DOI — Office of Aviation Services
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- 01/04/2013 - Letter of Agreement between the Department of the Interior and the Federal Aviation Administration Concerning Unmanned Aircraft Systems Pilot Knowledge Test
- 08/14/2015 - DOI - eCOA for Paradise Fire in Olympic National Park August 14, 2015
- 10/30/2015 - Between the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Aviation Services and the National Aeronautical and Space Administration, Ames Research Center (NASA) - Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Airworthiness Evaluation
- Airward News - 2009 Issue 1
- Airward News - 2010 Issue 1
- Airward News - 2012 Issue 1
- Airward News - 2013 Issue 1
- Airward News - 2013 Issue 2
- Airward News - 2017 Issue 1
- Airward News - August, 1999
- Airward News - August, 2001
- Airward News - August, 2003
- Airward News - December, 2002
- Airward News - December, 2006
- Airward News - December, 2007
- Airward News - December, 2008
- Airward News - January, 2005
- Airward News - July, 2001
- Airward News - July, 2004
- Airward News - June, 2000
- Airward News - June, 2001
- Airward News - June, 2003
- Airward News - March, 2001
- Airward News - March, 2002
- Airward News - October, 2000
- Airward News - October, 2003
- Airward News - September, 1999
- Airward News - September, 2000
- Airward News - September, 2001
- Airward News - September, 2002
- Airward News - September, 2003
- Airward News - September, 2004
- Airward News - September, 2005
- Airward News - Special Edition: Northern Region
- Airward Nomination Form
- All OAS Departmental Manual Chapters
- All OPM
- AOM-4 Cooperator Request & Approval
- Appendix 6
- Department of Defense Memorandum of Understanding
- DOI Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 22-01 Interagency Aviation Safety Training
- DOI Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 22-02 SOLO UAS Battery Life
- DOI Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 23-01 Safety Management Systems (SMS)
- DOI Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin: 26-01 Fleet Aircraft Alterations
- DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 18-01 3DR SOLO UAS ISSUES
- DOI Information Bulletin 16-02 Unauthorized purchases and use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as "drones"
- DOI Information Bulletin 25-01 NDAA and DOI UAS Operations
- DOI Lessons Learned 24-01 In-Flight Emergencies and Passenger/Crew Responsibilities
- DOI Lessons Learned 24-02 Flight Preparations
- DOI Lessons Learned 25-01 Pilot Proficiency
- DOI Lessons Learned 25-02 Improper Installation of Flight Controls
- DOI OAS Approved Inspectors List
- DOI OAS Approved UPRT Schools
- DOT-SP-9198 (Seventeenth Revision)
- Drug Enforcement Agency Memorandum of Understanding
- FY 2017 DOI Aviation Safety Summary & Annual Report
- FY 2020 DOI Aviation Safety Summary & Annual Report
- FY 2021 DOI Aviation Safety Summary & Annual Report
- FY 2022 DOI Aviation Safety Summary & Annual Report
- FY 2023 DOI Aviation Safety Summary & Annual Report
- FY 2024 DOI Aviation Safety Summary & Annual Report
- FY 2025 DOI Aviation Safety Summary & Annual Report
- Information Bulletin 05-01 New Online Training for the Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA)
- Information Bulletin 05-02 R-44 Helicopters (Supersedes OAS Information Bulletin 02-02)
- Information Bulletin 09-01 Rev 1 Guidelines for SES Travel on Government Aircraft
- Information Bulletin 11-01 Office of Aviation Services System (AMS) Update and Guidance
- Information Bulletin 11-02 Changes to Non-Fleet (Exclusive Use, On-Call, Rental) Aircraft Invoice Processing
- Information Bulletin 13-01 Issuance of the 2013 comprehensive national level aviation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), dated 1-2-13 between the Department of Interior (DOI) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG).
- Information Bulletin 13-03 Issuance of the 2013 comprehensive national level aviation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), dated 04-01-13 between the Department of Interior (DOI) Office of Aviation Services (OAS) and the State of Texas, Texas Department of Public Safety (TX-DPS)
- Information Bulletin 13-04 DOI Law Enforcement (LE) MOU Status (This Information Bulletin (IB) replaces IB 03-02 "Drug Law Enforcement Agreements".)
