TECHNOLOGY Today, we’ve restructured At the heart of transformation is the urgent need for many of our our military to develop, adapt and leverage new techagencies on nologies to maintain our competitive advantages! base and at Much like consumers update the software on their our field computers, the military is updating its communicatraining tions, networks, imaging, supply chain, and maintedetachments nance systems. Remember, if you’re not fighting, to provide you’re training to fight; so as our fighting force one face to becomes more advanced, our training has to be updatour customers ed to get new technology to the field. with one aim Spearheading this effort, the 982d TRG’s Classroom combat 2005 is an interactive method of instruction designed capability in to boost student involvement. More involved students the form of Airmen 1st Class Andrew Cox (left) and Joshua Massey pre- retain the material better, and more knowledgeable m i s s i o n - pare to launch a KC-135 Stratotanker. Cox is assigned to the students not only complete the course, they have a ready airmen 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and was given deeper understanding of their jobs. (MRA). This the opportunity to be a crew chief for a day. Massey is a KCmission focus 135 crew chief from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft The 82nd Training Group also recently vaulted interMaintenance Squadron. (USAF photo by Senior Airman active training to the next level with a state-of-the-art is expressed Rachel Bush) flight line simulator for the Aircraft Maintenance in our motto Officer Course. The group designed a simulator that trans“Combat Capability Starts Here.” formed a 30-yearIn a flagship effort earlier this year, the 982nd Training old painted Group, one of four groups within the 82nd TRW, assumed image of a flight responsibility for the “hot training” portion of the MRA line with a few program, combining the efforts of our Field Training simple lights into Detachments (FTD) and Operating Locations. Tyndall, an interactive Luke and Davis-Monthan AFBs now feature both MRA computer animaand FTD crew chief courses, providing units with flexible tion of a flight training; flexibility much like that which landed at line projected Normandy…. expeditionary. onto a 12-feet Another initiative in progress is a breakout of MRA spe- long video wall. cific training. Currently, airmen assigned to the same type Additionally, the of aircraft all go through the same training regardless of student interface the specific model they’ll be assigned. There’s no question with the simulathat an F-15C is much different than an F-15E! tor transformed from antiquated This saves time, money, and effort because airmen learn on dials and toggle the exact same model of aircraft that they’ll eventually be switches to working on everyday. Transforming detachments and flex- touch screen An F-15E armament systems apprentice student, ible training gets our crew chiefs on the flightline faster, computers. This 363 TRS, uses the F-15E virtual reality trainer to insertion of learn safe-for-maintenance procedures. (Photo proreplenishing America’s combat capability. vided by the 361st Training Squadron)
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