{"id":64327,"date":"2023-05-15T21:50:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T21:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/15\/the-air-force-reimagines-its-tech-schools\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:18:38","slug":"the-air-force-reimagines-its-tech-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2023\/05\/15\/the-air-force-reimagines-its-tech-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"The Air Force reimagines its tech schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas \u2014 Nearly eight decades after the Air Force\u2019s founding, the schools that prepare airmen for their military jobs are due for an overhaul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Education and Training Command wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/08\/04\/virtual-training-yields-real-results-in-early-crew-chief-course\/\" target=\"_blank\">modernize its technical training<\/a> enterprise for the 150,000 airmen who take courses across more than 100 specialties each year. That requires a new look at everything from what students should be learning and how, and the environment in which they learn it, the three-star general in charge argues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When airmen join the military, they take a step back to a learning environment of decades past, AETC Commander Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson said in a recent interview at the organization\u2019s headquarters here.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/08\/04\/virtual-training-yields-real-results-in-early-crew-chief-course\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000w_q95-11-3.jpg-3.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Virtual training yields real results in early crew chief course<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Sheppard AFB will host two full-fledged virtual reality courses for crew chiefs and logistics planners starting in 2022.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost of the airmen who join the Air Force today have come up \u2026 through high school and [middle school], using technology in a way that we don\u2019t in the Air Force,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s more than a lack of iPads: It\u2019s training mechanics on engines that look nothing like those they\u2019ll see on the job. It\u2019s holding classes in workshops without enough outlets to power the tech they do have. And it\u2019s piles and piles of paper manuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most technical training is run out of four installations: JB San Antonio, Goodfellow Air Force Base and Sheppard AFB, Texas; and Keesler AFB, Mississippi. Courses can last anywhere from six weeks to a year and a half, depending on the specialty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tech school is typically an airman\u2019s first introduction to a career field, and also provides their transition between boot camp and everyday life in an Air Force unit. But the gap between those classrooms and the real world is getting wider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robinson wants to digitize tech school curriculum, with on-demand content that students can pull up anytime. He\u2019d like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/09\/16\/virtual-reality-training-for-pilots-maintainers-and-more-expands-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">expand the use of virtual reality<\/a>, which gives airmen more access to planes and other equipment than they might get in real life. And he hopes to make classrooms and dormitories more collaborative, Internet-connected spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/03\/24\/as-air-force-revamps-pilot-training-flight-safety-concerns-linger\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6324002.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">As Air Force revamps pilot training, flight safety concerns linger<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force hopes its new approach to pilot training will not only produce better pilots but also keep airmen safe in the cockpit.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The changes would mirror years of work at basic military training and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/03\/24\/as-air-force-revamps-pilot-training-flight-safety-concerns-linger\/\" target=\"_blank\">undergraduate pilot courses<\/a> to move faster, adopt new technology and adapt to the modern ways of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re pretty confident that\u2019ll allow them to become qualified in the skill sets [and] competencies they have to be qualified in \u2026 at equal or better levels \u2014 and faster,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years of revamping pilot training has taught the Air Force how to \u201cdesign a syllabus with the end in mind,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6016\" height=\"4016\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/goggles.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/goggles.jpg.jpg 6016w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/goggles.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/goggles.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/goggles.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/goggles.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/goggles.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6016px) 100vw, 6016px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Staff Sgt. Renee Scherf, Detachment 23 curriculum engineer and MC-130H subject matter expert, dons virtual reality goggles. Members of the detachment, part of Air Education and Training Command, are reengineering tech training. (Staff Sgt. Keith James\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That aims to build student comprehension rather than checking boxes as they move through the material. Teachers would be facilitators, not lecturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The approach Robinson envisions can also be cheaper than ordering advanced simulators that cost millions of dollars and doesn\u2019t take operational jets and other assets away from their daily missions. And, he added, speedier training could also help replace airmen who are killed in combat, if an intense shooting war breaks out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allowing students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/01\/22\/air-force-hopes-tablets-could-revolutionize-basic-training\/\" target=\"_blank\">to