1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:02,929 aircraft painters with the Warner 2 00:00:02,929 --> 00:00:05,240 Robins Air logistics complex at Robins 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,680 Air Force base Georgia can now hone 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,400 their painting skills virtually Today . 5 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,590 We're here with a group of Paint 6 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,460 painters from the 558 Support Squadron . 7 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,590 Most of these guys are painters from 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,780 building 89 , they paint C130 aircraft . 9 00:00:21,790 --> 00:00:25,400 So these guys are here today to to kind 10 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,511 of reinforce the classroom experience 11 00:00:27,511 --> 00:00:29,678 they've had for the first part of this 12 00:00:29,678 --> 00:00:31,844 week . It started with a vision of how 13 00:00:31,844 --> 00:00:34,011 to teach aircraft painters better . Um 14 00:00:34,011 --> 00:00:35,789 and it started years ago , Todd 15 00:00:35,789 --> 00:00:37,956 lavender customer here has been trying 16 00:00:37,956 --> 00:00:40,630 to get training set up to uh teach 17 00:00:40,630 --> 00:00:42,741 painters to improve the paint product 18 00:00:42,741 --> 00:00:45,380 on these weapons systems to reduce flow 19 00:00:45,380 --> 00:00:48,250 days , increase productivity on the 20 00:00:48,250 --> 00:00:51,230 back end . As these planes go out back 21 00:00:51,230 --> 00:00:54,250 into service past simulators did not 22 00:00:54,260 --> 00:00:56,130 provide a realistic feel to the 23 00:00:56,130 --> 00:00:58,940 training . Our original paint training 24 00:00:58,940 --> 00:01:02,120 system , it was a two dimensional set 25 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,190 up the paint on a screen but it wasn't 26 00:01:05,190 --> 00:01:07,560 realistic enough for for the painters 27 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,820 so they didn't get as much benefit from 28 00:01:09,820 --> 00:01:13,180 that system as they should . An actual 29 00:01:13,190 --> 00:01:15,210 aircraft is not needed to practice 30 00:01:15,210 --> 00:01:17,520 painting skills learned in class . 31 00:01:17,950 --> 00:01:20,172 We're teaching in a virtual world where 32 00:01:20,172 --> 00:01:22,890 you really see a C5 for global hawk and 33 00:01:22,890 --> 00:01:25,112 actually be able to paint on it and get 34 00:01:25,112 --> 00:01:27,390 hands on experience before you go 35 00:01:27,390 --> 00:01:29,279 actually go into hangar and start 36 00:01:29,279 --> 00:01:31,334 painting on a real aircraft aircraft 37 00:01:31,334 --> 00:01:33,446 painters now have a working simulator 38 00:01:33,446 --> 00:01:35,770 to practice their craft is helping me 39 00:01:35,780 --> 00:01:37,947 hone in on some of my skills that I've 40 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,630 managed to grab throughout my years 41 00:01:40,630 --> 00:01:42,930 here and I believe this is a class that 42 00:01:42,930 --> 00:01:45,041 will really benefit some new painters 43 00:01:45,041 --> 00:01:47,260 coming in and it will help the more 44 00:01:47,260 --> 00:01:49,149 experienced guys hone in on their 45 00:01:49,149 --> 00:01:51,371 skills and kind of see what things that 46 00:01:51,371 --> 00:01:53,538 we can improve on . And I believe this 47 00:01:53,538 --> 00:01:55,371 is a good class for our future . 48 00:01:55,371 --> 00:01:57,427 Eventually the classroom portion and 49 00:01:57,427 --> 00:01:59,670 virtual portion will be combined . The 50 00:01:59,670 --> 00:02:01,726 future for these classes is going to 51 00:02:01,726 --> 00:02:05,190 incorporate this training into a 52 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,960 classroom setting . So they'll get some 53 00:02:07,970 --> 00:02:09,950 class work along with the virtual 54 00:02:09,950 --> 00:02:13,420 training every day versus a single day 55 00:02:13,420 --> 00:02:15,642 out of the week , painters will be able 56 00:02:15,642 --> 00:02:17,698 to cross train to better support the 57 00:02:17,698 --> 00:02:19,770 sustainment mission . You know , my 58 00:02:19,770 --> 00:02:22,270 hope for them is to be able to qualify 59 00:02:22,270 --> 00:02:24,360 them on different paint aircraft 60 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,240 platforms so they could paint C 1 30 61 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,060 C five C 17 F 15 without any 62 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:36,000 any downtime . So we wouldn't , if we 63 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,810 had a reason that we were short 64 00:02:37,810 --> 00:02:39,866 painters , we could bring these guys 65 00:02:39,866 --> 00:02:41,820 over in an augment paint crew and 66 00:02:41,820 --> 00:02:43,764 another facility if we needed to , 67 00:02:43,764 --> 00:02:45,709 there is a plan for a newer way to 68 00:02:45,709 --> 00:02:49,420 teach aircraft painting long term . The 69 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:53,150 plan is to transition this training 70 00:02:53,150 --> 00:02:55,460 into an augmented reality type of 71 00:02:55,470 --> 00:02:58,130 setting , which allows them allow them 72 00:02:58,130 --> 00:03:01,150 to use these training techniques that 73 00:03:01,150 --> 00:03:03,372 they're learning in this class into the 74 00:03:03,372 --> 00:03:06,280 real world setting by using , like I 75 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,660 said , augmented reality headset too , 76 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:12,300 Under their current PP Reporting for 77 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:14,490 Robins Air Force Base Georgia . I'm 78 00:03:14,490 --> 00:03:17,440 Joseph May three Yeah