A Time for Transition
It has been a great couple of years serving as your AAAA National President. Actually, it has been a great eight year run as your Treasurer, Secretary, Senior Vice President, and now President. To be celebrating 40 years as an Aviation Branch and our 66th year as a professional organization as I depart is incredible and causes me to pause and reflect on the great patriots that have built our association. Frankly, I am still humbled to have had the privilege to serve our professional organization. Unlike most of our brother and sister military not for profit organizations, I think...
Learn MoreAviation mechanics ensure KFOR helicopters keep flying
CAMP BONDSTEEL, KOSOVO 04.20.2023 Story by Staff Sgt. Anna Pongo KFOR Regional Command East CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – From carrying water to people who have none, to rescuing people in medical emergencies, Kosovo Force Regional Command-East’s (KFOR RC-E) Task Force Aviation works ceaselessly to ensure that the Soldiers and community in Kosovo are safe and secure. Although, those who fly the helicopters couldn’t do their job without the mechanics who work long hours to keep the aircraft airborne. For these Soldiers with the 1-131st Aviation Regiment, Task Force Yellowhammer, from the Alabama Army National Guard, the behind-the-scenes maintenance they execute...
Learn MoreMaintenance key to Blackhawk helicopters’ ability to accomplish mission in Kosovo
CAMP BONDSTEEL, KOSOVO 05.12.2022 Story by Sgt. 1st Class Warren Wright KFOR Regional Command East U.S. Army helicopter repairers and maintainers play a critical role in keeping aviation assets flying through routine upkeep and conducting on-the-spot repairs, keeping helicopters safe and ready to fly in hundreds of Army missions. At Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, home to Kosovo Force’s Regional Command – East, the aircraft maintenance mission falls to the Soldiers of Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia National Guard. The Delta Co. Soldiers maintain and repair the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters flown by their battalion in support...
Learn MoreA Gathering of the Aviation Branch Leadership
We have just returned from the Army Aviation Senior Leaders’ Forum at Fort Rucker, AL and I have to say it was a home run on all accounts! From the opening reception on Monday January 23 through the terrific sessions and the Aviation Dinner that featured the Parker Awards and the AAAA Functional Awards for Air Traffic Control, Air/Sea Rescue, etc. it was an enthusiastically attended event that looked to me like it broke all records. The outstanding sessions were packed as you can see in the photo and the dinner filled the main bay of the Museum. The exchange...
Learn MoreBack on Track
After three long years, AAAA has finally completed a full cycle of events post Covid! Starting with the April 2022 AAAA Annual Summit in Nashville, through a great Aircraft Survivability Equipment Symposium in Lexington. KY, to the Joseph P. Cribbins Aviation Readiness Conference in Huntsville, AL, and ending with the Luther G. Jones Depot Maintenance Forum in Corpus Christi TX, every single one of them set records in attendance. Clearly, our mission statement pillar of “Networking” is back in full force. Every one of the events also featured our “Recognition” pillar in award ceremonies for outstanding Soldiers and units, as...
Learn MoreConnecticut Army Aviators Deploy to Support Operation Inherent Resolve
WINDSOR LOCKS, CT, UNITED STATES 02.07.2023 Photo by Sgt. Matthew Lucibello 130th Public Affairs Detachment UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, operated by soldiers of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (MEDEVAC), Connecticut Army National Guard, takeoff at the Army Aviation Support Facility, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Feb. 7, 2023. Soldiers from the 126th are deploying to the Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Lucibello)
Learn MoreDevoted to the goal
FORT KNOX, KY, UNITED STATES 02.13.2023 Story by Sarah Windmueller U.S. Army Cadet Command (Army ROTC) As a college athlete, standout student, and one of the first Army ROTC Cadets from Benedict College to branch aviation in over 30 years, Corey Witter knows he wouldn’t be where he is today without family. After losing his mother to breast cancer at the age of 14, Witter’s older brother, Jahleel, stepped in as his legal guardian, giving Witter the assurance and guidance he needed to focus on accomplishing his goals and join the military. “No matter what you go through there’s a...
Learn MoreB Co 2-10 ABH ‘Wolfpack’ UH60 Blackhawk Flight
FORT DRUM, NY, UNITED STATES 12.21.2022 Photo by Pvt. Kaylan Joseph 27th Public Affairs Detachment Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2-10 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 10th combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division conducted a routine flight around Fort Drum, N.Y. on December 21, 2022. The UH60 Blackhawk has been in service since 1979. (U.S. Army Photos by Pfc. Kaylan Joseph)
Learn MoreSamaritan Visits Fort Drum: Fostering Relationships for a Better Future
FORT DRUM, NY, UNITED STATES 01.26.2023 Story by Sgt. Brittany Washington 10th Combat Aviation Brigade FORT DRUM, N.Y – Maj. Tyler Smith of the Charlie Company, 3-10 General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade hosted medical personnel from Samaritan Medical Center on, Jan. 26, where they were able to have an in-depth discussion on the medical evacuation, or medevac, capabilities offered here on and off post. Medical personnel included the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Andy Short, Medical Director of the Emergency Services Dr. Meja Gray and Chair of Emergency Medicine Sarah Delaney who were able to tour...
Learn MorePyeongtaek International Exchange Foundation Visits 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade
CAMP HUMPHREYS, 41, SOUTH KOREA 01.13.2023 Courtesy Photo 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade Republic of Korea Army Lt. Gen. Ret. Chun, In-Bum sits in the door way of a HH-60M Blackhawk helicopter after receiving a capabilities brief of the medical evacuation capabilities of the aircraft. Members of Pyeongtaek International Exchange Foundation (PIEF) visits the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division as part of their visit to Camp Humphreys. The members of PIEF were given a capabilities brief of the UH-60 Blackhawk and CH-47F Chinook helicopters. (U.S. Army Courtesy Photo by Sgt. First Class...
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