1 00:00:01,435 --> 00:00:03,260 - [Narrator] The United States Air Force has ability 2 00:00:03,260 --> 00:00:04,730 to fly, fight, and win, 3 00:00:04,730 --> 00:00:07,800 and future conflicts comes down to training. 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,900 Luke Air Force Base trains more fighter pilots for the U.S. 5 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:13,710 and allied air operations than any other air base 6 00:00:13,710 --> 00:00:15,110 in the world. 7 00:00:15,110 --> 00:00:18,040 At Luke Air Force Base, the 56th Fighter Wing's job 8 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,340 is to make sure that every hour our students spend flying, 9 00:00:21,340 --> 00:00:23,210 results in them being that much closer 10 00:00:23,210 --> 00:00:24,360 to being ready for war. 11 00:00:25,340 --> 00:00:27,980 Our training is successful because we work constantly 12 00:00:27,980 --> 00:00:30,560 to replicate an environment as close as possible 13 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,950 to real world mission situations. 14 00:00:32,950 --> 00:00:34,860 We execute our best tactics in the air, 15 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:37,720 then come back and spend hours debriefing. 16 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,130 We review the game tape to see what happened, 17 00:00:40,130 --> 00:00:43,620 what mistakes were made, and how we can do better next time. 18 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:46,230 This is where the core of our learning experience happens, 19 00:00:46,230 --> 00:00:49,400 in the debrief after the flying is done. 20 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,180 The current debrief methods force us 21 00:00:51,180 --> 00:00:54,000 to translate the three-dimensional flying environment 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,400 into a two-dimensional medium, whether it's a whiteboard, 23 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,660 computer screen, or laminated map. 24 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:04,020 We've invested heavily in new tools and capabilities 25 00:01:04,020 --> 00:01:06,510 to execute tomorrow's missions in the air. 26 00:01:06,510 --> 00:01:08,630 But when it comes to tools used to analyze 27 00:01:08,630 --> 00:01:11,130 and learn from these missions, we have not kept up 28 00:01:11,130 --> 00:01:13,070 with the same pace of innovation. 29 00:01:13,070 --> 00:01:14,653 It's time for that to change. 30 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,530 In partnership with 31 00:01:16,530 --> 00:01:19,670 Arizona State University's Luminosity Lab, 32 00:01:19,670 --> 00:01:22,020 we have developed Next Gen Debrief, 33 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:24,220 a concept that brings cutting edge tools 34 00:01:24,220 --> 00:01:27,220 to the important work that happens after the flying is done. 35 00:01:28,530 --> 00:01:31,220 Next Gen Debrief uses augmented reality 36 00:01:31,220 --> 00:01:32,920 to project a three-dimensional scene 37 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,150 inside the debriefing room, allowing pilots 38 00:01:35,150 --> 00:01:37,740 to view scenarios from any angle. 39 00:01:37,740 --> 00:01:40,310 Utilizing the same data that is already collected 40 00:01:40,310 --> 00:01:42,330 by aircraft instrumentation, 41 00:01:42,330 --> 00:01:44,090 we can give mission participants 42 00:01:44,090 --> 00:01:46,340 a radically new perspective. 43 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:48,830 The scene can be shared between multiple participants 44 00:01:48,830 --> 00:01:52,890 in the same room, or even across multiple locations or bases 45 00:01:52,890 --> 00:01:55,220 for a distributed debrief. 46 00:01:55,220 --> 00:01:58,340 Next Gen Debrief changes the game for our training, 47 00:01:58,340 --> 00:02:01,010 but the possibilities for this innovative environment 48 00:02:01,010 --> 00:02:02,760 does not stop here. 49 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,300 The same augmented reality technology being used 50 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:07,830 for Next Gen Debrief could transform 51 00:02:07,830 --> 00:02:09,710 and accelerate how we plan for it 52 00:02:09,710 --> 00:02:12,263 and even how we execute Air Force missions. 53 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:17,320 Flying time and advanced combat aircraft is very expensive. 54 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,720 Next Gen Debrief is an important step we can take today 55 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,120 to make sure that we get the most 56 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,223 out of every hour spent in the air. 57 00:02:26,091 --> 00:02:28,591 (jet roaring)