Welcome to KDAM ATARS!

CAE USA MSI (CAE USA MSI) is the lead contractor on the KDAM ATARS contract and operates this site on behalf of the US Air Force. If you are looking for information about the US Air Force, please visit their official home page at www.af.mil.

MSI’s mission, as it relates to this contract, is to provide aircrew instruction (initial/mission qualification, refresher, upgrade, and currency), student services, Contractor Logistics Support, concurrency management, Training Systems Support Center, aircraft concurrency modifications to the aircrew training devices, courseware, support for Distributed Mission Operations, Database Generations Services, and cybersecurity in support of the US Air Force and its global mission.

The KDAM ATARS users are represented by US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Air Combat Command (ACC), and Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).

The KDAM ATARS overall mission is to be the total comprehensive source for schoolhouse operations for unique crew positions across six aircraft and initial qualification training for AFSOC Special Operations Forces (SOF) aircrews, all training for ACC Personnel Recovery (PR) aircrews, all training for AFGSC Vertical Lift Aircrews in Nuclear Security Response, and all training for Convoy Support and AF District of Washington (AFDW) Vertical Lift Aircrews in Continuity of Government and Continuity of Operations support.