Air traffic control: Growing real world skills in simulated environments
Senior Airman Gabriella Bellou, 19th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control journeyman, and Airman 1st Class Kyle Hood, 19th OSS air traffic control apprentice, use a simulator to assist Hood in his upgrade training Jan. 10, 2018, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The simulator is the primary tool used in air traffic control upgrade training, which can take up to a year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rhett Isbell)