Battlefield Airmen unveil combat simulator
From left, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brian S. Filler, 182nd Air Support Operations Group commander; Maj. Gen. William D. Cobetto, Illinois Assistant Adjutant General – Air; state Rep. Michael Unes, R-East Peoria; Col. William P. Robertson, 182nd Airlift Wing commander; U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill.; U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Ill.; and state Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, perform a ribbon cutting for the Air National Guard Advanced Joint Terminal Attack Controller Training System at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Ill., Oct. 5, 2015. Battlefield Airmen with Peoria’s 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, teamed up with the QuantaDyn Corporation to help create the AAJTS, which is expected to potentially save the government $95 million through fiscal year 2018 by reducing the cost of qualification and continuation training by 48 percent. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Todd A. Pendleton/Released)