Situation Assessment and Decision Making in Skilled Fighter Pilots

Abstract

This chapter presents preliminary findings from an attempt to identify situation assessment and decision making processes that account for differences in observed mission performance among skilled fighter pilots. The impetus for the study came directly from the US Air Force Chief of Staff. In 1991, he posed a number of questions concerning situation awareness "SA" for the F-15 fighter world. From a naturalistic, as well as an operational Air Force perspective, SA is more than simply knowledge and understanding of the environment.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA483733

Entities

People

  • Herbert H. Bell
  • Wayne L. Waag

Organizations

  • Armstrong Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Environment
  • Flight Simulations
  • Information Operations
  • Military Research
  • Simulations
  • Situational Awareness
  • Training

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Theoretical Analysis.