilot and avid Sim fighter, I appreciate the behind the scenes.
Currently in flight school and a member of the 138th fighter wing in Tulsa as enlisted trying to chase the dream to commission and fly for them one day. Any tip for the switch, AFOQT, OTS and more about AF flight training vs civilian.
@@richiewatts667 I found the headset as hp reverb g2 from pausing the video lol and the rest is just a high speed gaming PC with with Microsoft flight simulator or another simulator software.
Had the opportunity to meet Maj Gen Craig Wills back in 2020 during the start of covid. The epitome of a great leader and a man everyone loves to follow. Awesome guy
Do you think when COVID is over that there will be more opportunities to get a pilot slot? I know right now with COVID, board cancellations, UPT clogged up, it’s more competitive than ever to get a slot. Do you see this changing in the near future?
That’s the nature of the beast with the boards. Navy is real bad about opening and closing the pilot pipeline and they wonder why every 5-10 years there’s a huge pilot shortfall and throw money at everyone when people figure out that life on the boat for 9 months sucks no matter how much flying you get out of it. Tack on COVID and no port calls no wonder everyone is getting out. Stick to the Air Force and don’t quit till you get a slot then just don’t suck at flying!
I grew up surrounded by jets in the air 7 days a week! I lived in Wichita Falls, home of Sheppard Air Force Base. I had a love for jets. I wanted to be in the Air Force
Love that they didn't reinvent the wheel and just used OBS for sim recording
They bought all the ps5s lol
So this is the real reason we have a GPU shortage lol
Xd
Pretty much.
Rofl
Alright. You got me to laugh. You earned the like.
CRYPTO MINING AND AI CREATION ARE THE NO. 1 and 2 REASONS
Thanks for the cool video! In 1992 I graduated from UPT 1.0 with 197.8 actual flight hours and I recall that everyone in my class was within a couple hours of that same number. I also recall that it was rare for a student to feel mastery in any subject - it was as if the moment you really “got” something, you moved on to something new. While this was frustrating at the time, I later realized that this revealed just how tailored the program was in teaching humans to fly and that there were little to no moments wasted beyond what was necessary. I have no doubt that UPT 2.5 takes advantage of leaps in training technology, but what concerns me most are the airmanship and skills shortfalls that form the root causes of many mishaps. Over the decades, many of these skills have been ping-ponged from UPT, to RTU, to the operational units and then back again in a game of square filling and shrinking budgets where currency often trumps proficiency. As a result, I am less concerned with the exact hours/training device footprint and more concerned with the syllabus meat of teachable moments and 2.5’s ability to ensure those lessons are successfully absorbed. In closing, I’ll add that I spent several years teaching new airline pilots in their first 35 hours of actual flight following simulators. The pilots received excellent training in the most modern devices and were, themselves, the cream of the crop from a wide and impressive MWS background. I can report that almost everyone needed 5-6 sorties to begin to show proficiency - the simulator simply failed to provide the real world stressors of comms, mission pressures, real-time flow, and weather that were needed to perform in the job. The IPs in the 2.5 program will need to focus on this and, in recognizing these unintended consequences, spend more time on items that they may not have stressed in the past (e.g. how cockpit tasks vary between bright sunlight, dusk, and night) than they did in the past because there will simply be less time to impart concepts that can only be experienced in the jet.
One of the major changes to the syllabus was that is was designed to not allow the brain dump that comes from switching blocks of training. When you and I went through, we learned Contact flying exclusively. No instruments. God help you if you looked at a cloud. After that, it was exclusively Instruments/Nav, then exclusively Form, and so on. In the old syllabus styles, one of the most common reasons for hooking that last check was from having brain dumped the skills from previous blocks that you didn't need to survive the current one.
With the new syllabus, you're technically opted to see a lot of stuff right out the gate. Students can now sandbag when there's open seats. You get instruments training in small increments sooner throughout the Qual/Trans Phase leading into Instruments\Nav. You can get exposure to Form if the IPs determine the sortie has training value. And the Mission Pase (The last Phase of training in T-6's) you act as a mission commander on combined Form/Nav out and backs. It's ~21 rides that force a student to be proficient in all things from planning, to instruments and nav, to formation, as well as real world sortie management. Students, if deemed proficient and safe enough, can even Form Out/Back solo against an IP. One of the things written into the syllabus that I loved is that we can "grenade" their plan if they're really doing well. If they need added complexity, I've straight up filed different flight plans and opened them to see how they adjust to changes. Obviously the bottom 1/3rd can't really handle that specifically, but it's an example of how we're trying to train more dynamic and actively thinking pilots, versus the old style that just regurgitated a check-ride profile.