- Information Bulletin 13-05 Operation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
- Information Bulletin 14-02 Issuance of the aviation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), dated January 7, 2014 between the Department of Interior (DOI) Office of Aviation Services (OAS) and the State of California-California Highway Patrol (CHP).
- Information Bulletin 14-03 Issuance of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), dated Jan 23, 2014 between the Department of Interior (DOI) Office of Aviation Services (OAS) and the Federal Aviation Administration, UAS Integration Office (AFS-80) Regarding Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Class G Airspace.
- Information Bulletin 14-05 Aviation Management Plans and Project Aviation Safety Plans
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 07-01 Aviation Fuel Filtration Warning
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 09-01 Winter Weather Safety
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 09-03 Bird Strike Avoidance
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 09-04 Hazard Map Preparation
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 09-05 Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) for ATGS and Fire Reconnaissance Operations
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 09-06 Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 09-07 Dog Days of Summer
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 09-08 Mobilization of Aviation Resources
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 10-01 Winter Weather Safety
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 10-02 Medications, Flying, and Fitness
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 10-03 Inadvertent IMC? No Way!
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 10-04 The Helmet Saved the Day
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 10-05 New ATC Taxi Instructions
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 10-06 Summer Operations
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 11-01 Aerial Ignition Operations
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 11-02 Flight Helmet Maintenance
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 11-03 Mid-Air Collision Avoidance
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 11-04 Dip Site Considerations
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 12-01 Wind Effects on Idling Rotorcraft
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 12-02 Lithium Batteries
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 18-01 Attention to Detail: Hidden Seatbelt Danger
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 18-02 Smoke Column Hazards
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 20-01 Aviation Life Support Equipment
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 21-01 Engine Ice Awareness
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 21-02 Terrain Awareness Warning Systems (TAWS), Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS), and Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities in wildland firefighting operations
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 21-03 Aviation Life Support Equipment
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 21-04 Aircraft Operations in Poor Visibility
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 21-05 Drought Conditions and Increased Risk for Water-Scooping Aircraft
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 22-01 FAA Release of AIR 21-18: Risk of Potential Adverse Effects on Radio Altimeters
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 22-02 NWCG Equipment Technology Committee (ETC) Advisory 22-01, Inspection of 3,000lb Cargo Nets
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 22-03 Defective Matrice 600 Flight Batteries
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 22-04 Hypoxia in an Unpressurized Aircraft
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 22-05 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) NOTAMs
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 23-01 Hazardous Materials in Aircraft
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 23-02 Aircraft Ready for Flight (Preflight Inspections)
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 23-03 Aircraft Fuel Management
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 23-04 Freefly Alta X Landing Gear Separations During Flight
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 23-05 Maintenance Related Incidents and Countermeasures for Human Errors
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 23-06 Bell Medium Helicopter operations with Simplex Model 304 Fire Attack System
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 24-01 Aircraft Fuel Sampling During Preflight Inspections
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 24-02 Aircraft Servicing
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 24-03 Helicopter Ground Operations
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 24-04 "Doors off" Helicopter Operations
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 24-05 Aviation Management in High Operational Tempo
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 24-06 sUAS Parrot Anafi Propeller Blades
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 24-07 Change to Temporary Flight Restrictions Mid-Shift
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 26-01: Winter Flight Operations
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 26-02: Pilatus PC-12 Nose Landing Gear
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 26-03: Wire Strike Avoidance
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 26-04: Supplemental Oxygen
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 26-05: Handheld Radio Interference - Skydio X10/X10D Controllers
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 26-06: Aircraft Engine Carburetor Heat Rigging
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 26-07: GPS Interference Testing
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 26-08: Lithium Batteries
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin 26-09: Misrigged Flight Controls
