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AETC accepting rated prep program applications through Dec. 9

Active-duty Air Force officers and enlisted Airmen interested in becoming rated officers can apply for the Spring 2025 Air Force Rated Preparatory Program through Dec. 9.
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“Project da Vinci” transforming undergraduate rotary-wing helicopter pilot training

(From left to right) U.S. Air Force students 1st Lt. Matthew Gulotta, 2nd Lt. Trent Badger, 2nd Lt. Richard Songster, 2nd Lt. John Michael Thrash, Capt. Josh Park and 2nd Lt Karl Bossard stand in front of a TH-1H helicopter at Fort Rucker, Ala., Oct. 10, 2019. All six officers graduated from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training - Helicopter Class 20-02, which incorporated virtual reality in an experimental curriculum that resulted in the class graduating six weeks earlier than normal training classes while reducing actual flying time in the TH-1H by about 35%. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo/Brian Braden)
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“Project da Vinci” transforming undergraduate rotary-wing helicopter pilot training

(From left to right) U.S. Air Force students 2nd Lt. Trent Badger, 2nd Lt. J. Karl Bossard, 1st Lt. Matthew Gulotta, 2nd Lt. John Thrash, Capt. Josh Park, and 2nd Lt. Richard Songster with a TH-1H helicopter at Fort Rucker, Ala., Oct. 10, 2019. All six officers graduated from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training - Helicopter Class 20-02, which incorporated virtual reality in an experimental curriculum that resulted in the class graduating six weeks earlier than normal training classes while reducing actual flying time in the TH-1H by about 35%. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo/Brian Braden)
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Pilot Training Next graduates 14 in learning experiment’s second iteration

Brig. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, speaks to the graduating class of the Pilot Training Next August 29, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. PTN is an experimental program under the “Learning Next” umbrella with a focus on understanding how Airmen learn, as well as exploring and potentially prototyping a flying training environment that integrates various technologies to produce pilots in an accelerated- and learning-focused manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)
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Pilot Training Next graduates 14 in learning experiment’s second iteration

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, presents 2nd Lt. Alyssa Garmon her certificate of aeronautical rating during Pilot Training Next graduation ceremony August 29, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The graduates, which included two Air National Guard students, were selected to fly airframes including the F-35 Lightning II, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, C-17 Globemaster III, C-130 Hercules, EC-130 Compass Call, C-5 Galaxy, B-2 Spirit, C-146A Wolfhound, and the T-6 Texan II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)
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Pilot Training Next graduates 14 in learning experiment’s second iteration

Pilot Training Next students pose for a group photo after graduation from the learning experiment's second iteration with Brig. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, August 29, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. PTN is a program to explore and potentially prototype a training environment that integrates various technologies to produce pilots in an accelerated, cost efficient, learning-focused manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)
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PTN innovations to be formally integrated into undergraduate pilot training

Staff Sgt. Joseph Sabin, Air Education and Training Command Technology Integrated Detachment, flies a virtual-reality sortie at the Pilot Training Next Technology Expo at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, March 12, 2019. Technology currently being used at PTN was on display at the expo and subject matter experts and technology vendors were available to talk with attendees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dan Hawkins)
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PTN innovations to be formally integrated into undergraduate pilot training

First Lt. Spencer Teiken from the 80th Operational Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, works through a virtual simulation problem during the Pilot Training Next Technology Expo at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, March 12, 2019. Technology currently being used at PTN was on display at the expo and subject matter experts and technology vendors were available to talk with attendees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dan Hawkins)
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PTN innovations to be formally integrated into undergraduate pilot training

Lt. Col. Joe Stallings (left), 12th Flying Training Wing Innovation Director, and Capt. Calogero San Filippo (right), Pilot Training Next instructor pilot, discuss virtual-reality flying technology while Staff Sgt. Joseph Sabin, Air Education and Training Command Technology Integration Detachment, flies a VR sortie at the PTN Technology Expo at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, March 12, 2019. Flying training wings will formally begin integrating innovations from PTN into the undergraduate pilot training curriculum beginning May 31, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dan Hawkins)
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PTN innovations to be formally integrated into undergraduate pilot training

Col. Samantha Weeks (right), 14th Flying Training Wing commander, and Maj. Ryan Brewer (seated), 14th FTW SparkCell director, take part in an emergency procedures augmented-reality technology exercise at the PTN Technology Expo at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, March 12, 2019. Flying training wings will formally begin integrating innovations from PTN into the undergraduate pilot training curriculum beginning May 31, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dan Hawkins)
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Flying training commander gets first ride in next-gen fighter and bomber trainer

Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty (left), 19th Air Force commander, taxies out to the flightline with a Boeing pilot for a T-X trainer familiarization sortie in St. Louis Nov. 27, 2018. The T-X trainer will provide student pilots with the skills needed to transition to 4th and 5th generation fighter and bomber aircraft. (Courtesy Photo)
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