What you tend to see is students gaining proficiency over a longer period of time, which can be really frustrating when you're used to seeing the compartmentalized progress of the old style syllabus, but even my worst students did have the ability to manage dynamic missions better than I could when I went through. It's not perfect yet. Too many students, not enough instructors, technology and contracts and a pain. But it's a step in the right direction.
As a Flt Commander in 38's at Laughlin I floated the idea of strong students doing great in the formation phase a ride 2-ship with nothing but tactical out to the area and tactical all the way back. Went nowhere. We had to do a full profile to get them ready to pass a check-ride. Tried to push some students gently to push a little to see what their limits might be. For example: their flying as #2 and lead calls for a straight ahead rejoin. Most would get accelerate to do a rejoin with 50 knots overtake and always handle it and get a grade of Excellent. So I would tell 2Lt Spike to try it with 100 Knots overtake and see if that works for you. The phrase I hated hearing through my 4-year ATC tour : "YOU CAN'T TEACH THAT TO A STUDENT!"@@TheAlmostHarmless
@@TheAlmostHarmless wrong, instruments in sims was introduced before the contact checkride, however, not to a point of dumping or,getting diverted from what you needed to know for the solo or checkride.
@@hugoglenn9741 Right, I was referring to the flying blocks of training specifically. Basically every block of training was preceded by relevant sims, and it's still that way. I would have to find an old copy of my syllabus to check exactly where one got opted for instrument sims, however any instrument flying in the aircraft was done by the IP (on the books anyway).
Caveat that of course with the fact that prior to UPT 2.5, the syllabus still ebbed and flowed every year with what events opted which and when. If you flew instruments during your Contact Phase, it wouldn't surprise me at all.
I’m a senior in High School, and the idea of flying a T-38 in 4 to 5 years time has always fascinated me. I’m taking my FAA written exam this month and about to join Civil Air Patrol. Wish me luck everyone.
Wishing you a great carear
1 year later how'd go everything going good man?
@@legitsu_ Pretty good - I actually passed my check ride last month and have almost 100 hours. Got a 93 on the written. I start college in a few weeks and plan on doing ROTC.
@@AV4Life let’s goooo brother
@@AV4Life niceee
This is cool new training because that is exactly what I want to do when I grow up
That's to hear---keep after it 👊
Same
Yea same
Same
Been working towards becoming a fighter pilot my entire life
I live near Randolph and really enjoy hearing the planes flying around in a path. Many people don't understand what these planes are doing, but being a Mom of a retired
USAF, I certainly do...
Hello Anne
How are you doing today?
Best vid yet. Well done sir.
Thanks!
VR is honestly such a game changer! I remember my first flight in VR in 2014 in DCS! Now with MSFS I get to fly approaches that I provide for pilots, GA and Commercial in South Florida and it has increased my understanding and perspective for what pilots are dealing with and looking for as I am calling airports or traffic to them because of how CLEAR and HD and accurately modeled it is!
Thanks for sharing!
Agreed, it's the future--glad you enjoyed the video!
@@HasardLee what is/where can I find the P3E software mentioned that is available to the public? I have the same VR headset at home and really would like to try it with that software.
Starting AFROTC in august, hope to be there someday
Don't make that mistake
Don't listen to @Dr. Drew, go in there, do your best and be an active wingman
What's great about this, is the higher ups see the impact Hasards' UA-cam vids has on future pilots. Most regular companies would deny any idea like this. I call it the ego of the higher ups. Only they know what's best.
8:47 is that piano tiles 3?
Just love the access your chain of command is giving you and us access to. keep the content coming.
Gotta say I loved this video! Probably one of my favorites from your channel. So glad to hear that the training is advancing with the times and the extent to which the Air Force is focusing on the students and how to make it better for them rather than forcing someone to conform. Currently studying for the AFOQT and if all goes well I can’t wait to get to UPT!
Good luck Mathew!!
Who knew that all those hours in DCS were really a form of training
Boy has it changed since I went to Reese AFB. UPT Class 85-01
Its amazing how far technology has come to the stage where now any civilian can pick up say DCS and a hotas and learn how to fly a fighter jet . That alone is a base line that didnt exsist 20 years ago . Having these things available to then augment to a military level must be a godsend in training just being how easily accessible this kind of technology is for both costs and readiness .
And DCS is so detailed in the cockpits. The simulator is fantastic.