learn and interact via tablets<\/a>, phones and laptops is particularly important for a generation that spent much of the past few years in distance learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou definitely do see a difference from airmen from pre-COVID, to airmen that went to high school during COVID and then joined the military, and now we\u2019re expecting them to be good at interacting with their peers,\u201d said Tech. Sgt. Clarissa Scott, a military training leader with the 344th Training Squadron. \u201cWe are definitely meeting them where they\u2019re at with technology, and giving them the space to, one, make mistakes, but then also learn from those mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/01\/22\/air-force-hopes-tablets-could-revolutionize-basic-training\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BMT-tablet-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force hopes tablets could revolutionize basic training<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The tablets detected when a trainee was forgetting details about a particular subject, and prompted them to review the material.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airmen in the \u201cFundamentals of Aircraft Maintenance\u201d course at Sheppard told Air Force Times that the class \u2014 which uses videos and VR for about three-quarters of its lessons since first piloting the idea in 2020 \u2014 has helped them study more thoroughly, efficiently and collaboratively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students can rewatch videos at home until they understand the material, or pull apart a virtual engine inside a VR headset. The reinforcement those tools provide can make the difference between passing or failing. And it\u2019s easier to update that software to evolve with the times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of information inside the old paper booklets that \u2026 wasn\u2019t pertinent to what was actually being tested,\u201d Airman 1st Class Ray Gonzalez said. \u201cHaving the tablets that are actually slides, verbatim, of what the instructor is showing really helped to focus actually on what was needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other courses are gamifying their lessons to encourage more interaction between students and forcing them to think through real-world planning. Instead of listening to a lecture, airmen can move their desks to work in groups and better understand what airmen in other fields need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Lt. Kimberly Espinoza, a munitions maintenance officer from Japan\u2019s Kadena Air Base, has seen that difference firsthand. She spoke to Air Force Times during a course at Sheppard that brings together aircraft and munitions maintainers to game out logistical scenarios they may face, leaving students feeling better prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I came here in the past for tech school, a lot of it was \u2026 \u2018death by PowerPoint,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cHere \u2026 we\u2019ll have a lesson and, immediately after the lesson, go into an exercise of, \u2018OK, how do you use this in your units?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/09\/16\/virtual-reality-training-for-pilots-maintainers-and-more-expands-in-2020\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aetc-virtual.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Virtual reality training \u2014 for pilots, maintainers and more \u2014 expands in 2020<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force has had success with Pilot Training Next, which uses VR, biometrics and artificial intelligence to better teach aspiring pilots how to fly, and wants to more broadly apply virtual learning across the force.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3712\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover3.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover3.jpg.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover3.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover3.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover3.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover3.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover3.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5568px) 100vw, 5568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Airman Tyler Mckenna, a 361st Training Squadron propulsion apprentice course student, safety wires an electric plug on an aircraft engine at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, in June ]2020. (Alan R. Quevy\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The path forward<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robinson declined to say what an overall timeline might be for bringing tech schools into the 21st century, or its benchmarks for determining success. Over the next 18 months, he wants to lay out the basic skills that airmen in each career field must learn. Changes focused on those competencies will follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is to deliver newly trained airmen to their first operational bases with as many of those skills as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robinson suggested AETC will first tackle updates for maintainers, followed by firefighters and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance specialists. Second Air Force, the subordinate organization in charge of basic and technical training, will set those priorities, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning toward technological solutions can create another problem: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/12\/01\/can-the-air-force-train-nearly-1500-pilots-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">finding qualified simulator instructors to run them<\/a>. Robinson hopes to turn to remote teaching staff who can run that software from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He estimates that tech schools have about 80% of the staff they need. He\u2019d like to grow that to around 90%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col. Lauren Courchaine, head of the 37th Training Wing, which manages the training enterprise at Joint Base San Antonio, wants to give instructors the resources they need to thrive, and to return to their previous jobs better than they left them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some airmen are wary of becoming instructors because they fear falling behind in their professional skills and being passed over for promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe skills that they learn in this environment, in terms of leading such a diverse group of people across different [specialties], are the traits that I really hope we can implement into the Air Force as we look at what the next fight could be,\u201d Courchaine said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/12\/01\/can-the-air-force-train-nearly-1500-pilots-this-year\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pilot-training.