Oklahoma Guardsmen Take Flight in Aircraft Recovery Training
TULSA, Okla.–It’s a quiet and cloudy day in Tulsa, Oklahoma. An abundance of dark clouds hang low in the sky, but no rain is forecasted. The breeze is cooler than you would expect for a day in May. In the distance, a small dot slowly approaches. As it gets closer, you begin to hear the faint chopping of fan blades. When the CH-47 Chinook helicopter arrives overhead, you can feel the beat of the whirling propellers in your chest. Tiny particles that have been washed onto the flight line by last week’s storms shoot into the sky. The Soldiers of...
Learn MoreFormer Commanders Rejoin 28th ECAB
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Seven former commanders of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade joined current commander, Col. Howard Lloyd, and 28th ECAB Soldiers during their 60th annual Aviation Ball at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey, April 27, 2019. Photo By Travis Mueller | Former commanders of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, from left, retired Maj. Gen Walter Stewart, retired Maj. Gen. Jessica Wright, retired Col. John Stavovy, retired Col. Dan Berkebile, retired Col. Christopher Latchford, Brig. Gen. David Wood and retired Col. Dennis Sorensen pose for a photo with current commander, Col. Howard Lloyd, right, at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey during...
Learn More2019 Arizona National Guard Best Warrior Competition
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Anderson with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment strides up an incline toward the half-way-point of the 14-mile ruck march event during the Arizona National Guard Best Warrior Competition 2019 at Camp Navajo in Bellemont, Ariz. on April 16. BWC participants must demonstrate their skills in a variety of essential soldier tasks required of more than 8,000 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen to ensure force readiness as they continue to support our nation with more than 12,000 individual deployments to overseas contingency operations since Sept. 11, 2001 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Hoppe, Released).
Learn MoreFinal Check
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Charles E. Fisher a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 150th Aviation Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, performs a final check to a Black Hawk during maintenance at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 17, 2019. (New Jersey Army National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)
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1st Lt. Will Morgan, Bravo Company, 2-228th Theater Fixed Wing Battalion, U.S Army Reserve Aviation Command, U.S. Army Reserve Command conducts training operations over Arizona and Nevada during Operation Red Flag, May 14, 2019. (US Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Felix R. Fimbres)
Learn More2-111th Aviation Regiment Take Over Fernandina Beach
Florida National Guard air traffic controllers from the 2nd Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment (Airfield Operations Battalion), from Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida, take over an airfield in a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle, March 8, 2019, Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport in Fernandina Beach, Florida. This was part of a training operation that occurred from March 5-10, 2019. / Photo: PFC Arcadia Jackson
Learn MoreAviation, Missile Center Employee Awarded First Patent of the Year
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. / March 12, 2019 – Dr. Mark Robeson, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center, was part of a team issued the first patent of the year for the center in early February. Dr. Mark Robeson Patent number 10,199,745 was issued for an omnidirectional antenna system, resulting from the Integral Driveshaft Cover Antenna, a CCDC Aviation & Missile Center/ Boeing technology development project. The government is continuously seeking improvements in technologies utilizing different technology transfer mechanisms, according to Cindy Wallace, CCDC Aviation & Missile Center deputy chief of research and technology applications. “In this case,...
Learn More25th Combat Aviation Brigade Flies Over Oahu
The 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division flies 19 AH-64 Apache helicopters in an organized formation around Oahu, May 1, 2019. 25th ID’s 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment is flying to commemorate the 158th anniversary of the the regiment’s activation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ryan Jenkins)
Learn MoreMilitary Working Dogs Take to the Air for Training
Soldiers and military working dogs with 95th Military Working Dog Detachment, 42nd Military Police Brigade, depart from a Blackhawk helicopter during aviation training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Military working dogs need to be comfortable with aircraft operations since they could go on a variety of missions during an overseas deployment. Photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Ross.
Learn More1-228th Avn Regt. Trains with El Salvador Special Forces
Joint Task Force Bravo’s 1-228th Aviation Regiment works with the 7th Special Forces Group to train Salvadoran Special Forces members in paradrop operations, helocast and fast rope insertion extraction system training in Ilopango, El Salvador, March 4-7, 2019. The training also provided an opportunity for U.S. Special Forces and aircrews to gain experience on the tasks and work in a joint environment with the host nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Destinee Sweeney)
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