And the great thing is dcs if free! (Apart from buying planes)
@@Garou-si5jz and apart from buying theaters... and buying upgrades, etc.
@@sebas793 yeah sadly
@@sebas793 I have been flying for two years and it hasn't cost me a dime. You get several aircraft from American to Russian air craft and props to multi engine jets..
I can see this not only working for real pilots as well as drone pilots.
I'm an ICU doc (I used to fly) and it's fascinating to see the you talk about the same concepts we are beginning to use and integrate for medical training and patient safety.
What a fantastic video! Love how the folks are soloing on the 4th sortie.
Starting Academics for UPT 2.5 in a month and a half, cant wait to hit the flightline again
Anyway you can send me a DM? Not super in touch with YT and how to do that lol
Good Luck. I was PTN v3
@@DillonG1435 I'm not too sure either, is there anything specific you have questions about or anything like that?
@@msmith7341 At what base? Do you have any advice for things I should start looking at outside the boldface/ops limits? Or techniques that you used to learn all the material?
@@riderraphael1097 what do they have you doing before hand? Just found out I'll be out there come October 🤙🤙 totally forgot about 2.5 so flexing now and prepping for this versus the old UPT
Your content just keeps getting better and better. This is how I wanted to follow a Pilot in the Military on social media! So much new content and information! Keep it coming Hasard!!!!!
That's really great news about our new training program. Congratulations on getting the Two Star to join you; that really blew me away! Your videos not only keep me interested, but ulso fill me with determination to really be the best I can be, not to mention fill me with pride for our country. As always, thank you and hooah!
Thank you, sir!
This stuff is great. Really appreciate this kind of right from the horse's mouth informative content!
Your channel is addicting to an average guy ... great content ! .. listen to it on my way to work .. thanks for your service brother
Much appreciated, glad you enjoy it!
I smiled with joy when I saw the VR headsets.
That stuff actually works! Closest thing you get to flying without actually being in a cockpit.
This process needs to be applied to Universities and other schooling as well.
USAF UPT class 72-08 here. All us grads went through the last half of the program in T-38s back then. The reason was that we would all supposedly be able to fly any Air Force aircraft. Those that couldn't hack the Talon went on to navigator school. I don't think I would make it through UPT today.
This was just amazing how air force is actually progressing in pilot training. I love what General said at the end it is not made to make it easy but to make them a better pilot.
That is amazing, thanks for bringing us along. Stay safe everyone!
One of the best and interesting videos on this subject matter.
“The God’s Eye” tech in the F-35 helmet is flat out amazing!!!
Damn, this is a huge step up from your other videos production-wise. nice job.
I’ll be doing this in 3 years time! Thanks for all the info Hasard!
Good for you man. What stage are you in right now?
By far your best video yet!! I love this content! Keep em coming
Thank you! Will do
I was in PTN V2, nice to see how far they've come since those days!
Nice! Also a PTN grad. They just get nicer stuff eh?
@@msmith7341 sure looks like it. Those new Sims and setups look sick
Funny. At Laughlin the Deputy Commander for Operations saw me inside the BX (base Exchange) with my flight suit sleeves pushed up just like that. The next day I was called into my Squadron Commanders office to gently slapped for it. Something about 'Not setting a good example' for the students'. Nice to see they are more relaxed about it.
This was amazing hasard, you’re video production is really on point man!
Thank you for making your videos. My 14 yr old is aiming to be a USAF pilot and your videos are great for him to learn about the flight programs.
This is some great information sir !, currently a CEA looking to get into pilot training after going to school and this really summarizes it all, Thanks again for the information sir !
Just found this- I had to chuckle at the cartoon of the guy sitting with a plunger "practicing" the lessons. That really was a recommended study technique, straight from our instructors back in the Dark Ages of UPT!! No joke.
The VR aspect is a game changer. I used to play with the pilot view controlled from a mouse or the hat on the joystick. I added VR, and I'm able to visually track any targets and my flight path much easier.
Thanks for sharing, great video. Keep up the great work.
When something works, don't change it - enhance it, but don't change it. This is good as it allows a lot of learning on the ground to make the expensive "airtime" more efficient.
I was Ranger 80-87. So I was a grunt and never experienced any training anywhere near this scale.
Amazing
This channel is amazing how many UA-camrs have access to an actual General willing to come on their Channel and explain things to us the way this gentleman just did
Great video with good information and editing. Thanks!
Excellent video! Thanks for posting!
Absolutely blown away by the editing of this video. Great work and thank you for the content!
