Training & Operations

S3 Instructor/Operator providing instruction to student aviators in RW flight simulator.

provides Training solutions to DoD, US Military Services, other US Government agencies, Partner Nations, and Commercial Customers. Our solutions represent the full spectrum of live, constructive and virtual training programs.  ’s training products and services include individual training, education, and professional development for military forces and other security agencies; collective training programs for crews, teams, units, joint operations, and coalition exercises; simulation/simulator training programs that enhance learning and lower customer costs; and advisory and assistance technical services that help our customers execute force development, force modernization, mission analysis, and acquisition strategies. is capable of providing a wide range training products and services to our CONUS and OCONUS based customers. Our subsidiary, Kachemak Bay Flying Service (KBFS), offers technical training, primarily to General Aviation commercial customers within the United States.

Individual Training

has abundant experience in delivering institutional training programs to the US Military to build individual knowledge, skills and expertise of the Warfighter. has excelled in delivering individual training programs in the “school-house” (e.g., the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command’s branch Centers of Excellence and the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command). Our programs have provided academic, simulator and training device, and live weapons employment training for land, sea, and air operations.

The following lists our individual training areas of expertise:

  • Aviation Individual Gunnery Skills Training
  • Aviation Qualification Training
  • Aviation Readiness Level Progression (RL) Training
  • Aviation Advanced Tactical Skills Training
  • Course Development
  • Electronic Warfare Training
  • Force Protection and Antiterrorism
  • International Military Education and Training (IMET)
  • Language Training
  • Leader Training
  • Maintenance Training
  • Mission Equipment Package Support Familiarity/Qualification Training
  • Mobile Training Team (MTT) Field Operations
  • New Equipment Fielding and Training (NETT)
  • Risk Mitigation and Safety Training
  • Selected Task Trainer and Simulator Operations
  • UAS Qualification Training
  • Manned-Unmanned-Teaming (MUM-T) Training
  • Link 16 Training
  • Aircraft Preparations for Deployment Training

Collective (Unit) Training

is one of the first contractors entrusted to provide advanced aviation qualification and tactical training to US Army pilots.  Earning a reputation for fielding the very best helicopter and airplane instructor pilots (all with prior military experience), gained our customers’ trust in our individual training programs and soon augmented US military forces in planning, preparing, executing, evaluating, and validating scenario-based unit training programs and exercises. has provided collective training to a variety of US and Partner Nation organizations that require training from crew drills through coalition exercises.

The following lists functional capabilities we bring to collective training programs:

  • Coalition Training Exercises
  • Combined Arms Training Exercises
  • Crew Coordination Training
  • Crew Drills
  • Crew Gunnery Training
  • Field Training Exercises
  • Foreign Military Unit Training
  • Force on Force Ground and Air Exercises
  • Combined Arms Live Fire Exercises
  • Joint Training Exercises
  • Manned-Unmanned Flight Operations
  • Mission Essential Task List (METL) Training
  • Tactical Exercises Without Troops
  • Team Situational Training Exercises (STX)
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Last Updated 08/23/2023