AMC Eyes Reducing Live Flight Demands By Improving Refueling Simulators

By Gabe Starosta / April 29, 2013 at 6:59 PM
Officials at Air Mobility Command are close to completing software that would allow the Air Force to simulate an in-flight refueling process, which could let AMC reduce the number of costly live flights needed to train pilots and crew members. Many aspects of aerial refueling training for tanker operators and receiver aircraft, such as training in a fighter jet to approach a tanker, or using the boom that allows fuel to flow from the tanker to the receiver airplane, can...

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