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To: Mark17
They are used for undergraduate pilot training, as well as RPA (drone) pilot training

More precisely, the RPA guys will be trained in the T-6 simulator.

59 posted on 09/20/2018 7:41:32 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Mr.Unique
More precisely, the RPA guys will be trained in the T-6 simulator.

Within the Air Force, training for drone pilots is divided into two parts. During the first phase, recruits spend around five months learning to fly a manned trainer airplane, working the flight simulator, and understanding the fundamentals of flying in classroom lectures. This phase is split between Pueblo,

That is a direct quote from a USAF site. It would appear, they get some actual stick time in the T-6 as well as simulator training. It makes sense, since UPT, for manned aircraft, is at Laughlin, Vance and Columbus, why would the USAF have real T-6s at Randolph, if RPA training did not include stick time in the actual T-6?

63 posted on 09/20/2018 8:30:27 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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