Strike Eagle training center opens in N.C.

Strike Eagle training center opens in N.C.
Staff report
Posted : Wednesday Jan 9, 2008 17:08:32 EST

A new F-15E mission training center opened Dec. 21 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., a Boeing spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The facility, which Boeing built and will operate for the Air Force, provides aircrews with high-fidelity training without the costs of using operational aircraft for training, according to the release.

Air Force officials have said they are cutting the number of training hours pilots can fly by 7.5 percent this year and will rely more heavily on simulators for training.

The new Seymour Johnson facility includes two high-fidelity, dual-cockpit, 360-degree F-15E simulators, according to a Boeing press release dated Tuesday.

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A Boeing spokeswoman declined to release the cost of the center.


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