October 28 - 29, 2025
| The Westin San Antonio North, San Antonio, TX
CONFERENCE DAY TWO | OCTOBER 29
Main Track
8:00 am - 8:55 am
MORNING COFEE & REGISTRATION
8:55 am - 9:00 am
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS:
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock -
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017),
US Air Force
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)US Air Force
9:00 am - 9:45 am
TRAINING SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FIVE EYES ALLIANCE
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock -
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017),
US Air Force
Col Justin Stein - Assistant Head Flying Training, UK Military Flying Training System, UK Royal Air Force
Brig Gen Daniel Coutts - Commander, 2 Canadian Air Division, Department of National Defence
- Advancing flight training collaboration between the Five Eyes Alliance
- Scaling joint trainings between the Five Eyes Alliance
- How industry can help the Five Eyes Alliance improve their training capabilities
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)US Air Force
Col Justin Stein
Assistant Head Flying Training, UK Military Flying Training SystemUK Royal Air Force
9:45 am - 10:15 am
INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION - NEXT GENERATION TRAINING - HOSTED BY BOEING
- How Pilot Training Transformation is integrating AI into its operations
- Increasing data availability to create more accurate training scenarios
- Upskilling the Department of the Navy in order to implement more AI solutions
10:15 am - 10:45 am
SCALING SYNTHETIC TRAINING FOR THE US AIR FORCE
- Lessons learned from the last five years of synthetic training
- What the future holds for modelling and simulation in the US Air Force
- How the industry can help the US Air Force accomplish its goal of scaling synthetic training
10:45 am - 11:15 am
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
11:15 am - 11:45 am
MULTINATIONAL APPROACHES TO FLYING CAPACITY
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock -
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017),
US Air Force
Jason Hawker - Principal Officer, NATO Flight Training Europe, NSPA
- The importance of increasing flying capacity and how nations can work together to ensure pilots get enough flight time
- How Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) Program, and individual nations can further work together to ensure there is enough flying capacity
- The role of industry in improving flying capacity
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)US Air Force
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
UPDATING THE CURRICULUM FOR ITALIAN AIR FORCE FLIGHT TRAINING
- Integrating emerging technology into flight training
- Understanding how curriculums need to adjust in the modern age of training
- Balancing the basics of pilot training with modern technology
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
INDUSTRY LEADERS PANEL DISCUSSION HOSTED BY BOEING
- How the Textron and Leonardo partnership advances military flight training
- Overcoming one-size-fits-all training methodologies
- M-346 ITS value propositions
Sponsored by: The Boeing Company
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION – HOSTED BY BOEING
- How the Naval Test Pilot School integrates AI into its training initiatives
- Defining success and real case scenarios of AI in the Air Force
- Executions in artificial intelligence algorithms using the X-62A VISTA aircraft as part of DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program
Sponsored by: The Boeing Company
2:15 pm - 2:35 pm
LIVE AND VIRTUAL BATTLESPACES FOR TESTING AND TRAINING U.S. MILITARY AND COALITION AIR FORCES
- An analytical approach to defining how much live flight training is required
- The “right” mix of live and virtual training
- Measuring the transfer of training and forecasting combat capability
- RAPID – the means to apply performance-based training at an enterprise level and implement data-driven training and readiness
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE AND TODAY
- Understanding what the Flying Training Center of Excellence (FTCOE) portal is
- How the FTCOE portal is bringing unique learning experiences to individual pilots
- Creating interactive training through the portal
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
THE IMPORTANCE OF BASICS - ENSURING THE NEW GENERATION OF PILOTS HAVE THE NECESSARY SKILLS
Colonel Vito Cracas -
Assistant Director,
NATO Centre of Excellence Joint Air Power Competence Centre
Colonel William Barksdale - 5THGeneration Subject Matter Expert, Joint Air Power Competence Centre
- The importance of solid basic skills in flight training
- Teaching the new generation of pilots to fly and fight in a digital world
- The training for new generation aircraft systems
Colonel Vito Cracas
Assistant DirectorNATO Centre of Excellence Joint Air Power Competence Centre
Colonel William Barksdale
5THGeneration Subject Matter ExpertJoint Air Power Competence Centre
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
TRANSITIONING PILOTS FROM BASIC TO ADVANCED ROTARY TRAINING
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock -
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017),
US Air Force
- Needs of instructor pilots to elevate pilots from basic to advanced training
- Differences in training between basic and advanced training
- How emerging technologies are playing a role in fastening training
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock
Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)US Air Force
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
ADVANCING MAINTENANCE TRAINING ACROSS THE US AIR FORCE
- Maintenace of the T-38 until the transition to the T-7
- Integrating technology into maintenance training
- Understanding the needs of maintenance commands in training maintainers
