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From Vietnam to Afghanistan: A Vermont Guard Member’s Lifetime of Service
Story by Master Sgt. Whitney Hughes Colchester, Vt. – “At midnight it was time to move,” said retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Pete Ferrell, recalling a night in Afghanistan. He gripped the handle of one of the four corners of a field stretcher carrying a wounded Soldier. A tray of medical equipment on the Soldier’s chest chirped as it monitored vital signs and sustained him. The team of four Soldiers locked step, carrying the patient onto a plane bound for a higher level of care. As the plane transporting the wounded Soldier took off, Ferrell found himself on the...
Learn MoreWisconsin Army National Guard Aviation Crews Continue Readiness Training at Fort McCoy During October 2026
Story by Scott Sturkol Aircrews from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment (1-147th Aviation) completed another unit training effort Oct. 9, 2026, at Fort McCoy, continuing a longstanding relationship between the aviation unit and the installation. According to Fort McCoy Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security (DPTMS) scheduling officials, the training was among the first major military training activities at Fort McCoy during the opening days of fiscal year 2027, which began Oct. 1. The officials also noted that the 1-147th maintains a presence at Fort McCoy nearly every month of the year. The Oct....
Learn MoreClear Skies and Tailwinds: Celebrating the Legendary Career of Marvin “Lynn” Hanks
Story by Christy Barnett REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (October 22, 2026) — For more than five decades, the story of United States Army aviation has been written in the skies, defined by rapid technological leaps, rigorous safety standards, and brave pioneers who pushed aircraft to their absolute aerodynamic limits. Few individuals have shaped this narrative as profoundly, or for as long, as Marvin “Lynn” Hanks. This year, Hanks concludes an extraordinary career spanning 56 years of continuous service to the nation. From his collegiate beginnings in aerospace engineering and commissioning as a Corps of Engineers officer, to his final days of...
Learn MoreInaugural UAS Course Begins at Fort Indiantown Gap
Story by Brad Rhen FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The inaugural unmanned aircraft system military occupational specialty transition course began here recently. The course, which began Oct. 19, combines two MOSs – UAS maintainer, or 15E, and UAS operator, or 15W – into one new MOS, known as tactical unmanned aircraft system specialist, or 15X. “‘Whiskeys’ were UAS operators and ‘Echoes’ were UAS maintainers, and ‘X-ray,’ you do all of it,” said Sgt. 1st Class Brent Wehr, course manager. The course is being conducted at the UAS Training and Innovation Facility, which underwent numerous upgrades in order to host the...
Learn MoreNew York Air National Guard Members Conduct Fast Rope Insertion Training with New Jersey Army National Guard
A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron, 107th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, rappels from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 1st Battalion, 150th Aviation Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York, Sept. 10, 2026. The training provided Airmen an opportunity to practice rappelling techniques while strengthening interoperability between Air and Army National Guard units. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander Rector)
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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 ArchiveA Look Back: January-February 1960
Looking Back By Mark Albertson A Look Back: January-February 1960 Everyone a Senator! Recently 19 members of the Mississippi State University Student Chapter of the Institute of Aeronautical Science had occasion to make a field trip to Fort Rucker, Alabama. The purpose of the trip was to familiarize the students with the role and needs of Army Aviation. The majority of the visitors were senior or graduate students of Aeronautical or Mechanical Engineering. They were accompanied by Professor Charles Cliett of the Aeronautical Engineering Department at Mississippi State. Four of the students were Army R.O.T.C. students who, in taking flight...
Learn More“The Army Air Corps is Back,”
Looking Back By Mark Albertson “The Army Air Corps is Back,”[1] * * * * * Few taxpayers are aware of the needless expense caused by the duplication of Air Force functions through the formation of another air force by the United States Army. In fact, this Army air force comprises a fourth air force. Complementing those now existing of the Navy, the Marines, and the United States Air Force itself. The wastefulness of this action is shown in the plans of each commander of a field army to use 939 Army aircraft. These are in addition to the Air...
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