Instructor, student pilots experience NVG training through new lenses

Photo By Staff Sgt. Breanna Klemm | C-17 Globemaster III instructor pilots assigned to the 58th Airlift Squadron experiment with a new virtual, high-resolution, night vision goggle (NVG) training system, Dec. 9, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. The new virtual NVG training system provides Airmen with a high-resolution, projector-based screen that almost directly reflects what student can expect to see in the cockpit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Klemm)  

ALTUS AFB, OK, UNITED STATES

12.10.2019

Story by Airman 1st Class Breanna Klemm 

97th Air Mobility Wing

The 58th Airlift Squadron and the 97th Training Squadron recently combined their efforts to present a new virtual, high-resolution, night vision goggle training system to instructor pilots and loadmasters, Dec. 9, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. The current NVG training program consists of a series of power point presentations, followed by students monitoring a stationary 10ft by 10ft terrain board with covert and overt lights attached to it. This method has not received updates since the first day the C-17 Globemaster III Formal Training Unit arrived at Altus AFB. The new virtual NVG training system provides Airmen with a high-resolution, projector-based screen which almost directly replicates what student pilots and loadmasters can expect to see in the cockpit. This allows students to have a more hands on and realistic learning experience, preparing them for future flights in a wide variety of conditions. The new virtual NVG system is just the first of several initiatives in the 97th TRS to modernize and improve the already world-class institution.

• Date Taken: 12.10.2019
• Date Posted: 12.31.2019 09:33
• Story ID: 355140
• Location: ALTUS AFB, OK, US