1:09 That's alot of bosses 😂
I just hear Impostor impostor
I mean he is a Major general lol
Do you think you could do a video or a short about what you do when your not flying and what you could do. Also love your videos
Good idea, I'll add it to the list
@@HasardLee thank you for Inspiring me and many others
I like this approach to training. I believe we need to constantly direct some focus towards improving learning/teaching methods - it always results into an improvement in life itself
Great video! Thanks folks :)
Awesome video as always!!
Nice video! I went to school at Embry-Riddle at RAFB, class of 2002. Great school, great AFB.
Another fascinating presentation Hasard. Thanks again for such a fascinating insight into the world of fighter pilots!
Would be fascinated to know, as long as it isn't classified or anything, what flight sims they're using for training. Also, if possible, what the software they're using to monitor the students.
Right now they're running Prepar3d compatible with PilotEdge
Great episode Hasard!
Great video, would love to see you do one for the RPA pilot side of the house that has followed a similar path for its training. Getting your perspective as a manned pilot on their training or possibly bringing in an expert to cohost the video with you would be top notch. Thanks for the great content.
Couple more years , ill get there soon🙏🏽
keep at it 👊
@@HasardLee youre one of my bigggest inspirations , ill be on my way USAFA soon
Dayum that was an awesome video about some dope tech! Thanks a lot!
Makes me more excited than ever to message a recruiter and get an appointment to talk to someone about this stuff
Edit: This stuff gets me so excited that I can't sleep
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Okl
Same here. Had my screening call, but no recruiter has ever called me in a month lol
@@gunjack2064 go after it dawg. If that's you're dream man go get it
I only have my employment authorization document , im born in honduras i moved to my country after processing my inmigration status , my inmigration lawyer told me to wait me a year in honduras ,bc i lost my legal permit to reentry the US , that means i can wait me a year for my greencard then i can have a career in the US Airforce as a pilot with good engineering.
Hasard do a video on your take on the UFO/UAP news and the navy pilots interviews
Awesome Justin!
I'm 42 now but I wanted to be a pilot so bad when I was younger. There's Pictures of me in cockpits at air shows with fighter jet Pilots when I was a kid. But I have worse than 20/70 vision... so the closest I can get now is flight simulator and games like Battlefield and even Space games like Star Citizen and Elite dangerous. Maybe in another lifetime.
Hasard. The coolest dude on the internet.
Finally after seeing this people will realize that some of the study simulators available are not just "computer games" but are a good tool that can help a pilot learn flying without the risk of making mistakes like in a real airplane. Obviously, this can't replace real flying, but like the general said, if one can solo on a 4th sortie, imagine what we can teach from 4th to 44th sortie in the real plane
This is so cool.Even I'm preparing for Indian Air force ❤️🔥
Work hard and good luck
GOOD LUCK!❤️
@@geoluc2357 thank you ❤️
@@tristanallain1483 thank you ❤️
I am too
Amazing stuff! Hat's off to the guys who put this together.
5:00 That's amazing how the Air Force is recording their simulator flights on OBS, same way any other gameplay youtuber would for their channel lol.
Hey Hasard, I was at CES Las Vegas(consumer electronics show) just last week and I stopped by this one companies booth and they manufacture fighter helmets that have augmented reality built in so that you can simulate and display enemy aircraft flying around and dog fighting! It was a wild concept and was wondering if you’ve heard anything about that?
I just started the vid but had to comment before I forgot! Ken Cooper! The Flying Show has an episode in the 35’s simulator with Ken walking the host through a few things. Sometimes if I’m having a bad day, I watch that video because of Ken because it makes me happy. (Low key, I have a dream of getting a flight in one of those simulators! Lol)
All of this stuff, all of you guys, this all helps me sleep at night and puffs my patriotism through the roof. Thanks for great content, Hasard. Glad the AF has your back with this endeavor.
Man I wanted to be an airforce pilot so badly way back when...even got accepted to the Airforce academy... but ended up deciding to go to an 8 year med school program because I wasn't sure about my motion sickness in planes.
we have doctors that are also pilots--there are a few programs for that
@@HasardLee can you elaborate on that? V interested
Great effort ! Keep it up . 👍
Going into my senior year of high school and I’m going to ROTC at Sac State and lookin to be a F-35 pilot. (Going through pilot training now)
Great Video Hazzard!
Amazing video and fantastic to see the new technologies in the service amazing job everyone tnx Hazard for the EXCELLENT video 👏👍
now this is a step-up of your usual content, great work man!
