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Date
State
Wisconsin
Category
ANG
Type Draft
New Resolution
State Association First Name
Dan
State Association Last Name
Statz
Resolution No.
15
Item No
H
Fiscal Year
2028
State Association Email
State Association Phone Number
608-327-9266
Relating To
The Procurement of Flight Simulators for Air National Guard Combat Air Force Wings
SME Email
SME Phone
608-327-9266
Task Force
Combat Air Forces
State Association Title
Air Resolution Lead
Proposal Statement
Joint Live and Virtual Environment Training Against Advanced Threats.
Recommendation Information
Background. CONUS airspace rarely affords the size and security necessary to practice wartime employment to the full capability of our systems. While valuable, joint, large-scale, live fly exercises are too costly and infrequent to ensure the readiness of all warfighting units. Virtual injects to live flight scenarios can vastly improve the quality of daily, home-station training. These requirements are adequately captured in the Operational Training Infrastructure and Ranges tab of this document. However, since ANG F-16s also play an important role in current and future Operation Plans (OPLANs), their inability to train and rehearse in a realistic joint environment endangers future mission success. The Joint Simulator Environment (JSE) addresses security constraints to allow all military services to practice as a cohesive team, but the F-16 is not currently integrated into the JSE. All 9 combat-coded ANG F-16 wings require 4 JSE-compliant Platforms-in-a-Box (PIABs) at their locations to enable realistic, physics-based joint training and mission rehearsal. Initial implementation could consist of 3 geographical sites
(west, central, and east), each with 4 PIABs, that are shared across the 9 wings.
Impact If Not Funded. Combat-coded ANG F-16 wings will suffer from a lack of access to realistic OPLAN mission rehearsal. Air Combat Command’s Test and Training Division (ACC/A5T) issued supplemental guidance in 2024 that restricts use of Program Element 0207606F funds to a certain few weapons systems for developing their PIABs and integrating them into the JSE. As a result of these restrictions, the F-16 is not currently prioritized for PIAB insertion which could have a disproportionate impact on ANG readiness for major combat operations.
Units Impacted. 113 WG, District of Columbia; 114 FW, Sioux Falls, SD; 122 FW, Fort Wayne, IN; 138 FW, Tulsa, OK; 140 WG, Aurora, CO; 148 FW, Duluth, MN; 169 FW, Columbia, SC; 177 FW, Atlantic City, NJ; 180 FW, Toledo, OH.
(west, central, and east), each with 4 PIABs, that are shared across the 9 wings.
Impact If Not Funded. Combat-coded ANG F-16 wings will suffer from a lack of access to realistic OPLAN mission rehearsal. Air Combat Command’s Test and Training Division (ACC/A5T) issued supplemental guidance in 2024 that restricts use of Program Element 0207606F funds to a certain few weapons systems for developing their PIABs and integrating them into the JSE. As a result of these restrictions, the F-16 is not currently prioritized for PIAB insertion which could have a disproportionate impact on ANG readiness for major combat operations.
Units Impacted. 113 WG, District of Columbia; 114 FW, Sioux Falls, SD; 122 FW, Fort Wayne, IN; 138 FW, Tulsa, OK; 140 WG, Aurora, CO; 148 FW, Duluth, MN; 169 FW, Columbia, SC; 177 FW, Atlantic City, NJ; 180 FW, Toledo, OH.
