The NEW Air Force Pilot Training: General Wills

Air Force Pilot Training hasn't changed very much in the last 60 years. That's about to change!
I had a chance to take an inside look at the United States Air Force's next generation of pilot training with General "Pulse" Wills, the 19th Air Force Commander. Take a look and let me know what you think in the comments.

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[jeffreyhill]

Love that they didn't reinvent the wheel and just used OBS for sim recording

[AVLife]

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.

[doggoshorts]

This is cool new training because that is exactly what I want to do when I grow up

[CrazyGunNoob]

So this is the real reason we have a GPU shortage lol

[kenh]

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.

[anneturner]

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...

[theVRpilot]

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!

[michaelnorthrop]

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.

[CarlosthFS]

What's great about this, is the higher ups see the impact Hasards' YouTube 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.

[ethanwilliams]

Starting AFROTC in august, hope to be there someday

[Husker]

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 .

[MEL]

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.

[Hraptor]

Who knew that all those hours in DCS were really a form of training

[Phildo]

“The God’s Eye” tech in the F-35 helmet is flat out amazing!!!

[ppwb]

Just love the access your chain of command is giving you and us access to. keep the content coming.

[Riderking]

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.

[matthewesposito]

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!

[phila]

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.

[SomeDayPilot]

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

[DkerT]

This stuff is great. Really appreciate this kind of right from the horse's mouth informative content!