Page 5 - Luke AFB Thunderbolt, December 2020

P. 5

4 December 2020 spotlight http://www.luke.af.mil Thunderbolt news Facebook.com/LukeThunderbolt 5
Thunderbolt
December 2020
http://www.luke.af.mil
www.aerotechnews.com/lukeafb
‘Next-Gen Debrief’ entry

According to Hawkins, aircrews currently
AETC announces awards AETC by Airman 1st Class perform debriefs using whiteboards and maps,
BRooke MoeDeR
which are conventionally 2D. While pilots can use
announces 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs computers to view portions of the flight, such as
The following individuals and units are 2019- Luke Airmen working with an Arizona State the position of the aircraft on the map, software
2020 Air Education and Training Command University student have developed a 3D aug- limitations make it challenging to visually recre- Royal
winners: 2021 Spark mented reality system that will revolutionize ate the full perspective of each aircraft involved
Intelligence, Surveillance and the way pilots conduct mission debriefs and will in the mission, he said. Netherlands
He said forcing 3D data into a 2D environment
represent the Air Education and Training Com-
Reconnaissance Tank winners mand at Spark Tank 2021. is not natural, and during that translation of data
Unit: 56th Operations Support Squadron Maj. Kevin Hawkins, 56th Operations Support “there’s opportunity to make mistakes or it’s just air force
Airman: Senior Airman Cortney Haralson The following individu- Squadron wing intelligence chief, 1st Lt. Adam harder to learn and complete,” said Hawkins.
Deployed enlisted: Senior Airman Brittney als received the 2021 Spark Treece, 56th OSS intelligence readiness chief, Hawkins and Turner envisioned a concept that conducts
Goff Tank award for submis- Lt. Col. Alexander Turner, 56th OSS director of would take full advantage of data captured by
Field grade officer: Maj. Kevin Hawkins sions of the Next Gen De- operations, and Dylan Kerr, ASU digital culture the aircraft’s sensors, and Kerr programmed the
Civilian instructor: Edward Rutkowski brief: Master of Arts student, teamed to adapt Microsoft software to enable aircrews wearing the smart- F-35
General John P. Jumper Award 56th Fighter Wing HoloLens2 smartglasses into a tool aircrews can glasses to see the mission in 3D.
use to conduct detailed mission debriefs from an
“Augmented reality enables individuals who
Civilian: John Ciarrochi, 607th Air Control Team members interactive, three-dimensional perspective. wear the smartglasses to interact with others mission
Squadron Maj. Kevin Hawkins The debrief process “is literally fundamental to and their surroundings,” said Hawkins. “We
Resource Management and 1st Lt. Daniel Treece, how we learn every time we go out to train and think it’s going to be really effective because we A Royal Netherlands air force
are able to see if the student pilots understand
fly,” said Hawkins.
Sergeant Dee Campbell Award 56th Operations Support The 56th Fighter Wing’s mission is to train the the information or not.” F-35A Lightning II assigned
Large unit: 56th Fighter Wing Squadron world’s greatest fighter pilots and combat ready An additional advantage about using smart- to the 308th Fighter Squadron
nCo: Staff Sgt. Kristen Morales, 56th OSS Developed in partner- Airmen. Instructors train students to fly the glasses is that it moves debriefs into the virtual prepares for takeoff Sept. 15.
Civilian: Larry Miller, 56th OSS ship with Arizona State F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F-35A Lightning domain. As a result, pilots who are geographi- The RNLAF arrived at Luke
AFB in February 2019 and
Contracting University’s Luminosity II aircraft in preparation for combat operations. cally separated can discuss the mission together, shares Luke’s mission of
Treece said.
While flying, aircraft sensors capture flight
innovation (Team): 56th Contracting Squadron Lab, the concept utilizes characteristics including critical data such as “Right now, if I want to debrief with someone training the world’s greatest
Contracting company grade officer: 1st Lt. augmented reality head- position, airspeed, altitude and actions in a 3D who flew a mission from a different base we’d fighter pilots. Luke currently
Bailey Grimes sets to project a three di- environment, explained Hawkins. have to do that over the telephone,” said Treece. trains with six foreign nations
Security Forces mensional scene into the After each flight, instructors review the flight “But imagine if you put these headsets on and and has graduated more than
debrief room, allowing pi-
nCo flight level: Tech. Sgt. Dominick Peterson lots to view scenarios from details with students to evaluate their perfor- could debrief virtually; and, both could see the Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder 61,000 fighter pilots since
1941.
same thing at the same time. That would make
mance, while seeking ways to help them develop
Courtesy of 56th Fighter Wing any angle. in a post-flight meeting called a “debrief.” it a much more efficient process.”

MADE FOR

A RIVALRY

LIKE NO OTHER

Competition tightens their bonds of friendship, family and service to our nation.

USAA salutes the Cadets and Midshipmen of the 2020 Army-Navy Game.

TUNE IN FOR THE 121ST ARMY-NAVY GAME
SATURDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2020, 3 PM ET ON CBS
6.5” AD SPACE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10