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Proposed Consolidation of Undergraduate Helicopter Pilot Training at Fort Rucker, Alabama

FPCD-79-94 Published: Sep 26, 1979. Publicly Released: Sep 26, 1979.
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The Department of Defense (DOD) proposes to consolidate Army and Navy undergraduate helicopter pilot training (UHPT) programs. There are now two UHPT programs: an Army program at Fort Rucker, Alabama, which uses an all rotary-wing syllabus; and a Navy program near Pensacola, Florida, which uses a combination fixed-wing/rotary-wing syllabus. These two programs would be consolidated into an all rotary-wing program at Fort Rucker, Alabama. DOD forecasts that the change will result in approximately $100 million in savings over the next 5 years and believes that a consolidated program will offer training as good as or better than the training Navy's students now receive.

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