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  • “Rotary-Wing Next” architect is AETC's Arthur S. Flemming award winner

    Capt. Matthew Strick from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Alabama, won AETC's annual Arthur S. Flemming Award award in the leadership and management category for his role in the transformation of helicopter undergraduate pilot training program centered on the development and

  • “Project da Vinci” transforming rotary-wing helicopter pilot training

    With inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci, the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., is transforming the learning environment with the intent of developing vertical-lift aviators better trained and prepared to conduct homeland security, combat search and rescue, and special operations

  • “Rotary-Wing Next” reduces aircraft flying time, training timeline

    “Rotary-Wing Next” marks a major milestone with the graduation of the first undergraduate helicopter pilot training class to utilize virtual reality Friday Oct. 11, 2019, at Fort Rucker, Ala. The first six students to complete the experimental curriculum in an effort to transform the learning