The Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB, Utah, will see its first new F-22A stealth fighters in April, when the ALC starts upgrading the lighting system for nighttime aerial refueling. The ALC maintainers have been working with a trainer to get acclimated to the new fighter; however, they say their experience with the stealthy B-2 bomber will help. Preparing for a new workload is “unique,” says Mike Dooner, the ALC’s F-22 production chief, but he added, “Our technicians and support personnel have spend most of their careers working with new technology.”
New technologies such as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) and remote simulator instruction are helping train Airmen faster and improve graduation rates, according to Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, the head of Air Education and Training Command. That technology is key to what he calls “the pace of cognition,” where Airmen…