![]() ![]() The UH-60M simulator regularly receives updates, ensuring pilots are always trained on the newest technologies. “We have trained thousands and thousands of pilots even trained pilots from just about every continent on this simulator.” “We currently have over 157,000 training hours on record per pilot,” said King. ![]() King has been working as a technician at Simmons AAF for over 42 years and helped install the glass cockpit in 1986 operational in the spring of 1987. “It has better performance parameters and gives the pilot more information more quickly at their fingertips.” “The ‘M’ model also named ‘the glass cockpit’ is more advanced than the previous models,” said Senior Maintenance Electronic Technician, Daniel King. It enables pilots to maintain and improve their skills while also receiving up to 18 hours of simulation training each year. The simulator is far more cost-effective for frequent training than an actual UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, costing total only $9 million. It has been used to train pilots in various environmental scenarios, including emergency or threat scenarios that cannot be simulated in the aircraft, such as an in-flight fire or mechanical failure. This simulator is the only six-degree-of-freedom motion simulator and the oldest flight simulator housed at Simmons Army Airfield. The UH-60M motion flight simulator will complete its training at Fort Liberty at the start of July 2023. Pilots use flight simulators to evaluate their performance, and to learn and refine their skills. ![]() Army flight simulators are powerful computer programs allowing pilots to recreate real-world flight events in a safe and controlled environment. ![]()
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