NY ANG Mountain Exploration
Aviators assigned to the New York Army National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility #3, from Latham, N.Y., along with forest rangers and environmental conservation officers, scout locations for landing zones around Whiteface Mountain near Lake Placid, N.Y., July 6, 2020. The pilots are looking at using the rocky outcrops of the mountain in order to conduct future training with their UH-60 Blackhawks, but must get approval from the Olympic Regional Development Authority. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Ryan Campbell)
Learn More3-25th Avn Regt flies 9 Chinooks Around Hawaiian Islands
The Hillclimbers of 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division executed a 9x CH-47F Chinook multi-ship flight around Hawaii islands June 10, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sarah D. Sangster)
Learn More2-25th Avn Regt Artillery Raid
Soldiers assigned to B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conduct a three-gun raid air assault exercise June 12, 2020 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The Soldiers flew from X-ray Training Area and rapidly emplaced their firing positions at the East Range Training Area. The coordinated exercise, alongside the Bravo Company Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade, was the culmination to the Artillery Table XV certification for the Battery. They sling loaded three M119A3 Howitzers which shows the Army’s ability to rapidly project our forces...
Learn MoreGAANG Honors Fallen Servicemen on Memorial Day
A flight of Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the Marietta-based 171st Aviation Regiment passes over the National Cemetery in Canton, Ga. May 25, 2020 as part of a fly over tribute to fallen service members on Memorial Day./ Photo by Maj. William Carraway YOUR CAPTION HERE
Learn More11th ECAB Flight Surgeon Joins the Fight Against COVID-19
Maj. Theresa R. Simard, a flight surgeon with the 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade out of Fort Carson, Colorado, takes a break to pose for the camera inside the Javits Convention Center, now known as the Javits New York Medical Station, in New York City, April 21, 2020. Simard is one of over 1,200 medical professionals who received the call to mobilize with the Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces to support the coronavirus relief efforts and curb the spread of the disease./ Photo by Stg. Alexander Morgan
Learn MoreCH-47 With Skis Conducting Airborne OPS
An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter operated by Army aviators with the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, approaches Geronimo Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 28, 2020. Battlefield Airmen with the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Army pathfinders with the 4th Quartermaster Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and supported by Army aviators, conducted airborne training to maintain operational readiness. The focus on readiness demonstrates the installation’s resiliency and posture for the future throughout the COVID-19 pandemic./ U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña
Learn More1st CAB and Operations in the COVID-19 Environment
Fort Riley, KS – When the nation faces a global scale pandemic, preventing the spread of a virus and protecting the health of citizens becomes a top priority. The 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division is no different, yet like the rest of America’s armed forces, the Brigade must remain ready to ensure the defense of the United States of America. 1ID Aviators Prevent, Protect and Preserve / Photo By Sgt. Patrick Jubrey As American citizens are practicing social distancing and preventative health measures, the Combat Aviation Brigade finds new ways to fly and train while adhering to these...
Learn MoreNew CH-47 Engine Test Program
FORT EUSTIS, Va. (April 15, 2020) – A team from Boeing, GE Aviation and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center completed another successful ground test in late March, furthering the demonstration of higher-power T408-GE-400 engines on an H-47 Chinook. A team from Boeing, GE Aviation and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center is celebrating another successful ground test in late March furthering the demonstration of higher-power T408-GE-400 engines on an H-47 Chinook. Courtesy photo On March 26 the team successfully progressed to dual-engine flight idle and opened the full rotor...
Learn MoreUS Army AH-64s Involved in Joint Operations in the Arabian Gulf
The repetitive whoosh of helicopter blades is heard as two AH-64E Apache attack helicopters land on board the deck of the Navy Expeditionary Landing Base ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3). U.S. forces from both the Army and Navy are together for a special mission, combined flight operations at sea. Lieutenant Colonel Margaret Stick, the commander of the Multi-Functional Aviation Task Force stands with Captain Scott Hattaway, the Captain of the USS Puller on April 15-16, 2020 in the Persian Gulf. Stick representing the U.S. Army Aviation and Hattaway representing the U.S. Navy worked together to conduct a joint at...
Learn MoreNJ Guard Pre-flight
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Larissa Fluegel goes over pre-flight procedures at the Army Aviation Support Facility on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 5, 2020. Fluegel is a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the New Jersey National Guard’s 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion. / U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht
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