Army Aviation AR 95-1 Dunker Training

Does your unit have an upcoming over-water mission? Are you in need of AR 95-1 compliant dunker training? If you aren’t already aware, the HOST facility at FT. Rucker conducted its last day of training on 29 June 2018 due to a change in Flight School requirements. For the rest of Army Aviation, the AR 95-1 requirement continues. Army personnel in need of training due to an upcoming over-water mission, please contact us now to discuss your training options. 888-386-5371.

Army personnel operating aircraft engaged in over-water flight are required to adhere to Army Regulation 95-1 – Page 50, Section 8-11, f(3)_22Mar2018.

f. Aircraft engaged in over-water flight will adhere to the following requirements:

(3) Helicopter aircrews performing over-water operations that are required to wear life preservers per paragraph 8–11f(1) should be shallow water egress trainer (SWET) or modular egress training simulator (METS) (commonly referred to as dunker) qualified, current, and carry an approved emergency breathing system (EBS). Aircrews performing deck landing operations will be SWET or METS qualified, current, and carry an approved EBS. Initial qualification and recur-rent training will be entered in the flight records during the annual closeout.

For units who would prefer to send their personnel to participate in the full dunker course (either the 1 day or 2 day program) with Emergency Breathing System, our Groton Training Center in Groton, CT is available and open for your use year round. The facility features program that adhere to the requirements outlined in the above AR 95-1 and which have been used by both active duty and National Guard personnel both in CONUS and OCONUS. The facility fields a Modular Egress Training Simulator (METS®) which can be configured to match any number of Army aircraft, including UH-60 and CH-47. The Groton facility also has the ONLY UH-72 cockpit doors in existence for METS® simulators anywhere in the world. And with Ft. Rucker now closed, the Groton facility has one of only two Apache METS® simulators in the world. The second located at Camp Humphreys, S. Korea. So if you fly the aircraft the Army is flying – we have the doors for you to use in training!