Air Force Special Operations Command has received a CV-22 Osprey simulator, the first one the command has placed in the hands of operators rather than trainers. AFSOC placed the $21 million sim with the 19th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., to provide refresher training and proficiency practice for pilots who are actual operators of the Osprey. Hurlburt’s Osprey simulator is one of eight USAF will receive in the next five to seven years. Currently, there are two other CV-22 simulators with the training unit at Kirtland AFB, N.M. (Yes, that’s a ship in the simulator image; AFSOC aircrews get to learn how to operate from carriers.)
B-21 Temporary Shelters Could Also Shelter B-2s
March 5, 2021
The Air Force's experimental runway shelter for the new B-21 bomber is large enough to cover it or the B-2, and therefore reveals no information about the dimensions of the new aircraft. Two such shelters will be evaluated, but the maker of the second version hasn't been chosen, yet.