Aircrew Training Devices: Utility and Utilization of Advanced Instructional Features. Phase 2. Air Training Command, Military Airlift Command and Strategic Air Command

摘要

An aircrew training device (ATD) is not merely a flight simulator. It is also equipped with sophisticated hardware and software capabilities, known as advanced instructional features (AIFs), that permit a simulator instructor to control, monitor, and fabricate simulator training missions. This report describes the second phase of a three-phase project designed to determine the utility and utilization of AIFS by means of a survey of simulator instructors from the USAF Major Commands. Phase I surveyed instructor pilots and weapons director instructors assigned to principal Tactical Air Command (TAC) ATD training sites. Phase II extended the survey to instructor pilots, instructor flight engineers, and instructor radar/navigators assigned to ATD training sites in the Air Training Command, Military Airlift Command, and Strategi Air Command. In general, Phase II ratings of AIF utility and utilization were considerably higher than those of Phase I. Yet, it was clear that most simulator instructors, regardless of Command, have not yet fully explored the existing instructional capabilities of ATDs. It was recommended that a formal intensive training program be established in order to teach simulators how to use AIFs more effectively. (Author)