Advancing adaptive flight study

COLUMBUS AFB, Miss. - Student researchers from Air Command and Staff College at the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., conducted an Adaptive Flight Training Study from Jan. 9-12 to aid in the AF’s advancement in training and education through virtual reality (VR). The study was to find out if VR would rates of currently learning, how the brain works and reacts in conjunction with other parts of the body during the learning process. Three test groups flew a T-6 Texan II simulator. None of them had flying experience in T-6. The three test groups flew four simulations: First to simulate a baseline for data that could be compared to the other three. “The data we are gathering can hopefully help us start to determine the key factors of what makes individuals succeed or perform better,” said Maj. Matt Elmore of the Air Command and Staff College. The study “won’t be an end all, but it’s good to be on the leading edge of this and start the conversation.” Because there is a lot of data being gathered, there are multiple groups attached to the project. Only a handful of individuals came to CAFB to set up, and conduct, the study. (Source: 14th Flying Training Wing 01/11/18)