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin: 25-01 Non-Towered Airport Operations
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin: 25-02 Flight Deck Visibility
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin: 25-03 Redmond Airport Airspace
- Interagency Aviation Accident Prevention Bulletin: 25-04 Cockpit Recording Devices
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 10-01 Distribution and Utilization of Peer-to-Peer Accountability Tools
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 11-01 Closure of La Grande Airtanker Base
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 11-02 Aviation Operations Within Mutual Aid Zone USA/Mexico
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 11-03 Opening of La Grande Airtanker Base (LGATB)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 11-04 Missoula Airport Closure
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 11-05 Re-closure of La Grande Airtanker Base
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 12-01 La Grande Airtanker Base
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 12-02 Coeur d' Alene Airtanker Base
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 12-03 2012 Interagency Helicopter Operations Guide (IHOG)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 13-01 Airtanker Base Frequency Changes
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 13-02 Libby Airtanker Base 2013 Temporary Location
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 13-03 2013 Interagency Helicopter Operations Guide (IHOG)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 13-04 Aviation Hazard Maps and Digital Database Survey
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 13-05 Aerial Ignition Spheres
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 14-01 Airtanker Base Frequency Change 2014
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 14-02 Libby Airtanker Base 2014 Temporary Location
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 14-03 Jeffco Airtanker Base Temporary Relocation to Ft. Collins/Loveland
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 14-04: Redmond Municipal Airport (Roberts Field - RDM) Runway Closure
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 15-01: Initial Attack Frequency Zones naming convention in the Southwest Interagency Coordination Center (SWICC)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 15-03: Libby Airtanker Base 2015 Temporary Location
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 18-01 Temporary Location for the Ft. Huachuca Airtanker Base
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 18-02 Stead Tanker Base (KRTS) Runway Closure
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 19-01 2019 Wildland Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems Briefing for Aviation Personnel
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 20-06 Reno/Stead Airport Construction and Service Changes
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 21-01 Reporting Manned and Unmanned TFR Intrusions
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 21-02 Geospatial Portal for Nightwatch, FireWatch Cobra and FireWatch 51
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 21-03 Grand Junction, Colorado Airport Construction June 14-21, 2021
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 21-04 Helena, Montana Airport Construction June 5-13, 2021
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 21-05 Medford and Klamath Falls, Oregon Airport Construction - June 2021
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 21-06 Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) Management and Considerations
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 21-07 2021 Wildland Fire Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Briefing for Aviation Personnel
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 21-08 Accessing Automated Telemetry Unit (ATU) in the Fire Enterprise Geospatial Portal (EGP)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 21-09 Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) crossing multiple Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) Airspace Boundaries
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 22-02 Idaho Airtanker Base Construction
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 22-03 Hill Airtanker Base Fueling
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 22-04 Clarification of NWCG Fire Traffic Area Diagram and FAA Temporary Flight Restrictions
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 22-05 McCall Airport and Airtanker Base Repainting of Runway Markings
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 22-06 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operations within Incident Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 23-01 New Nationwide Airtanker Base Frequency (Revision May 23, 2023)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 23-02 Mixing Dissimilar Retardants from the Same or Different Manufacturers
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 23-03 Grand Junction Airport Construction Summer 2023
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 23-04 Integrated Operational Field Evaluation (I-OFE)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 23-05 Billings Logan International Airport (KBIL) and Laurel Municipal Airport (6S8) Closure August 10-13, 2023
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 23-06 Non-Agency, Non-Cooperator UAS TFRs (91.137(a)(1))
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 23-07 Temporary Airtanker Base – Alexandria, LA (AEX)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 24-01 Approval Process for Aircraft Participating within Incident Temporary Flight Restrictions
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 24-03 Grand Junction Airport - Runway Shortened
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 24-04 Name Change: Fire Boss to Single Engine Scooper
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 24-05 Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) crossing multiple Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) Airspace Boundaries
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 25-01 Single-Engine Scooper Numbering and Identification Change
