Joint National Training Capability: The Air Force Implementation Perspective

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Joint National Training CapabilityThe Air Force
Implementation Perspective

• Brig Gen Norman Seip
• AF/DXOO
• 10 Jul 03

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AF Joint Training

• Superior core training has been the key enabler
  for Air Force successes in combat over the years
• Today, a majority of AF flying hours associated
  with major training events are flown in
  conjunction with or in support of other Services
  or Coalition partners
• Combat Air Forces exercises (Red Flags, Air
  Warriors)
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff exercises
  (Roving Sands, Joint Task Force Exercises)
• Joint Airborne Air Transportability Training
• The future is to transform our joint training by
  building on Service successes and technology
  initiatives

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AF JNTC Implementation Priorities

• Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) Link live,
  virtual, and constructive high fidelity
  simulators and C2ISR assets into an interactive
  synthetic training environment
• Joint Close Air Support Improve how we fight as
  a joint team
• Range Modernization Protect ranges and enhance
  range instrumentation/connectivity

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The Question Can We Train It All Live?
Constraints to live training Few
Joint/Coalition training venues Dwindling
exercise Flying time issues Classified
capabilities Safety High PERSTEMPO, OPTEMPO
Airspace availability Restricted weapons / EW
envelopes Environmental concerns Complex rules
of engagement

• What we really need
• High Fidelity Virtual Battlespace
• Full Sensor C2 Representation
• Composite Force Operations
• Full Combat Mission Rehearsal
• Sensor-to-Shooter Interactions
• Joint/Coalition Interoperability

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The Answer DistributedMission Operations (DMO)
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Distributed Mission Operations
Training Levels
Player Types

• Individual
• Team
• Inter-Team
• Full Mission Rehearsal

• Live
• Virtual
• Man in the Loop
• Constructive
• Computer Generated

The Next Generation in Joint Readiness Training
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Exercise First WAVEFirst Warfighter Alliance in
a Virtual Environment

• Link DMO assets from 7 NATO nations
• Good will participation both Nations and
  Industry
• Composite Air Operations (COMAO) scenario in
  Kosovo
• Builds an infrastructure for the future

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DMO Implementation Roadmap(An Incremental
Approach)
Goal - Robust Mission Environment by
FY10 Mission Training Center (MTC) at each
operational unit
FY 99 FY 10
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The Bottom Line!

• I was downtown at the start of tonights
  activities and got to launch the first HARM of
  Operation Iraqi Freedomthe location of my flight
  and the tactics employed were EXACTLY like we
  were practicing in the F-16 MTC at Shaw before we
  lefttalk about Mission Rehearsal!
• ANG F-16 pilot,
• Weapons School Grad
• MTC Mission Training Center

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Joint Close Air Support (JCAS)

• Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
  reinforced the critical need for Services to
  train and fight as a joint team
• Joint National Training Center (JNTC) capability
  is the focal point for improved JCAS training,
  and the proving ground for Joint Tactics,
  Techniques, and Procedures
• JNTC will create live, virtual constructive
  simulation environments for synergistic combined
  arms training
• Opportunity to provide training for all elements
  of the Theater Air Ground System
• Provides services the opportunity to train the
  way we fight in a joint warfighting environment
• JCAS is the primary focus of the first JNTC
  exercise in Jan 04

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Range Modernization

• Guiding principles
• Reverse the erosion of range infrastructure
• Increase joint interoperability
• Build on the success of the last training
  transformation
• Key range components
• Scoring, measurement, and feedback systems
• Threat systems
• Targets
• Challenges
• Event accreditation and site certification
• Develop and maintain standards
• Develop an interdisciplinary approach
• Recognize the interdependency between test and
  training infrastructure

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The AF JNTC Implementation Way Ahead

• Currently staffing the Air Force T2/JNTC CONOPS
  and implementation plan to support the recently
  approved Office of the Secretary of Defenses
  Implementation plan
• Stand up an implementation team
• Assist OSD/JFCOM to develop JNTC requirements,
  cost estimates, and roadmaps
• Develop warfighters who intuitively think jointly
• Strengthen joint operations by preparing forces
  for new warfighting concepts

• End state Transform joint training to enable
  our war-fighters to operate more effectively in
  joint operations