United States Army Special Operations Aviation Aircrew Training Program

This training circular (TC) is the capstone for the aircrew training manual (ATM)-series publications. Based on the battle-focused training principles outlined in Field Manual (FM) 25-101, Battle Focused Training, it will help commanders at all levels to develop, implement, and administer a comprehensive aircrew training program. This manual encompasses individual and crew training and establishes crew member qualification, refresher, mission, and continuation training requirements. It also gives guidance on tailoring training to meet individual, crew, and unit needs based on the unit mission-essential task list (METL). It provides guidelines for predicting and allocating unit flying hours to ensure that the commander gets the greatest possible training value out of every flying hour. This manual applies to all unit commanders who have aviation assets. The crew coordination descriptions in this publication do not focus exclusively on individual training. They blend individual training with crew training and provide a link to FMs, Army Training and Evaluation Program (ARTEP) Mission Training Plans (MTPs), and other doctrinal and training material. The goal is to develop cohesive, combat-ready aviation units.The ultimate training objective of any combat unit is for the unit to be able to operate on the combined arms and joint battlefield. Toward that end, effective individual and crew training programs form the foundation for an aviation unit training program. Once the unit establishes individual and crew training programs, commanders must integrate them into an effective collective-training program. As one of the commander's primary training documents, TC 1-210-1 links individual and unitcollective tasks. The commander also uses FM 7-0, Training the Force, and FM 25-101, Battle Focused Training, to link the aircraft operator's manual, ATM, and individual-training program to the collective-training program.