What software is that? Specialized version of Xplane? The hardware looks mostly off the shelf.
Pretty sure it's DCS:World + Tacview
Its lookheed martin’s flight simulator, its called Prepar3d, it goes for around $60 for the basic version. They were also using TacView ($70) and OBS (free). All of that software is off the shelf along with almost all of the hardware. I believe they were using oculus rift 2 ($400) and the HOTAS warthog ($500-$1000) along with some other specialized hardware.
@@bean5050 We also use custom modules for X-Plane, at least at Vance. The syllabus missions are relatively consistent between Randolph and Vance, tailored for local procedures, but the tools and software we're sticking to in still in flux. Just figuring out what's best.
awesome information.
The U.S. Navy has a prototype aviation training program called Project Avenger that is based off the Air Force's UPT 2.5 program. Project Avenger is currently underway for some (not all) student naval aviators in primary flight training at NAS Corpus Christi, and will start soon at NAS Whiting Field.
That's good to hear, this is the future
This was such a nice video! As a private pilot who wants to pursue a pilot career in the air force, this was very informative and just overall exciting. Thank you for continuing to be an inspiration
One of the devs here who works on the aircraft they use there. Its been a really awesome job over the past 3 years.
WHich version of the T-6 do they use? I've been looking for a full fidelity version, but can't find it like pictured here.
@@alihammad6318 not available for public use I’m afraid (I worked mainly on the T-38C, not the T-6)
@@NarutokunJB aw, bummer. Thank you though!
That was a great video. I learned a lot.
Hasard has a good presentation voice and tone
General Wills real top gun wow great stuff guys i bet the hardest thing is trying to log on to the new lightning aircraft there a bit complex iv heard thanks for a great video
hey man, love what you do !!! keep it up !
That tidbit about ride 4-44 has me itching for a recruiter again lol
Damn hasard. You stepped up!
Absolutely incredible to see that the USAF has finally started using Falcon9 multiplayer dynamic campaign, Microsoft Flight sim X, Lockheed Martin Prepar3d, and maybe DCS, something a lot of us Sim pilots been using for many years 😜. In all seriousness I'm really impressed train your pilots smarter not harder, a lot more Air-Forces around the world are slow to adopt this technology and this approach.
Thanks Hasard, I really appreciated the behind the scenes especially hearing "train the individual you got, not the one you want" it reminded me of a description of the average school system[...]
You have a monkey, a goldfish, a dolphin, and a dog the teacher tells them to climb the tree.
Again thank you as a failed fighter pilot (too tall in my country) to commercial pilot and avid Sim fighter, I appreciate the behind the scenes.
Awesome to see all the 3D printed custom hardware setups here! Would love to know more about what went into building those setups.
I would like to see how the Rotary side of things have changed post 2.5 as well.
I’m retired U.S. Air Force (RAFB) and an active civilian pilot and I would love to become part of this team.
Currently in flight school and a member of the 138th fighter wing in Tulsa as enlisted trying to chase the dream to commission and fly for them one day. Any tip for the switch, AFOQT, OTS and more about AF flight training vs civilian.
Let’s get some details on this low cost setup. What’s the NSN so I can order one from LRS??
For all the folks who wondered what the software is - they mentioned it in the video. It's P3D or Prepar3D. 5:30
Ill be there in no time!
Can you tell me what type of Sims are used and if they're commercially available for purchase. Especially the vr headset
I can’t find any comments about which sim is being used! I’d love to know!
@@richiewatts667 I found the headset as hp reverb g2 from pausing the video lol and the rest is just a high speed gaming PC with with Microsoft flight simulator or another simulator software.
Had the opportunity to meet Maj Gen Craig Wills back in 2020 during the start of covid. The epitome of a great leader and a man everyone loves to follow. Awesome guy
Do you think when COVID is over that there will be more opportunities to get a pilot slot? I know right now with COVID, board cancellations, UPT clogged up, it’s more competitive than ever to get a slot. Do you see this changing in the near future?
That’s the nature of the beast with the boards. Navy is real bad about opening and closing the pilot pipeline and they wonder why every 5-10 years there’s a huge pilot shortfall and throw money at everyone when people figure out that life on the boat for 9 months sucks no matter how much flying you get out of it. Tack on COVID and no port calls no wonder everyone is getting out. Stick to the Air Force and don’t quit till you get a slot then just don’t suck at flying!
I grew up surrounded by jets in the air 7 days a week! I lived in Wichita Falls, home of Sheppard Air Force Base. I had a love for jets. I wanted to be in the Air Force