U.S. Air Force Has A New Training Center To Prepare Pilots For War With China And Russia

An open-house event at Nellis Air Force Base, November 12, 2014. US Air Force

Business Insider/Military.com: The Air Force has a new training center to prepare pilots for war with China and Russia

* The Air Force has a new $38 million training center at a Nevada base where pilots can link real and simulated environments.
* The new 60,000-square-foot center is designed to replicate any kind of conflict — specifically ones simulating the complexity and intensity of an air war with Russia or China.

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada — The Air Force doesn't have enough aircraft or range space for pilots to train for combat against a sophisticated enemy, so it's looking to link real and simulated environments at a new training center.

Pilots taking part in Red Flag air-to-air combat training exercises could soon face new virtual threats on top of those they're seeing in real life. That's one of the possibilities leaders see out of a new $38 million Virtual Test and Training Center here.

Maj. Gen. Chuck Corcoran, commander of the Air Force Warfare Center, said the center will prep pilots who could be called into a great power competition. Officials gave Military.com a tour of the new 60,000-square-foot center, which had its ribbon-cutting ceremony last week.

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WNU Editor: This must be the ultimate simulator.