Statement of Training Objectives - Austere Environment High-Altitude Advanced Flight Training.docx

STATEMENT OF TRAINING OBJECTIVES

Advanced Flight Training Det. 45, Operational Support Airlift

1. GENERAL:

Detachment 45, Operational Support Airlift operates seven days a week out of the mountainous terrain of Northern Nevada and performs a broad spectrum of airlift activities in all 54 states and territories; an operating environment which includes regular operation in vast mountain ranges with peaks over 10,000 feet above sea level to airfields and environments at or below sea level. Targeted training is required to expand the flying expertise of pilots, reduce the risk of a mishap during operations, and increase the likelihood of survivability in extremely austere environments should a mishap occur.

2. ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING DESCRIPTION:

a. Training must include at least 6 days, with 2-3 Hours per day of ground school, and incorporate all aspects of off-field, Taildragger, formation flight procedures, extreme cold weather survivability and feature mountain flying and water landings in a float plane.

b. Training course will provide at least 6 days, with 3-6 flight hours of instruction in off-field, Taildragger, formation flying and mountain flying profiles per pilot.

c. The training area should include standard, off-field or gravel, and float equipped water landings utilized in the course.

d. The aircraft used for training must be multi-engine or single-engine, fixed-wing propeller airplanes and should be similar in-flight characteristics to the Beechcraft King Air (99 or 300) (C-12) or the Grob G120P.

e. Multiple airframes are expected for the difference in flight profiles and wheel configurations. The intent is to have much of the training completed in a King Air (C-12) type aircraft, and the float plane and the Tail-wheel training accomplished in other airframes enabled for those profiles.

f. Instructor pilots teaching the maneuvers and classes must have over 1000 hours of flying experience and a minimum of 500 hours instructing in mountains to ensure the most experienced instructors are provided.

g. Training must be able to teach students to understand mountain geography, weather, winds, illusions, analysis of mountainous areas, analysis of off-field landing sites, aircraft mishap survivability and post-mishap bushcraft and survival techniques.

h. Training must also give the students the skills necessary to perform airplane terrain flight in elevation profiles ranging from At or Near sea-level to more than 18,000 feet above sea level.

i. Upon successful completion of the course, trainees will receive a tail-wheel endorsement and Float-plane rating.

j. Training must be completed by 30 September 2024 to preclude delays due to changing winter weather conditions in austere training environments.

3. ATTENDING STUDENT EXPERIENCE LEVELS:

a. Each pilot has over a combined 1,500 hours in at least 2 aircraft.

b. Each pilot in training is an instructor pilot in at least 1 airframe and are rated in both Fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. They have received underwater egress training (Dunker).

c. Each pilot received primary training at Ft Rucker, Alabama (about sea level), then Reno, Nevada (about 5,050 ft. to 10,600 ft. altitude), then other assignments. All pilots attended the rotary wing High Altitude Aviation Training Site Power Management course at Eagle, Colorado.

(End Statement of Training Objectives)