WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
Air Education and Training Command (https://www.aetc.af.mil/) achieved a modernization milestone Sept. 16 as instructor pilots from the 99th Flying Training Squadron and civilian simulator instructors from the 12th Training Squadron executed AETC's inaugural live-virtual-constructive capability flight between the T-7A Red Hawk and the T-7A Ground-Based Training System.
The flight kicked off with Red Hawk aircraft APT-4 piloted by Lt. Col. Michael Trott, 99th FTS commander, and Lt. Col. Phillip Bourquin, 99th FTS operations officer. The aircraft was digitally linked to two ground simulator cockpits flown by Robb ...