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Can the Air Force train nearly 1,500 pilots this year?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force&#039;s annual pilot production goals often prove elusive.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"8256\" height=\"5504\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_maintainers.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_maintainers.jpg.jpg 8256w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_maintainers.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_maintainers.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_maintainers.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_maintainers.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_maintainers.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 8256px) 100vw, 8256px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maintainers work on an F-15E at RAF Lakenheath, England, in 2019. The Air Force wants to smooth the transition from tech school to operational units. (Senior Airman Malcolm Mayfield\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rethinking the \u2018pipeline\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Improving tech school is key to reaching a broader goal: easing the transition between boot camp, technical training and an airman\u2019s first operational base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September, staffers from Air Force Recruiting Command, basic training and technical training joined curriculum writers to explore how to stretch lessons across each phase, Courchaine said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere I see the biggest breakdown is not necessarily in a Second Air Force pipeline, in terms of BMT or technical training, it\u2019s that jump between technical training and the first base,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She envisions two things an airman should get at basic training and carry with them throughout their career. One is a piece of technology, like a tablet, to hold what they learn in school and the Air Force regulations and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other is their airmanship habits, from respectful interaction with their teammates to cyber hygiene online. Air Force instructors should show, not tell, students how to embody values like emotional resilience and open communication, Courchaine said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robinson also wants to improve at teaching airmen to think on their feet and make decisions on their own. That\u2019s driven by the Air Force\u2019s move toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/11\/21\/air-force-ditches-beast-week-for-new-mock-deployment-training\/\" target=\"_blank\">more flexible combat deployments<\/a> with smaller field teams than they might have at an established base.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/11\/21\/air-force-ditches-beast-week-for-new-mock-deployment-training\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000w_q95-3-9.jpg-9.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force ditches \u2018BEAST Week\u2019 for new mock deployment training<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">&quot;Pacer Forge&quot; is a faster-paced mock deployment that lasts two days rather than four.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those lessons start during boot camp and have begun to spill over into tech school, like emphasizing new ways of problem solving at the intelligence community\u2019s schoolhouse at Goodfellow AFB, Robinson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And he has publicly mentioned the idea of getting away from a traditional training \u201cpipeline\u201d altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ideally, the Air Force could abandon the student cohorts that start and end at the same time, and let people graduate at their own pace. That gets complicated because of how military training is funded, and because operational units need a reliable flow of new airmen as others leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can actually get them to their first base quicker, which I think matters most to the airmen,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cYou want them developing camaraderie, esprit de corps, and that sense of belonging \u2026 at their mission unit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get there, the right infrastructure has to be in place: high-bandwidth, wireless Internet connections in classrooms and dorms, a strong electric grid with enough outlets, and workspaces that facilitate collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4573\" height=\"3430\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_Robinson.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_Robinson.jpg.jpg 4573w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_Robinson.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_Robinson.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_Robinson.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_Robinson.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Cover_Robinson.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4573px) 100vw, 4573px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson, AETC command chief, visit the 364th Training Squadron. The two traveled to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, for a closer look at how members of the 82nd Training Wing are developing airmen. (2nd Lt. Matt Carey\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That helps accomplish more than homework. Without digital connectivity, airmen are cut off from the modes of bonding and relaxation they enjoy most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Courchaine recalled meeting one airman with a Snapchat \u201cstreak\u201d \u2014 the consecutive number of days that two users swap photos or videos on the app \u2014 over 3,500 days long. 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