The F-16A Full Mission Simulator was constructed by three big companies in the world specializoing in simulation field, Thomson Training &Simulation Ltd. (TT&SL) of UK, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft System (LMTAS) of USA and Evans &Sutherland (E&S) of USA. The development was started in the early months of the year 1996 and completely accomplished in the end of the year 1997. The F-16A Simulator then was shipped to its new home, Lanud Iswahjudi, Magetan to be installed. After carrying out a sequence of acceptance test, the F-16A Simulator then was handed over to the Indonesian Air Force on March 18, 1998 and after that it is used as a training facility by the 3^rd Air Squadron 3^rd Fighter Wing F-16 pilots . During its service to the Air Force, it records some successful achievement such as 2.000 Hours Achievement in Service that was achieved on June 22, 2002. Until now the F-16A Simulator has been servicing the Air Force for more than 6 years and it still does to the years to come

   Simulator Type : Fix-based with real G effect via the G-Seat System
   Visual System Type : Head-tracked System with Head Sensor attached to the Pilot’s Helmet which enable pilot to track targets during a mission
   Support real life F-16 missions such as :

   Ground Operation Procedure (GOP)
   General Flight (GF)
   Instrument Flight (IF)
   Basic Fighter Maneuver (BFM)
   1 versus 1 Tactic
   1 versus 2 Tactic
   Surface Air Tactic (SAT)
   Air-to-Ground (ATG)
   Air-to-Air (AA)
   Air Intercept (AI)
   Day or Night Air Refueling (Airref)
   Formation Flight
   Emergency Exercise
   Dog Fight with the Instructor from the Instructor's Operating Station

   Supports 500 customizable air missions and scenarios
   Easy to Instructor's Operating Station and enable instructors to customize the mission before flying or change the environment during a mission
   Supported with a Repeat Instrument Display and Repeat Displays to enable instructor monitors the student pilot during a mission
   Supported with a Video Recording System that can be replayed during debriefing phase at the Debriefing Room

  Air Force Major (Electronic) Ir. Arwin "Daemon" Sumari, FSI, FSME, VDBM, SA, DBE, NA  Head of Training Facility
  Air Force Captain (Electronic) Mudji "Cursor" Budiarto, VDBM  Maintenance Assistant Head of Training Facility
  1^st Lieutenant (Electronic) Wisnu "Host" Kuswahyudi, AMd.Kom  Assistant of Operation Assistant Head of Training Facility
  1^st Lieutenant (Electronic) Suparmo "Discrete",SPd  Assistant of Operation Assistant Head of Training Facility
  1^st Lieutenant (Electronic) Asis "Stick" Intono  Assistant of Maintenance Assistant Head of Training Facility
  2^nd Lieutenant (Electronic) Petrus "Danfoss" Subagyo  Assistant of Maintenance Assistant Head of Training Facility
  Master Sergeant Suharmadi "Porteq", FSME  Support Equipment System Group Leader
  Master Sergeant Achmad "Eco" Djunaedi, FSME  Cockpit/Instrument System Group Leader
  Master Sergeant Suparjana "AIO", FSME  Linkage-Interface System Group Leader
  Chief Sergeant Andreas Bayu "IG" Aji Parwoko, VSME, Insp  Visual System Group Leader
  Chief Sergeant Makmur Karya "TargetView" Surya, VSME  Visual System Group
  Chief Sergeant Untung Agus "Vista" Setiawan, VSME, Insp  Visual System Group Leader
  Chief Sergeant Anas "Stud" Musadat, Insp  Linkage-Interface System Group
  Chief Sergeant Rismanto "Polygon", VDBM  Computer System Group
  Chief Sergeant Kusmulyadi "Polybin"  Visual System Group
  Chief Sergeant Trudo Ardian "Cumford" Wicaksono  Support Equipment System Group
  Chief Sergeant Priya "DIO" Triatmadja  Linkage-Interface System Group
  Chief Sergeant Samija "REO"  Cockpit/Instrument System Group
  Chief Sergeant Muhammad Taufik "Split" Kurniawan  Support Equipment System Group
  Chief Sergeant Anto "Insco" Sitorus  Cockpit/Instrument System Group
  Chief Sergeant Muhammad "Vertec" Hendra  Computer System Group
  1^st Sergeant Zulhendry "HUD"  Cockpit/Instrument System Group

  SA         Flight Simulator System Administrator
  NA         Flight Simulator Network Administrator
  DBE       Flight Simulator Data Base Engineer
  FSI        Flight Simulator Instructor
  FSME    Flight Simulator Maintenance Engineer
  VSME    Flight Simulator Visual System Maintenance Engineer
  VDBM    Flight Simulator Visual Data Base Modeler Engineer
  Insp       Flight Simulator Inspector

Entering the year 2004 the Indonesian Air Force (IDAF) F-16A Full Mission Simulator has been servicing the 3^rd Air Squadron 3^rd Fighter Wing pilots for flight training for more than 6 years. During the service, some minor or major problems had caused it stop servicing for a matter of time. But because of the expertise of all Training Facility engineers, these problems had been handled professionally. After a hard nonstop working, finally the Maintenance Team got the highest achievement in keeping the F-16A Simulator operation for 2.000 Hours. This achievement was celebrated on June 22^nd, 2002 in a special program that was attended by Iswahjudi Air Force Base Commandant, 3^rd Fighter Wing Commandant and 20^th Maintenance Depo Commandant as weel as all officers who contributed to the F-16A Simulator operation readiness. One thing that make us proud that this 2.000 Hours celebration was also taken into a special magazine "ANGKASA" which focuses in air and space community. The picture shown below was taken after the 2.000 Hours Achievement in Service celebration.

