Landing Zone
Moving Ahead Full-Throttle
AAAA is fast approaching our busiest period of the year. By the time you read this, we will have completed our annual Cribbins Symposium, almost be on top of Thanksgiving, be preparing for Christmas and the holidays, be coordinating the Army Best Drone Warfighter Competition at Huntsville, AL in February, and of course, be getting everything in order for our keystone event, the Summit in April. The MacArthur Chapter hosted a spectacular Dining Out in September at the Long Island, NY Hyatt. I had the pleasure of joining the Chapter leadership of the MacArthur, Empire and Mohawk Chapters for a...
Learn MoreFoxtrot Company, 2-159th Attack Battalion Activates
Story by Capt. Lydia LaRue ANSBACH, Germany – Foxtrot Company, 2-159th Attack Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, officially activated on November 18. The company, nicknamed “Specter,” falls under the 2-159th Attack Battalion and was established under ARSTRUC 28-32 as part of the Army Aviation Transformation Initiative. Foxtrot Company consists of soldiers dedicated to modernizing Army Aviation. Its primary task is to integrate launched effects and tactical unmanned aerial systems into the existing doctrine, fundamentally modernizing combat operations. “While we prepare for our platforms, we are tasked with doing something no one in the Regular Army would have even considered five...
Learn MoreHow CCAD’s Oil Lab Supports Flight Safety
Story by Kathleen Pettaway-Clarke Written in collaboration with Dr. Frederick Koch Corpus Christi Army Depot, Texas-Oil analysis is crucial for maintaining readiness and ensuring flight safety in Army aviation. Regular laboratory testing of used oil samples assesses the lubricant’s condition and serves as an early warning system to predict equipment breakdowns. At the heart of this essential process is the Corpus Christi Army Depot, home to the Army’s only aviation depot oil laboratory. The fleet labs, which were once part of the Army Oil Analysis Program, do not operate in the same manner as the depot Oil Lab. CCAD performs...
Learn MoreAMCOM Leaders Underscore Sustainment Readiness and Modernization at 2025 Cribbins Futures Forum
Story by Richelle Brown Senior leaders from U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command underscored the urgency of modernizing sustainment for future contested environments during the Army Aviation Association of America’s Cribbins Futures Forum, held Nov. 17–20 in Huntsville, Alabama. AMCOM Commanding General Maj. Gen. Lori Robinson opened the Day 2 professional session by stressing that sustainment remains the decisive factor in maintaining aviation readiness. “Today, tomorrow and in the future, we need every part that makes these great machines fly,” Robinson said, noting that spare-parts availability continues to be the Army’s most pressing sustainment requirement. She outlined three key priorities...
Learn MoreMV-75 Special User Evaluation at Redstone Arsenal Highlights Operational Relevance
Story by Heather Douglas, Program Executive Office – Aviation Soldiers from the Army Aviation community visited Redstone Arsenal this week giving critical feedback on the MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program via its new Virtual Prototype (VP) and Virtual Reality (VR) demonstrators. The Soldiers were taking part in the Special User Evaluation (SUE), a critical, hands-on event to gather direct feedback from the user community regarding proposed design elements of the MV-75 FLRAA multi-mission aircraft. SUEs facilitate direct interaction between the design team and intended users: pilots, maintainers, and operational personnel. This week’s event is the fourth SUE the...
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Army Aviation
Looking Back
Looking Back: A monthly look into the history of Army Aviation based not only on the evolution of Army Aviation itself, but events in military history that certainly influenced the evolution of the Aviation Branch of the United States Army.
View ArchiveOperation: DESERT SHIELD
Looking Back, November 2025 By Mark Albertson Operation: DESERT SHIELD * * * * * The single biggest maneuver factor on the battlefield was the Apache. If there was one leverage device that we used it was the Army general support aviation battalion. In my judgment, for the number of soldiers involved, and the price involved, the biggest leverage we got out of the very few numbers of helicopters, the tiny number of helicopters, that we devoted to support logistics, and command and control in general: the Signal battalion commander, the Maneuver Brigade commanders, the DISCOM commander, and the Division...
Learn MorePart II: Army Aviation and its, Magna Carta
Looking Back, September 2025 By Mark Albertson Part II: Army Aviation and its, Magna Carta December 1961, the 8th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) and the 57th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) had arrived in Vietnam. These were followed in January by the 93rd Transportation Company (Light Helicopter). Two developments were evident here: America’s commitment to Saigon; and, the Airmobility Concept was on trial. Only the troops to be shuttled were not going to be American, but instead, those of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Meanwhile events in the United States proceeded apace . . . . . . with...
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