How A Sim Made The USAF Better At Air Combat

In 2002 the US Air Force embarked on a quest to find a better way to train for aerial warfare. They found that better way in a set of simulators in a lab in Mesa, Arizona. The Air Force has generously published the results of that study for the world to see, and that's what we delve into in this video. Introduction to BVR:    • Introduction to Beyond Visual Range Combat...   Missile Performance Explained:    • How To Maximize Missile Performance | BVR ...   Reports: Distributed Mission Operations Within-Simulator Training Effectiveness Baseline Study: Metric Development and Objectively Quantifying the Degree of Learning: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA461... Advancing Fighter Employment Tactics in the Swedish and US Air Forces Using Simulation Environments: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA4... Obligatory disclaimers: The presence of DOD Visual Information in this video does not constitute endorsement by the DOD or any of its departments. Any views expressed by the presenter are those of the presenter and do not represent the views of the DOD or any of its components. Image and video credits: By Chris Lofting - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Libya-..., GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... https://www.dvidshub.net/video/782374... https://www.dvidshub.net/video/662786... R-27 photo By Vitaly V. Kuzmin - http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/437, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Vitaly V. Kuzmin - http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/621, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Alexander Mishin - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia..., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Dmitriy Pichugin - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia..., GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Portions of the following public domain DoD videos were used in the making of this video: DOD_106498196 DOD_108169852 DOD_102549409 DOD_107455891