Here are some publications that has been written for magazines and tabloids. Check them out to get a clear view of what F-16A Full Mission Simulator is.

  Introduction to Alinfaslat Disops and F-16A Simulator of Iswahjudi Air Force Base, "SUARA ANGKASA" Tabloid, 1999

• Introduction to Alinfaslat Disops (Part 1) (html)
• Introduction to Alinfaslat Disops (Part 2) (html)

  The F-16A Simulator of Iswahjudi AFB, "ANGKASA" Magazine; No. 7, June 2001
  The Application of System Administration to Increase 3^rd Fighter Wing's F-16A Simulator Maintenance Performance, "ANGKASA CENDEKIA" book, 6^th Edition, July 29^th 2001 (pdf)
  F-16A Simulator : Preparing for Any Mission Anytime, "ANGKASA" Magazine; No. 7, April 2002
  Real-Time Technology : Concept and Application, "SUARA ANGKASA" Magazine; 10^th Edition, September 2002 (html)
  A Specific Character of An Aircraft Flight Simulator, "SUARA ANGKASA" Magazine; 1^st Edition, February 2003 (html)
  "G" Effect Mechanism on A Flight Simulator, "SUARA ANGKASA" Magazine; 2^nd Edition, March 2003 (html)
  Thinking about the Future of Indonesian Air Force's Flight Simulator, "ANGKASA CENDEKIA" Book, 10^th Edition, July 29^th 2003 (html)
  Dissimilar Air Combat Flight Simulator (DAFCS), "ANGKASA CENDEKIA" Book, 11^th Edition, April 9^th 2004 (html)

For a military unit badges can mean anything and often be used to motivate the unit's members when carrying out a duty. For IDAF F-16A Simulator engineers badges are identities of their unit as well as their proudness to keep the F-16A Simulator serviceable. The badges below are the most recent IDAF F-16A Simulator official badges. You may download them for your own use. Here are some example badges.

F-16A Simulator Engineer's Proudness Badge

F-16A Simulator Engineer Badge with Corps Sign and Number

F-16A Simulator Special Badge for 2.000 Hours of Service

F-16A Simulator System Administrator Badge

F-16A Simulator Call Sign Badge with Qualification Brevets and Engineer Number

These are some images of F-16A Full Mission Simulator. We also include pictures of the F-16A Simulator supporting equipment which without them it is nothing.

  Computer System
  Visual System
  Cockpit/Instrument System
  Linkage-Interface System
  Support Equipment System

We also provide some souvenirs in our souvenir counter exclusively and you will not find them anywhere else. You may buy souvenirs you are interested in when you visit our counter at F-16A Simulator Training Facility, 3^rd Fighter Wing, Iswahjudi AFB. Here are some of them to mention :

  F-16A Simulator Official Badges

• Anytime Any Mission Badge
• System Administrator (Gotcha!) Badge
• Computer System Group (Error!) Badge
• Visual System Group (BlueEyes) Badge
• Linkage-Interface System Group (SoundTracker) Badge
• Cockpit/Instrument System Group (Eject!) Badge
• Support Equipment System Group (Eureka!) Badge

  F-16A Simulator Stickers
  F-16A Simulator Keyrings
  F-16A Simulator Technician Mugs

• Right Side View
• Left Side View

  F-16A Simulator Technician T-Shirts (available in white and dark blue options)

• Front View
• Back View

You may want to know in more detail the companies which built the Indonesian Air Force F-16A Full Mission Simulator as well as other links that tell about Simulator and Simulation. Here are the links :

Simulator Manufacturers

• Thomson Training and Simulation Ltd., UK subsidiary of Thomson-CSF, France
• Evans and Sutherland Computer Co., USA
• Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft System, USA
• L3 Communications - Link Simulation & Training, USA
• CAE, Canada

Simulator and Simulation Documentations

• History of Flight Simulation
• Royal Aeronautics Society's Flight Simulation Group
• Sources of Edwin A. Link - Father of Flight Simulator
• Simulation and Simulator Research at NASA
• RTAF F-16A Simulator Homepage
• Indonesian Air Force C-130H Hercules at Training Facility, 1^st Transport Wing, Halim Perdanakusuma AFB
• United States Department of Defense's Defense Modeling and Simulation Office Homepage

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