Title Absorbing and developing qualified fighter pilots : the role of the advanced simulator / Richard S. Marken [and others].

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Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2007.

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Description	1 online resource (xx, 69 pages) : illustrations.
	data file rda
Series	RAND Project Air Force
Note	"Rand Project Air Force."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-69).
Contents	Introduction -- The role of the operational training environment -- High-fidelity simulators with mission training centers -- Experience and development surveys -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix: Survey results from F-16 pilots at Hill AFB.
Summary	What does an individual need to be considered an experienced fighter pilot? The current formal definition is based on how many flying hours a person has, but in practice, the question is more complex and sometimes subjective because an individual requires different kinds of experience for combat positions and staff positions. The authors surveyed training experts to discover practical bases for judgments about the experience needed for different jobs. For flying positions, they found that time in advanced simulators is now also considered to be an important component of experience. Upgrade levels (say, from wingman to flight lead) and types of sorties flown are factors for both flying and staff positions. The results suggest that it is time for the Air Force to consider revising the view that a pilot is experienced or not is based only on the number of hours flown. The Air Force needs to measure and credit different types of experience-including time spent in advanced simulator systems-when revising its definitions of pilot experience.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	United States. Air Force.
	United States. Air Force. (OCoLC)fst00538280
	Fighter pilots -- Training of -- United States.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
	Fighter pilots -- Training of. (OCoLC)fst00923990
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Marken, Richard S., 1946-
	Project Air Force (U.S.)
Other Form:	Print version: Absorbing and developing qualified fighter pilots. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2007 9780833041548 0833041541 (DLC) 2007034639 (OCoLC)166255255
ISBN	9780833044457 (electronic bk.)
	0833044451 (electronic bk.)
	9780833041548 (paperback;) (alk. paper)
	0833041541 (paperback;) (alk. paper)
Report No.	RAND/MG-597-AF

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