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- [Narrator] The Air
Force Research Laboratory

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kicked off the month of August

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with a shiny, new machine,

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a human-rated centrifuge.

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- A device such as this is
needed now more than ever.

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With the extreme
performance that is possible

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in our aircraft today, it is paramount

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that we provide the best training possible

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for our air crew members.

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This centrifuge will do that.

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- Prepare the pilot for
eight Gs for five seconds.

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Here we go.

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- [Narrator] Currently, Air Force pilots

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undergo centrifuge training in places

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like San Antonio, Texas,
but starting October first

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around 1,200 pilots a year will sit

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in this new, improved version.

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- So having a longer arm allows
for a more comfortable ride.

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It also more approximates what
it is like in an airplane,

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an airplane doesn't
turn on that short arm.

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The increased technology for
this centrifuge is impressive.

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It is a full motion
simulator, if you will.

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- So that's the runway
that they would see.

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So they would take off,
and then they would,

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as they turn, the horizon would turn here,

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and so it would be just like

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they were flying a real aircraft.

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- Flight's on, keep it
in, you're on top three.

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- [Narrator] The centrifuge spins airmen

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to forces equaling nine times
the normal force of gravity.

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It serves two purposes,

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the centrifuge will test
future pilots' ability

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to endure those high g-forces
under controlled conditions,

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and it will also be used
to research the effect

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of high gravitational
force on human physiology.

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Reporting from
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

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in Ohio, I'm Chris Decker.