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!

Broken Wing Awards

“The United States Army’s Broken Wing Award recognizes an individual who demonstrate a high degree of professional skill while recovering from an in-flight failure or malfunction requiring an emergency landing”.

The requirements for this award, as stated in Army Regulation 672-74, specify that, “An aircrew member must, through outstanding airmanship, minimize or prevent aircraft damage or injury to personnel during an emergency situation. The aircrew member must have shown extraordinary skill while recovering an aircraft from an in-flight emergency situation.”

These Lear Siegler Services Instructor Pilots have, when the situation arose, demonstrated the outstanding airmanship and extraordinary skill necessary to recover from an in-flight emergency situation. For their actions they have been awarded the Army’s Broken Wing . . .

1996
Mr. Melvin J. Strobel, Instrument IP, Advanced Division

1997
Mr. John D. Edmunds, Jr., Contact & Instrument IP, Advanced Division

2003
Mr. Billie Loucks, Instrument IP, Advanced Division
Mr. Robert C. "RC" Smith, Contact IP, Primary Division

2004
Mr. Donald A. Law, Contact IP, Primary Division

2005
Mr. Robert M. Gustafson, Contact IP, Basic Warfighter Skills Division
Mr. Herschel M. Hicks, Instrument IP, Advanced Division