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Yeah it has multiple computer screens

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180 degrees of simulated vision and the

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flight controls of a Russian made my 1

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17 helicopter . This simulator is about

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as close as you can get to flying

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without ever leaving the ground . It's

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a safe training compliment for camp to

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these two squadrons of multi role

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helicopters . There's a lot of

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emergency procedures that you can't do

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in the aircraft so they can do it here

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in the sim And practice and learn and

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uh be prepared if it actually happens

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while their in flight brownout

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basically dust out so you're landing

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into dust and you're taking off from

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dust . That has actually killed some

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Iraqi in my 17 pilots . So in the

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simulator we're teaching them to land

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into dust and the takeoff out of dust

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and it's completely safe because they

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can crash . This simulator has been

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online for only three weeks . The U . S .

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Air Force pilots from the Iraq training

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and advisory mission air have managed

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to train three instructor pilots as

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certify IRS and four lieutenants as

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operators . What's more they've seen

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aircrews made great gains in how they

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interact and communicate . One of the

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biggest things when it comes to flying

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is using your crew and working together

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as a crew to get safely on the ground .

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And we've seen just huge strides with

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Iraqis with their crew resource

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management , working together and

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safely get the aircraft back on the

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ground . The simulator cost the Iraqi

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government nearly $5 million but a

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single am I won 17 costs nearly 12

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million . This training prevents even

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one aircraft from being lost . It will

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have paid for itself more than twice

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over and will probably have saved lives

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in the process . Air Force Master

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Sergeant Gene Taylor Camp Taji Iraq ,

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Yes .