To require a report on the High Altitude Aviation Training Site in Eagle County, Colorado.

1. Adds SEC. 352. REPORT ON HIGH ALTITUDE AVIATION TRAINING SITE, EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO at the end of subtitle D of title III

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   (c) Form of Report.--Any report submitted under subsection (a) shall be submitted in both classified and unclassified form.

   Inserted: SEC. 352. REPORT ON HIGH ALTITUDE AVIATION TRAINING SITE, EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO.

   Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than December 15, 2006, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the High Altitude Aviation Training Site (HAATS) in Eagle County, Colorado.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) A description of the type of high altitude aviation training being conducted at the High Altitude Aviation Training Site, including the number of pilots who receive such training on an annual basis and the types of aircraft used in such training.

   Inserted: (2) A description of the number and type of helicopters required at the High Altitude Aviation Training Site to provide the high altitude aviation training needed to sustain the war strategies contained in the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, assuming that priority is afforded in the provision of such training to commanders, instructor pilots, aviation safety officers, and deploying units.

   Inserted: (3) A thorough evaluation of accident rates for deployed helicopter pilots of the Army who receive high altitude aviation training at the High Altitude Aviation Training Site, and accident rates for deployed Army helicopter pilots who did not receive such training, including the following:

   Inserted: (A) An estimate (set forth as a range) of the number of accidents attributable to power management.

   Inserted: (B) The number of accidents occurring in a combat environment.

   Inserted: (C) The number of accidents occurring in a non-combat environment.

   Inserted: (4) An evaluation of the inventory and availability of Army aircraft for purposes of establishing an appropriate schedule for the assignment of a CH-47 aircraft to the High Altitude Aviation Training Site; if the Chief of Staff of the Army determines there is value in conducting such training at the HAATS.

   Inserted: (5) A description of the status of any efforts to ensure that all helicopter aircrews deployed to the area of responsibility of the Central Command (CENTCOM AOR) are qualified in mountain flight and power management prior to deployment, including the locations where such training occurred, with particular focus on the status of such efforts with respect to aircrews to be deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

   Inserted: (c) Tracking System.--The Secretary shall implement a system for tracking those pilots that have attended a school with an established Program of Instruction for high altitude aviation operations training. The system should, if practical, utilize an existing system that permits the query of pilot flight experience and training.

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   At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following:

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