Air Force pilots get an AI-assist with scheduling aircrews

Take it from Capt. Kyle McAlpin when he says that scheduling C-17 aircraft crews is a headache. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Flight Commander for the Department of Air Force–MIT AI Accelerator Program, McAlpin is also an experienced C-17 pilot. "You could have a mission change and spend the next 12 hours of your life rebuilding a schedule that works," he says.