Leveraging Limited Range and Training Resources via Remote Split Operations Lt Col Juan Torres Det 520/CC May 18 This Briefing is: UNCLASSIFIED
Overview • USAF MQ-9 Operations • Formal Training Pipeline • Remote Split Ops Training 2
RPA Revolution One Man’s Vision “We have just won a war with a lot of heroes flying around in planes. The next war may be fought by airplanes with no men in them at all…” Gen Hap Arnold, USAAF VJ-Day 1945 49 th Wing Mission Develop the World’s Best Professional RPA Enterprise
UNCLASS Evolving Capability Synthetic Aperture Radar HELLFIRE Laser GBU-12 Laser Guided Missile Guided Bomb Multispectral Targeting System Supporting diverse missions across the joint/coalition force!
System Components Aircraft
Redefined Paradigms • 91% of RPA Ops Force does not deploy • Saves $200K/person per year or $130.1M/yr enterprise-wide • Unmatched persistence – very low boots on ground – diplomatic win • Capability shift between theaters/across the globe • Strategic priorities & Intelligence during execution • Poor weather in one operating area • Architecture allows immediate • Intelligence processing, exploitation and dissemination • Combat data-link integration
Truly a Multi-Role Asset Airstrike Convoy Overwatch Urban CAS Control Disaster Relief Precision Strike DSCA Target Development Counter-Narcotics High Value Targets 24/7 Full Motion Video & Persistent Strike Capability Combatant Commander’s Highest Demanded Asset
Manpower Components Processing, Exploitation, Mission Control Element Launch & Recovery Element Dissemination Ground Control Station Ground Control Station Distributed Ground Station Ground Data Terminal Pilots Sensors Pilots Sensors Msn Coord FMV Analysts SIGINT Analysts Leadership & Leadership & Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Overhead Overhead LRE MCE PED 61 Personnel 54 Personnel 83 Personnel Single 24/7/365 MQ-1/9 CAP Manpower Requirement
MQ-1/9 Student Training Holloman Luke: 279 (F-16) Tinker: 661 (E-3 18 Crew Positions) 900 818 800 716 678 700 603 600 566 500 451 400 293 300 200 136 100 0 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016
Aircrew RPA Pilot: 18X Legacy Pilot: 11U Sensor Operator: 1U 10
Holloman RPA Operations • USAF’s Largest Formal Training Unit • Only Active Duty MQ-9 Training Pipeline • RPA Formal Training • Initial Qualification and Requalification • Multi-Role Syllabus: AH, ISR, BSA, AI, SCAR, CAS, CSAR • Includes ~5% International aircrews • Formal Instructor Upgrade Training (FIUT) • Launch and Recovery training • Additional RPA Support • Joint Training Exercises: ~ 12 exercises annually • Test Support: Occasional • Force Protection: In development Producing quality RPA crews for combatant commanders 11
RPA Training Resources • Organization: 3 FTUs, 1 OSS, 1 TRS • Equipment: 22 MQ-9, 11 GCSs, 10 PMATS, 11 GDTs, 2 FSSTs • 10 lines, 12-15 hour ASD plus 9 sim lines, 18 hours daily • 72-90 student flight and sim events per day • Instructor Cadre: • Active Duty plus AFRC • International • Contract Aircrew Training (CAT) • Training Support: • Courseware Development (CWD) • Simulator Console Operator/instruction/maintenance • OPFOR Diverse Cadre of AD, TFI, International & Contract Instructors 12
Holloman Location 16 22 • Weather D • Restricted Airspace 25 C E C B • Ranges F F Albuquerque L 1 2 04 G A 3 4 H H Holloman 34 WSMR Roswell El Paso Ft. Bliss
RPA Airspace Integration: Now and Future • Today: Special Access - Certificate of Authorization (COA) • Numerous and varied restrictions • Inflexible system FAA and DoD are working improvements • Mid-term: Routine Access - Policy, procedures and technology permit non-segregated access • Ground Based Sense and Avoid • Long-term: Normalized Access – Technology development to allow RPA/UAS to operate in the NAS with an equivalent level of safety and efficiency as manned aircraft • GBSAA, ADS-B, and Airborne Sense and Avoid • FAA Reauthorization Act – RPA in NAS by end of 2015 Operations Technology Airspace 14
RSO Training • Recent Examples • CA-ANG FTU Conversion • Ellsworth AFB Continuation Training • UK FTU Stand Up • Potential Application • Tapping Underutilized Airspace (e.g. Royal Australian Air Force) • Building Partner Capacity • Challenges • Airspace Awareness • Resource Coordination/Management RSO nets increased flexibility with limited training resources 15
Bringing It All Together Ku Satellite SOC MCE Mission Control FSST Element LRE Launch & Recovery TRAINING THE USAF’s LARGEST MWS Element RSO integrates joint/coalition training worldwide 16
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