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Welcome to Amentum Services, Inc. Fort Novosel.

Amentum has been honored to be the U.S. Army’s rotary wing flight trainer since 1989. We have trained over 30,000 Army, Air Force, and Allied students to meet their world-wide commitments as military rotary wing pilots. 
We serve at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, Fort Novosel, Alabama, which is the largest helicopter flight training school in the world.

Amentum provides training and education services to approximately 1500 + Army and Air Force initial entry rotary wing students annually to fly. From aviation theory and simulation instruction to actual flight training, Amentum instructors lead 
undergraduate student pilots through months of intensive training in Basic, Instrument, and Warfighter skills. This foundation ensures our students are prepared for advanced aircraft qualification and successful careers as military aviators. In addition, we conduct numerous graduate level programs for rated aviators from the U.S. and foreign countries.

Our senior managers and instructors are the most experienced in the world with backgrounds in lift, attack, cavalry, and special operations aviation. Many of our employees have military backgrounds, are combat veterans and serve in the National Guard and Reserves. We take great pride in being role models for our students, promoting the Aviation Warrior Ethos, and setting the standard for excellence in Army aviation. Safety is absolutely paramount in every facet of our program, as reflected in our unprecedented safety record.

As one of the nation's leading multi-service contractors, Amentum is proud to be a member of the Army Aviation Team and we are committed to providing the finest in aviation training. America’s sons and daughters deserve nothing less!

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Training Directorate

Amentum's training team is, experienced, knowledgeable, ethical, and mission-focused. It is dedicated and committed to enabling the Government to adjust to future flight training, training support and training service support needs with maximum ease and flexibility. Amentum is the Government's "right arm" organization for prompt, professional, and dependable training regardless of the mission.

The Training Directorate is the major production element in the Amentum organization. It is managed by the Director of Training and is comprised of the Primary, Advanced, Basic Warfighter Skills, Academics and Air Force Divisions, training over 1500 flight students per year. Amentum will continue to reflect a forward-looking vision to support the Army's aviation training mission at the highest levels of professionalism and productivity.

Amentum's proactive Safety Program maintains a seamless integration with the training program where adherence to safety is paramount. Amentum's experienced and qualified trainers are dedicated to achieve one goal:

PRODUCING THE HIGHEST QUALITY MILITARY AVIATORS POSSIBLE!

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Safety Directorate

Amentum leads the way in safety at the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE). We are the first to introduce aviation and safety to those who aspire to become Army and Air Force Rotary Wing Aviators. We take our mission seriously to train Army, Air Force and Allied Nation students how to think like an aviator and how to operate military helicopters from the most simple to the most complex aspects of military rotary wing flight. Amentum conducts this training to new pilots every day and night. We do so with an industry leading, low accident rate.

Our instructors and staff have more cumulative experience than one can find anywhere else. Our highly trained and experienced safety staff has extensive expertise derived from their combined years of hands on experience and formal education in their fields:

Aviation: 104 years

Military: 82 years

Safety: 59 years

Education: 21 years Graduate and Undergraduate

Years on contract: 32

Credentials: Instrument, Multi-Engine and Certified Flight Instructor certifications, Federal Aviation Safety Officer, Army Instructor Pilot, Standardization Pilot , Instrument Examiner, NTSB Accident Investigation and DoD Accident Investigation Board President certifications. Project Management Professional

Experience: Platoon Leader, Commander, Army Battalion and Brigade Safety Management, Battalion Standardization Management, Navy and Civilian Safety Program Management, Airline Pilot, Emergency Management operations, OSHA Compliance Officer, Personnel Recovery Operations Management.

Amentum fosters a safety culture as a part of doing aviation business. We promote safety by being involved in the day-to-day operations, trend analysis, mitigating risk as much as possible and elevating risk decisions to the appropriate level, as a systematic approach to accident prevention. Because at Amentum…

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"Nothing We Do Is Worth An Accident!"

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Quality Directorate

Amentum's Rotary Wing Flight Training (RWFT) organization is ISO 9001:2015 certified with a Quality and Standardization team that is, experienced, knowledgeable, ethical, and mission-focused. It is dedicated and committed to enabling the Government to adjust to future flight training, training support and training service support needs with maximum ease and flexibility. Amentum is the Government's "right arm" organization for prompt, professional, and dependable training regardless of the mission.
The Quality Directorate is the quality control element in the Amentum RWFT organization. It is managed by the Director of Quality with surveillance and oversight by the Director of Standardization. It is comprised of the Cairns Methods of Instruction (MOI), (Primary and Instruments), Shell MOI (Basic Warfighter Skills) Standardization Instructor pilots, Academic’s and Air Force Division’s Quality Control personal Standardization responsible for the training of all newly hired personnel and existing instructor pilots. Amentum will continue to reflect a forward-looking vision to support the Army's aviation training mission at the highest levels of professionalism, quality and standardization.
Amentum's proactive Safety Program maintains a seamless integration with the Standardization program where adherence to safety is paramount. Amentum's experienced and qualified trainers are dedicated to achieve one goal:

PRODUCING THE HIGHEST QUALITY INSTRUCTOR PILOTS AND TRAINERS POSSIBLE!

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STDS/QC - Primary | We Set the Standard

STDS/QC provides Quality Control oversight for all academics and Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) flight instruction conducted within the Primary Division. This covers daily flight briefing, academic class presentation, Instructor Pilot/student records and No Notice Evaluation Program. Additionally retains the overall responsibility for training all newly hired Amentum Instructor Pilots and Military Quality Assurance personnel.

Structure
STDS / QC Primary
  • Number of Training Days: 32
  • Hours of Instruction: 41.5
  • Number of Flight Line Examinations:3
    • Operator's Supplement
    • Aircrew Coordination Training
    • Safety Survey
  • Academic Examinations:5
    • TH-67 Systems (Part I and Part II)
    • Instructing Fundamentals for Instructor Pilots
    • Regulations and Flip
    • Applied Aerodynamics

Instruction Overview

This course consists of 41.5 hours to be flown in 32 training days. The average daily block time is 5.5 hours. Tasks selected for training are derived from the references below:

  • Aviation Instructor's Handbook
  • FM 3-04.203
  • AR 40-8
  • IERW Flight Training Guide
  • AR 95-1
  • MOI IP Flight Training Guide
  • TH-67 Operatorís Supplement
  • Primary Division SOP
  • TC 3-04.93

The End of Course acceptance evaluation will be administered by a government Instructor Pilot or government designated Evaluator/Instructor Pilot.