Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center
| Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center | |
|---|---|
| Active | 4 Feb 1984 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch |
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command, United States Air Force |
| Role | Airlift |
| Part of | Air Mobility Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Saint Joseph, Missouri |
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command,
The Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, (AATTC), is located at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Saint Joseph, Missouri. The host unit is the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard. The AATTC was founded in 1984 but has its roots in the efforts of the technicians, AGR's and members of the 180th Airlift Squadron and other ANG airlift units prior to that date.
The mission of the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center is to provide current academic and combat flying training tactics to airlift air crews of the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, active duty USAF, sister services and allied nations. This training enhances air crew survivability and mission success in a combat environment. AATTC also functions as a clearing house for gathering and disseminating airlift tactics information by means of an annual Tactics Symposium.
The AATTC offers a nine-day Aircrew Course. The academic phase is designed to familiarize the crewmember with the basic principles and tactics for operating an airlift aircraft in a hostile environment. Platform instruction is one method used to teach the basic and advanced concepts to crewmembers. The ground training includes briefings on Air/Ground Operations, Low Level Employment, Low Level Awareness Training, Low Level Dynamics, Structures, Enemy Air/Ground Threats, Tactical Formation Maneuvering, and other “need to know” areas. Additionally, instructors constantly reinforce the learning objectives during mission planning and in-flight. This, in conjunction with the simulated hostile environment scenario flying sorties, will generate the familiarization required to promote mission success and increase the individual crewmember's ability to survive actual hostile environment missions.
The flying training consists of two primary phases, The Eastern Phase (Missouri) and the Western Phase (Arizona). The Eastern Phase consists of two low level tactical missions during which, the aircrews are scheduled to airdrop one actual Heavy Equipment (HE) load and one actual High Velocity Container Delivery System (Hi-V CDS) bundle. The Western Phase consists of two Low Level Awareness Training (LLAT) sorties, one Dissimilar Defensive Maneuvering (DDM) sortie, two Low Level Navigation Training (LLNT) sorties and one Hostile Environment Training (HET) sortie. Actual airdrops and actual combat off/on loads (COL) are also incorporated into the Western phase. During both phases the aircrews fly against simulated SAM and AAA ground threats, as well as actual air threats. Audiovisual personnel record the evasive maneuvering of the response to the simulated threats on videotape which is used to provide feedback to the aircrews during debriefings.
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