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Press release

May 11, 2011

Industry Leader AAR, Vincennes University, Build on Partnership to Promote Aviation Careers

50 Eighth Grade Students from Harshman Middle School participate in “Airplane Tow” Lunch, Flight Simulator Ride and Hands-On Tour

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Recently voted by customers as the Best Airframe MRO Provider in the Americas, AAR (NYSE: AIR) and aviation industry partner Vincennes University hosted an outreach event and facility tour for fifty eighth grade students from Harshman Middle School in Indianapolis. The event was intended to promote careers in aviation, foster educational aspirations and help close the skills gaps that create hiring challenges at companies that repair and maintain airplanes.

The classroom briefing and facility tour began at Vincennes Aviation University’s Technology Center and continued on to AAR’s aircraft maintenance facility at Indianapolis International Airport.

The event hosted by Vincennes and AAR Aircraft Services — Indianapolis, treated students and their teachers to a flight simulator ride; a Boeing 737 “airplane tow” from Vincennes to AAR with lunch served aboard the aircraft; and a hands-on tour of the AAR shop floor where mechanics conducted “show-and-tell” sessions with students.

As the nation struggles with high unemployment, aircraft mechanic, engineering and avionics positions are difficult to fill at a time when the aviation industry is experiencing resurgence due to new aircraft manufacturing and increased demand for parts and services. In addition to introducing young students to careers in aviation and providing up-close and personal experience with all types of aircraft, the events are designed to engage local administrators, policymakers and vocational organizations.

Vincennes, as a leading aviation skills educator, and AAR, one of the largest employers of skilled aviation professionals in Indianapolis, have a longstanding partnership to fill open positions and build a pipeline of talent for aviation careers in the future. The aircraft maintenance facility tour is an extension of AAR’s Taking Flight program, a nationwide education initiative created to introduce aviation careers to youth as early as middle school and promote applied STEM education.

AAR recently commissioned a report, The Mid-skills Gap in Middle America: Building Today’s Workforce, which focuses on ways to close the skills gaps in America’s workforce that are creating barriers to hiring and job creation (www.aarcorp.com/mid-skills/). The report offers AAR as a real-life example of a mid-sized, U.S.-based company working diligently to remove barriers to education, recruitment, training and economic growth.

About Vincennes University’s Aviation Technology Center

The ATC is a 90,000-square-foot facility that provides state-of-the-art aviation training programs for airframe and power plant mechanic and airframe sheet metal technician careers requiring FAA certification for both Vincennes and Purdue Universities. For further information visit http://vinu.edu/cms/opencms/.

About AAR

AAR is a global aftermarket solutions company that employs more than 6,000 people in over 20 countries. Based in Wood Dale, Illinois, AAR supports commercial aviation and government customers through two operating segments: Aviation Services and Expeditionary Services. AAR’s Aviation Services include inventory management; parts supply; OEM parts distribution; aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul; engineering services and component repair. AAR’s Expeditionary Services include airlift operations; mobility systems; and command and control centers in support of military and humanitarian missions. More information can be found at www.aarcorp.com.


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This press release contains certain statements relating to future results, which are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on beliefs of Company management, as well as assumptions and estimates based on information currently available to the Company, and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated, including those factors discussed under Item 1A, entitled “Risk Factors”, included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize adversely, or should underlying assumptions or estimates prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described. These events and uncertainties are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many are beyond the Company’s control. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events. For additional information, see the comments included in AAR’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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