You help fill valuable roles on the mission field

For many years, Jon Damon, the JAARS maintenance training coordinator, has dreamed of developing a mentorship program for aviation maintenance specialists. His own maintenance training for overseas service was a bit haphazard, and he had to pick up training in bits and pieces. Jon has longed for a place where mentorship can help people work through their weaknesses. And this dream has become a reality!

With help from people like you giving to JAARS Aviation Training Solutions, JAARS has begun a JATO (JAARS Assisted Take-Off) program for maintenance specialists. Now, if maintenance specialists who come to JAARS hoping to attend Pre-Field Orientation (PFO) learn they need more experience, they can stay and take the JATO program.

Evan Young, the current JATO participant, works on a project in the hangar.

Unlike the three-month PFO course, JATO is a highly individualized program, tailored to each person’s needs. It will equip maintenance specialists with the skills and confidence they need to oversee projects on the mission field. Well-trained maintenance specialists will then be available to fill valuable roles in mission organizations around the world, keeping mission aircraft safe and reliable.

Now, if maintenance specialists who come to JAARS hoping to attend Pre-Field Orientation (PFO) learn they need more experience, they can stay and take the JATO program.