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US Air Force Pilots To Train On Diamond DA20C1s |
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The US Air Force Air Education Training Command has selected DOSS AVIATION of Colorado Springs, as provider of the Initial Flight Screening (IFS) program for US Air Force Pilots. DOSS was selected from three finalist bidders, all of whom had bid with a customized version of Diamond's DA20-C1.
The program is a 40 day 25 hr flight screening course for up to 1700 cadets annually. It includes cadet housing, dining, recreation, ground school, flight operations and maintenance and will operate out of a single facility in Pueblo Colorado with nearly 200 full time employees. The 10 year value of the program exceeds US$ 178 Million.
“We are particularly pleased to provide the aircraft for this program, because it underscores why DA20-C1s have been used to train US Air Force Academy cadets since 2002. The aircraft have proven themselves as capable flight training aircraft operating in a challenging high density altitude environment,” said Peter Maurer, President of www.dossaviation.com
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