Air Force considering options to boost synthetic training

By Courtney Albon / May 23, 2018 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force told Congress in a recent report that although it plans to make "substantial" investments in its range infrastructure to support live training of fifth-generation aircraft, it expects to balance those resources with development of more synthetic, simulated technologies. "The Air Force is providing a steady stream of operations and maintenance funds to maintain range equipment as the number of users and hours of utilization increases," the April report states. "However, it has become increasingly apparent that a...

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