Mid-Air Refueling
Early February 1966: An Army Mohawk was refueled inflight by a Marine Corps KC-130F tanker. This first ever aerial pit stop by an OV-1B occurred over Cherry Point, NC. Modification of the Mohawk for inflight refueling can save time and money from engaging in the tedious process of disassembling the aircraft for shipping overseas; followed by reassembly upon reaching its destination.
Learn MoreDesert Storm Notebook
February 1991: According to an article appearing in the fall issue of Army Families, the possibility of long-term troop deployments for OPERATION DESERT STORM, has prompted the Army’s top personnel officer to take a hard look at single-parent soldiers’ and dual-service couples’ Family Care Plans. Soldiers’ Family Care Plans should include such items as: 1) Powers-of-attorney for their children’s guardians; 2) Notarized certificates of acceptance from guardians; 3) Applications for the children’s military identification cards; and 4) Allotment of forms or proof of financial provisions for the children.
Learn MoreComanche Contract
April 5, 1991: St. Louis, April 5, 1991, in the midst of the AAAA Annual Convention, a contract was signed. Beneficiary of the agreement was the First Team, comprising Boeing Helicopters and Sikorsky Aircraft Division of UTC, for delivery of the RAH-66 Comanche; known previously as the Light Helicopter (LH). Prototypes will be produced for the first scheduled flight for August 1994. Production is scheduled for October 1996, 1,292 machines. Source: See page 45, “Briefings,” Army Aviation, May 31, 1991 issue. Photo: RAH-66 Comanche helicopter
Learn MoreMohawks Again. . .
February 28,1966: A pair of Mohawks from the 1st Cavalry Division in flight. Among the uses of the aircraft was that of an integrated surveillance system to assist ground commanders with a readily available and highly responsive intelligence-gathering capability. The OV-1B in the background, equipped with the torpedo-shaped tube underslung the fuselage, incorporates the side-looking radar (SLAR) system. The OV-1C in the foreground is equipped with an infrared system. “. . . yesterday’s radicals inevitably are tomorrow’s reactionaries. . .” LTG George P. Seneff
Learn MoreLooking Back quote
It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten enemy from rallying. . . Napoleon Bonaparte. Source: See page 75, “Maxim LI,” Napoleon’s Art of War, Translated from the French by Lieutenant General Sir G.C. D’Aguilar, C.B., Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995.
Learn MoreLet’s Insure the Momentum!
May 1966: Brigadier General Robert R. Williams observed many “Firsts” accomplished through the employment of Airmobility in Vietnam: one of these being the result of the Pleiku campaign, 23 October-26 November 1965: The enemy was routed from his hiding places, hounded and pursued, fragmented and destroyed, in terrain he had believed would be his protector. Certainly nothing in the enemy’s background or training had prepared him to cope with the full effects of an unleashed airmobile pursuit. Mongol archers Historical parallel: Genghis Khan’s Mongols. Arguably history’s most superb mounted horsemen used superior mobility and speed to destroy opposing armies, on...
Learn MoreRecalling Army Aviation’s Roots. . .
March 1-3, 1991: The International Liaison Pilot & Aircraft Association (IPLA) will hosted the first worldwide gathering of L-Birds in San Antonio, Texas. Contact: Bill Stratton, 16518 Ledgestone, San Antonio, Texas 78232
Learn More25 Years Ago, March-April, 1991
An Overview / By Mark Albertson: Major General Rudolph Ostovich III, offered some pointed observations concerning the world situation, as a result of the political collapse of the Soviet Union: The breaching of the Berlin Wall, signifying the ongoing reunification of Germany. The dissolution of the Warsaw Pact; which in essence was not a military alliance as much as it was an empire overseen by the Kremlin. The humbling of the Soviet monolith; a vindication of George Kennan’s post-World War II doctrinal approach to the Soviet challenge known as, Containment.(1) Saddam Hussein meeting with Republic of Kuwait President Ala’a Hussein...
Learn MoreThe 1990 Monmouth Symposium
Remarks by the Honorable George J. Hochbrueckner (D-NY). “We feel in Washington that the future is going to be a very peaceful one, the Middle East notwithstanding, which we think will come to a conclusion rather quickly when you have Iraq on one side and the rest of the world on the other.”
Learn MoreAAAA Joins The Military Coalition
21 Years Ago, January 31, 1995 / By Mark Albertson: By approval of the AAAA National Executive Board, at the March 1994 meeting, AAAA has joined the TMC or The Military Coalition. The TMC is a coalition of more than 25 associations* of military personnel, both active duty and retired, which sees to the well-being of military personnel and their families, and does so politically, working to maintain a viable defense posture and, educating the public and maintaining benefits for veterans and their families. * According to The Military Coalition web site, some 31 military associations make up the coalition today....
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