The 61st Security Forces Squadron at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., has a new simulation system that can create a wide variety of situations using computerized and video images to provide either a traditional ground war or urban environment. And, it talks back. Airmen running through the simulation can interact with the “bad guy,” giving commands that lead to either a shoot-out or surrender. Other situations can include scenarios faced by security forces in deployed locations, such as ambushes or roadside bombings.
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.