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The $38 million VTTC ops facility is scheduled to open in the summer of 2021.
The USAFWC is the Air Force’s focal point for development, production and evolution of integrated, multi-domain combat capabilities for major commands and combatant commanders. The mis- sion of the USAFWC is to lead and influ- ence advanced readiness for the high-end fight through air, space and cyberspace combat capabilities.
USAFWC breaks ground on
Virtual test and training Center
by Rebekah Mattes
Nellis AFB, Nev.
Gen. Mike Holmes, Air Combat Com- mand commander, and Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, broke ground Feb. 8 on the Virtual Test and Training Center at Nel- lis Air Force Base, Nev., which will enable full-spectrum readiness through next- generation battlespace environments.
The live-virtual-constructive train- ing environments will equip the next generation of lethal, world-class Airmen and warriors.
“The Virtual Test and Training Center will provide a crucial capability for to- day’s warfighters to experience, train and dominate today’s threats, across multiple domains through a combination of live, virtual and constructive environments,” said Gersten.
Operators from across platforms and domains will have the capability to plan, brief, execute and debrief together in one location, according to Col. Dean Caldwell, VTTC director.
“The center will have a full comple- ment of Air Force fighter aircraft simula- tors, and a tactical command and control
simulator. We’ll also house space and cyber missions to ensure multi-domain integration required for the high-end, near-peer fight outlined in the National Defense Strategy,” said Caldwell.
In addition, the VTTC offers a simula- tor capability that will augment live fly training, said Caldwell.
“It’s the first step toward a truly blended solution, in which the simula- tors can participate in the same scenario as aircraft flying over the Nevada Test and Training Range or in a completely separate scenario somewhere globally,” said Caldwell.
Finally, the VTTC training allows warfighters to adapt to the future fight,
Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, Brig. Gen. William Burks, the Adjutant General for the state of Nevada, and Col. Christopher Zuhlke, Nevada Test and Training Range commander, break ground on the Virtual Test and Training Center (VTTC) on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 8, 2019. VTTC training will allow warfighters to adapt to the future fight, while strengthening security on the home front.
while strengthening security on the home front.
“Looking to the future, exercises won’t be exclusively live-fly,” said Caldwell. “Our range spaces are finite, and as we bring new capabilities online, we’re outgrowing them. What’s more is that with the combination of live, virtual and constructive training, we’re actually bolstering operational security through innovative uses of live, virtual and con- structive technologies.”
Airman stand at the ground-breaking of the Virtual Test and Training Center on Nellis Air the next generation of lethal, world-class Airmen and warriors.
Force Base, Nev., Jan. 8, 2019. The live-virtual-constructive training environments will equip
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