Download or read book An Analysis of the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Program SUPT written by J. B. Niemeyer and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to determine the ability of the current Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT) program design to satisfy Air Force pilot training requirements. An understanding of the FORTRAN programming language and the SLAM simulation language is necessary to conduct further analysis with this model. A statistical analysis was conducted using the following design factors: the production goal, training program ratio, number of T-46 aircraft assigned, number of Tanker-Transport-Bomber (TTB) training aircraft assigned, number of T-46 simulators, and number of TTB simulators and their interactions have a statistically significant impact on the Fighter-Attack-Reconnaissance phase of basic training. Keywords include: Pilot studies, Jet training planes, Flight training, Simulation, and Mathematical models.

Download or read book An Analysis of the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Program SUPT written by Joseph B. Niemeyer (CAPT, USAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preparing Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Graduates for F 35A Training written by Todd J. Lafortune and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2015, the USAF plans to start its first class of F-35A Initial Qualification Training (IQT) students immediately following their graduation from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT). This class will signify the beginning of F-35A pilot production with a steady increase to over 180 F-35A pilots per year. These pilots will require certain skills to fly the F-35A and will be somewhat different from the skills required of today's fighter pilots as we move from fourth generation F-16, F-15, and A-10 aircraft to the fifth generation F-22A and F-35A. Without a major change in either how future fighter pilots train or the aircraft they train in the USAF will not be maximizing its combat effectiveness. Therefore, the current USAF fighter pilot training system from Initial Flight Screening through SUPT, Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF), and finishing with F-35A Formal Training Unit (FTU) might need to adapt in order to prepare these students for future combat operations. This study examines what skills might be required for future students entering F-35A FTU, determine whether the current system adequately trains them and if not make recommendations on how to mitigate the shortfall.

Download or read book Is the United States Air Force Selecting the Best Candidate for Training Slots at Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training written by Stan T. Duvall and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training written by Carl A. Lude and published by . This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air Education and Training Command's acquisition of the T-IA marked the return to specialized undergraduate pilot training (SUPT), once used prior to 1959. Currently, three pilot training bases have completed the transition to the SUPT. All studies leading to SUPT cited cost and improved training quality as major factors in the decision to implement the SUPT concept. While cost figures can be analyzed at any time, the opportunity to evaluate differences between undergraduate pilot training (UPT) and SUPT based on instructor pilot expertise and experience is limited. This study examines the training quality improvements of SUPT as compared to UPT. It begins with an analysis of the two different training syllabi. It then examines two additional questionnaires to develop a unique survey targeted at drawing expert opinions about the differences in training quality of SUPT and UPT graduates. The results of this study verify the projected quality improvements of earlier studies and can be used as a benchmark for future improvements to the SUPT program. Future improvements include evaluating follow-on training and modifying this training to enhance both cost and training benefits of the new SUPT system. This study can provide the foundation necessary to target these future changes.

Download or read book The Branch Point Study written by Joseph F. Dorfler and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Tanker Transport Bomber TTB Training Requirements written by John Dean and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-year contract effort was performed in response to the USAF Air Training Command Request for Personnel Research No. 75-27, 'Tanker/Transport/Bomber (TTB) Lead-In Training.' The effort accomplished the following: (a) identification of training requirements for the TTB phase of a proposed dual-track UPT program. These requirements cover those tasks which are common to the B-52, KC-135, C-130, C-141, C-9, and C-5 aircraft, (b) development of ways of estimating the training benefits to be derived by MAC and SAC from pilot lead-in training on these common tasks, (c) development of a method for determining the generalizability of any subset of TTB lead-in training tasks to the entire domain of TTB training tasks, and (d) development of an approach to the measurement of aircrew performance in the TTB training environment. This study effort was prerequisite to the Air Training Command development of a syllabus for the TTB track of a Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training System (SUPTS). (Author).

Download or read book Assessing the Impact of Future Operations on Trainer Aircraft Requirements written by John A. Ausink and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2005 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Potential Modeling and Simulation Contributions to Air Education and Training Command Flying Training written by Dee H. Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Air Force s Black Pilot Training Experience written by Ivan Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Air Force's Black Pilot Training Experience" highlights the unique experiences of black pilots in Air Force pilot training. The purpose of the book is to give the reader insight into these experiences, propose changes to the Air Force's conduct of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT) and to show how the Air Force's inability to produce more black pilots directly contributes to the lack of diversity in its senior-most leadership levels. This book is a sequel to "The Air Force's Black Ceiling" and builds on its insights. As a sequel, the book exhorts the Air Force to continue and even expand its efforts to increase diversity in its senior-most positions. The book's final chapter is a call for the Air Force to expedite its staffing and approval of the honorary promotion to Brigadier General for famed Tuskegee Airmen Colonel Charles McGee. Col McGee is the only person in Air Force history to fly over 100 combat missions in WWII, Korea and Vietnam (409 total). He is a three-time squadron commander (two flying squadrons), a chief of maintenance for a fighter wing, a base commander, and the first African American to command a stateside wing after desegregation. Col McGee is also a highly decorated combat leader whose decorations include the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross with Two Clusters, Bronze Star, and Air Medal with 25 Clusters.

Download or read book Life as an Air Force Fighter Pilot written by Robert C. Kennedy and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Discusses Air Force officer training and requirements, the specialized training of Air Force fighter pilots, and the fighter pilot weapons that are used today.

Download or read book Reasons for Implementing Modeling and Simulation Technologies in Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training written by Joseph S. Mattoon and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Training of Military Pilots Men Machines and Methods written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Reasons for Implementing Modeling and Simulation Technologies in Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training written by Joseph S. Mattoon and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Understanding Demographic Differences in Undergraduate Pilot Training Attrition written by David Schulker and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Prepared for the United States Air Force"--Title page.

Download or read book Alternatives for Future Undergraduate Pilot Training written by Steven G. Joseph and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Air Training Command was requested to develop and examine alternatives for replacement of the aging T-37 along with options which provide a more economically trained graduate. This study reports the results of that examination. Training requirements for UPT (Undergraduate Pilot Training) unchanged in the future, with the emphasis remaining on the acquisition of basic flying skills. A specialized pilot training system is required to effectively teach the 30 identified training requirements. Procurement of new aircraft is required to replace the T-37 and inaugurate specialized pilot training. T-38 fleet life can be extended ten years by conversion to a specialized UPT system. Acquisition and life cycle costs favor a three aircraft specialized UPT system; a primary aircraft replacement for the T-37, a new TTB (Tanker-Transport-Bomber) trainer, and use of the T-38 as a FAIR (Fighter-Attack-Interceptor-Reconnaissance) trainer.

Download or read book Skills Knowledge and Abilities Underlying Success in USAF Pilot Training written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The USAF uses two standardized tests, the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) and the Basic Attributes Test (BAT), as a means of identifying candidates with potential to succeed in pilot training. These instruments have been demonstrated to be predictors of success in the single-track Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) program in place since the 1960s. In 1993, the USAF initiated Specialized UPT (SUPT) and introduced a glass cockpit training aircraft to the training program for airlift and tanker pilots. SUPT will change with acquisition of a glass cockpit primary trainer and retrofit of the current bomber/fighter trainer with new avionics and instrumentation. Success in this new training environment may depend on attributes not assessed by the BAT or AFOQT. This research was conducted to identify skills, knowledge, and abilities underlying success in current and future SUPT to guide the content of follow-on selection instruments. Task lists for each program and training aircraft were developed, and student and instructor pilots were surveyed on the importance, difficulty, and abilities underlying performance of each task. Results indicated there were no significant differences in ability requirements between the programs and airframes examined.