Pilot Training Next lands at Sheppard AFB
Senior Airman Kristyn Widger, 82nd Aerospace Medical Squadron physiology technician, gives instructions to Pilot Training Next students during a hypobaric chamber flight at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, March 1, 2018. The chamber is used to let aircrew members experience hypoxia in a controlled environment. Hypoxia is a deficiency of oxygen to vital organs, causing inability to sustain bodily function. Pilots go through this training prior to flying so they are better able to recognize symptoms and correct them if they occur. The Pilot Training Next program is putting 15 officers and five enlisted members through a new pilot training program geared toward creating what is being termed fighter trained unit-ready Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Robert L. McIlrath)