The Doss Aviation, Inc. Initial Flight Screening (IFS) program, under a contract with the USAF’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC), began operations on 1 October 2006. Doss IFS provides initial flying training to USAF aviation candidates with two primary objectives: First, IFS provides the Air Force an opportunity to screen Pilot and Combat System Officer (CSO) aviation candidates prior to their attendance at Undergraduate Flying Training (UFT). Second, IFS begins the development of the candidate’s aviation skills in order to enhance their ability to succeed in UFT. Doss conducts flight screening using the economical and safe Diamond Aviation DA-20 aircraft closely replicating the Air Force’ UFT environment
IFS takes place on a 48-acre campus located adjacent to the Pueblo Memorial Airport. Under the current contract and once at full capacity, Doss IFS will train up to 1,800 students annually. To accomplish this, Doss will fly approximately 25,000 sorties annually with each graduate logging 14 sorties and 18 hours of flight time during their 4 1/2 week IFS stay. In the current USAF provided training syllabus, the screening includes basic aircraft control, normal patterns and landings, emergency patterns and landings, stall recognition/recovery and basic navigation.
Doss Aviation is proud to team with LESCO of Huntsville, AL on this contract. LESCO employees provide security, food service and fitness center operations in our 209,000 square foot Doss IFS facility. We provide work space for all Doss and USAF personnel, plus large classrooms, flight rooms, a modern gymnasium, dining facility, hotel rooms, barber shop and convenience store, an auditorium, and many other features, to include 24 hour security. To maintain its fleet of DA-20 aircraft, Doss employs a state-of-the-art ISO 9001:2000 Quality Control Certified Maintenance facility consisting of three hangars. With the recent termination of the United States Air Force Academy’s Flight Screening Program, Doss IFS is now rightly known as ‘The Gateway to USAF Aviation’.
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