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handle is hein.crs/crsmthmbdfk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRS INSIGHT Contracting the Adversary November 16, 2017 (IN10818) Related Author . eeiah -Gertle Jeremiah Gertler, Specialist in Military Aviation (iger rc, 7-5107) With the military services looking to alleviate shortages of pilots and publicly admitting shortages in readiness, the Navy and Air Force have begun to look to contracting out some kinds of pilot training-specifically the live simulation of enemy aircraft. Before the Vietnam War, American air forces trained internally, with pilots flying against others in similar aircraft using the same tactics. During that war, however, the United States learned a great deal about modern adversary tactics and the capabilities of the (mainly Soviet) aircraft employed in that war, which often differed markedly from what had been experienced in prewar training. To spread those lessons and train pilots more realistically, the U.S. Air Force and Navy began formal programs of Dissimilar Air Combat Training, or DACT. DACT pilots were trained in adversary tactics of the time, and flew U.S. aircraft that most resembled expected adversaries in performance, painted in foreian camouflage to provide a more realistic image. Under 1thnclaified programs, the Air Force also acquired-actual foreian a to better determine their characteristics. The Air Force established Aggressor squadrons that participated in large exercises and toured fighter bases to provide realistic opposition during training rotations. The Navy created adversary forces that flew as opposition to pilots going through the TOPGUN senior fighter school. Those programs continue to the present day. As global air forces modernized over the past two decades, the wide availability of surplus third- and fourth-generation fighter aircraft and high-performance jet trainers led to the establishment of private companies providing adversary air on a contract basis. Firms such

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