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 25-02 Notice 7930.114 - NOTAM Term Change from Notice to Air Missions to Notice to Airmen
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 25-03 Southern Border Flight Operations
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 25-04 Eastern Idaho Flight Following Frequency Change
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 25-05 UAS AFF
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 26-01: Prescribed Fire (RX) Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs)
- Interagency Aviation Information Bulletin 26-02: Non-Leather Flight Boots IALSE Guidance Clarification
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 17-06 Equipment Foul Lines and Foul Boxes at Airtanker Bases
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 18-01 Aircraft Accident Success Story
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 18-02 Accident Lessons Learned
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 21-01 Fire Boss Scooping Operations
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 21-02 Firefighting Flight Operations
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 21-03 Single Engine Air Tanker Operations
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 22-01 Changing of the Seasons
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 24-01: Airtanker Base Ground Operations
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 25-01: Flight Line Safety
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 25-02: King Air Pitch Trim Malfunction
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 25-03: Pre-Mission Planning
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 25-04: Human Factors - Startle Effect
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 25-05: Expectation Bias
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 25-06: Precautionary Landings
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 26-01: Channelized Attention
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 26-02: Distractions
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 26-03: Flight Distraction and Complacency
- Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 26-04: Flight Safety - Operational Pauses
- Interagency Aviation Life Support Equipment Handbook/Guide
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 17-03 Aircraft Operations in Poor Visibility
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 20-02 Aircraft Fuel - Sampling Quality Assurance
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 20-03 Adjustments to Emergency Procedures for Drone Amplified Ignis II
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 20-04 Synthetic Long Lines
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 21-01 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) DJI M600 Mishaps
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 21-02 Revision to IASA 21-02 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) DJI M600 Mishaps
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 21-03 Preventing Remote Hook Inadvertent Release
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 21-04 Properly Refusing Unnecessary Risk in Aviation
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 21-05 Aircraft Dispatch Form Accuracy
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 21-06 "Klump Pump" or "Smart Pump" External Load
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 22-01 Esmet 3000 Pound Capacity Cargo Swivel
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 23-01 Portable Electronic Device (PED) Safety and Security
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 23-02 Matrice 600 Pro Batteries - Thermal Expansion
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 24-01 Aircraft Ventilation During Retardant Loading Operations
- Interagency Aviation Safety Alert 26-01: Recall of Orion Skyblazer II Red XLT Aerial Signal
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 22-01 Malfunctioning Matrice 600 Propellers
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 22-02 Interagency Fire Helicopter Mechanic Approval
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 24-01 Plastic Aerial Ignition Spheres with Energetic Reactions
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 24-02 Dragon Egg Plastic Sphere Devices
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 24-03 USFS and DOI Aircraft Procurement, Release vs. Reassigned
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 25-01 Attitude and Heading Errors After Sustained Turns
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 25-02 LC E20 Contaminants
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 26-01: Cargo Hook Operational Checks
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 26-02: Suspected Unapproved Parts
- Interagency Aviation Tech Bulletin 26-03: Weight Reduction
- Interagency Fire Helicopter Standards (Effective through 4/7/2030)
- Interagency Mission Certification Standards
- Interagency Tech Bulletin 2018-01: NAS1211B20 Ring and Stud Failure, Rappel Spotter Tether Attachment System
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States Department of the Interior Office of Aviation Services and Teton County, Wyoming
- Non-Leather Boot List
- OAS-110 Travel Cost Analysis
- OAS-13F Request for Acquisition of Fleet Aircraft
- OAS-13U Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Acquisition Request Form
- OAS-67 Interagency Helicopter Load Calculation
- OAS-74 Aircraft Modification Request
- OAS-75 Aircraft Disposal Request
- OAS-79 Aircraft Maintenance Estimate Form
- OAS-93U UAS Fleet Information Document
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- Safety Alert 14-01 Copper Pellets used in ACETA Missions
- Safety Alert 25-01: Top Cub Rear Flight Control Stick Installation
- Safety Alert 25-02: Beaver Ignition Interlock
- Safety Alert 25-03: Top Cub Rear Stick Cover
- Safety Management System (SMS), Flight Time, Accident History, and FAA Violation Questionnaire Form (Pre-Award Ver. 6.3 - 2026)
- Safety Management System (SMS), Flight Time, Accident History, and FAA Violation Questionnaire Supplement (Pre-Award Ver. 6.3 - 2026)