{"id":84184,"date":"2020-07-01T20:28:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T20:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/01\/f-35-simulators-can-now-team-up-with-other-fighter-sims-for-virtual-combat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:06:35","slug":"f-35-simulators-can-now-team-up-with-other-fighter-sims-for-virtual-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/07\/01\/f-35-simulators-can-now-team-up-with-other-fighter-sims-for-virtual-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35 simulators can now team up with other fighter sims for virtual combat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Air Force F-35 pilots<\/a> at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, will now be able to step into a simulator and train alongside virtual F-16s, F-15s and other aircraft, a Lockheed Martin executive said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air Combat Command formally accepted Lockheed\u2019s Distributed Mission Training system <\/a>on June 22 after a final test on June 18. During that test, four F-35 simulators at Nellis carried out a virtual mission with pilots in F-22, F-16 and E-3 AWACs simulators at other bases, said Chauncey McIntosh, Lockheed\u2019s vice president for F-35 training and logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe did originally intend to deliver this in the April time frame, but Nellis Air Force Base did shut down some operations due to the COVID crisis,\u201d he told reporters in a July 1 briefing. \u201cWe worked very hard with both the [F-35 Joint Program Office] and the United States Air Force to ensure as soon as the facilities were re-stood up and open, that we were there to deliver this capability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t