The CAE Dothan Training Center is a 79,000 square-foot training facility providing live, virtual, and constructive training to the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and other customers. The Training Center is located at the Dothan Regional Airport in Dothan, Alabama and is home to the U.S. Army Fixed-Wing Flight Training Service and the U.S. Air Force Rotary-Wing, Introductory Flight Training (IFT-R). CAE with a team of industry partners use the Dothan Training Center to provide the Department of Defense with comprehensive initial and recurrent training for more than 800 U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force pilots annually.
The primary customers at the CAE Dothan Training Center are the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. Under the Fixed-Wing Flight Training Service program, CAE is responsible for providing all the required training for U.S. Army rotary-wing aviators transitioning to fly the Army’s fleet of more than 350 fixed-wing aircraft.
The Fixed-Wing Flight Training Service program serves as the Initial Qualification and Recurrent Training unit for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force C-12 Huron and other variants of the King Air aircraft such as the RC-12. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) train UC-12 aircrews at the CAE Dothan Training Center. Five and three-day C-12 (King Air 200) recurrent and refresher training courses are available at the Tranng Center as well as a three-day Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) course offered in partnership with Aviation Performance Solutions (APS). The UPRT course includes live-flying training in CAE-owned and operated Grob G120TP aircraft.
Established in 2023, the U.S. Air Force Introductory Flight Training – Rotary-Wing (IFT-R) program supports the Airman Development Command providing critical flight training to U.S. Air Force student pilots as part of the Helicopter Training Next program. IFT-R is the initial entry point for U.S. Air Force military Rotary-Wing pilots and provides air, ground, and simulation training for up to 100 students annually in the Bell-505 Jet Ranger X training aircraft.
Pilots
Academic / Classroom Training
Live Flying Training
Simulator / Training Devices
CAE Dothan Training Center
391 Art Morris Drive
Dothan, AL 36303
USA