Col. (Ret.) David Jake Timm

Future Fighter Training Reforge SME U.S. Air Force

Jake served for almost 28 years as an US Air Force Officer and retired in 2011 at the rank of Colonel. He was a F-15C fighter pilot, graduate of the US Air Force Fighter Weapons School and successfully accomplished eight F-15 Operational and Training assignments and survived three Pentagon assignments. Jake is extensively involved with supporting the USAF as the lead Action officer and consultant for the Air Combat Command’s Future Fighter Training initiative. He has authored numerous USAF documents to codify the requirements, the justification/s and led the analysis for multiple business cases. He is directly involved with the collaboration efforts with the RAF, the RAAF, the RCAF and the JASDF. This initiative has now matured into the USAF Surrogate Training Family of Systems (STFOS).

Day Three | 6 November

12:00 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SURROGATE TRAINING FAMILY OF SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT FUTURE FIGHTER PILOTS

• Supporting the next generation of pilots with training designed around the integration of CCAs and autonomy

• US Air Force Leadership priorities to determine the pace of advancing future fighter training and readiness

• How developments in 6th generation fighter programmes are influencing training programmes

12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: ADVANCING OPERATIONAL TRAINING FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE CONFLICTS: ESSENTIAL MISSIONS AND GETTING READY FOR CCAs

• What are the key missions that pilots must ace in a peer conflict and given lessons from Ukraine? How must air forces prioritise live and synthetic training for lethal advantage?

• What are the future trends in training for 6th generation aircraft, alongside unmanned systems?

• Changing training needs on the fly: How to build-in flexibility and minimize disruption in the transition from a traditional training cycle? How would existing trainingregimes need to evolve and how quickly can this transition take place when needed?

• What might the teaching of “softer” but necessary skills such physical and mental resilience need to look like and how to measure and assess these skills?

• How are air forces increasing retention of new pilots, and what strategies are they using to recruit the next generation of fighter pilots?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining David Jake.

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