Should Air Force Reserve Command Continue Pursuing CAF DMO for Its F-16 Fleet?

<p>The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is currently developing Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) capability for its Combat Air Forces (CAF) aircraft simulators. With the necessary upgrades reserve pilots can train in a Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) environment while reducing the need to fly actual sorties for training. AFRC is committed to this new technology but lacks the funding to complete DMO upgrades for its F-16 Multi Task Trainers (MTT). The A-10 DMO program is progressing while the F-16 DMO program remains stagnant. This paper discusses the roadblocks to CAF DMO and determines if AFRC should continue pursing DMO capability for its F-16 MTTs. It provides a background of DMO reviews the current state of AFRC DMO discusses some advantages and disadvantages of DMO and analyzes issues affecting the AFRC DMO program.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>