A Air Force instructor pilot and student from the Pilot Training Next program taxi a T-6 Texan during a training flight at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, June 22, 2018. PTN is an Air Education and Training Command initiative to explore and potentially prototype a training environment that integrates various technologies to produce pilots in an accelerated, cost-efficient, learning-focused manner. The six-month program leans on a variety of technologies, to include virtual and augmented reality, advanced biometrics, artificial intelligence and data analytics. (


A Air Force instructor pilot and student from the Pilot Training Next program taxi a T-6 Texan during a training flight at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, June 22, 2018. PTN is an Air Education and Training Command initiative to explore and potentially prototype a training environment that integrates various technologies to produce pilots in an accelerated, cost-efficient, learning-focused manner. The six-month program leans on a variety of technologies, to include virtual and augmented reality, advanced biometrics, artificial intelligence and data analytics. ( Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)


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