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Guess which COTS sim the USAF uses (Read 254 times)

Dec 15^th, 2008 at 2:50pm

th3flyboy Offline
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Yo folks, check this out:

http://www.military.com/entertainment/games/game-news/gaming-tech-used-in-intera...

Apparently, the USAF is using X-Plane as a Commercial Off The Shelf simulator for their pilot training and the likes. That screenshot is from X-Plane 9, using a modified aircraft the USAF created using classified data on the F-22.

Here's a closeup of that screenie to prove it too:

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/081202-F-9099S-101.jpg

The proof it's X-Plane though is those data boxes in the upper right hand corner, which are available through the data input-output menu.

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