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Army Aviation Hall of Fame “Oscar Night” Celebrates Spouses Too
AAAA Family Forum / By Judy Konitzer Due to COVID, the annual Army Aviation Hall of Fame induction ceremonies for 2020 and 2021 were postponed. However, we were able to witness inducting six new members at the 2021 Joseph P. Cribbins Training, Equipping and Sustainment Symposium in Huntsville this past November, and it was indeed a very special “Oscar Night” for Army Aviation. The honorees were truly inspiring, while at the same time very humble, but equally inspiring for me was being able to spend time with some of their wives and with one who was so gracious to share her...
Learn MoreFlight Surgeon: Friend or Foe?
By MAJ Brett A. Matzek M.D., FS The relationship between a pilot and the Flight Surgeon has always been a complicated one. From the early days of Aviation, Flight Surgeons have been tasked with establishing and enforcing medical standards to improve the safety of flight. This task, at times, means recommending that aircrew not perform flight duties if they develop a condition deemed distracting or dangerous in the flight environment. Tension sometimes arises from the perceived unilateral power of the physician to “ground” the Aviator. This action can have professional, financial, and mission consequences. While the Flight Surgeon’s goal is...
Learn MoreArmy Aviation Sustainment During LSCO
Branch Chief’s Corner / By MG David J. Francis: Sustainment will be a core warfighting function for future warfare. Our enterprise has to take a close look at how we execute aviation maintenance and how we design logistical systems that support Large Scale Combat Operations. The Army expects Army Aviation will be capable of generating support to operational maneuver forces with integrated aviation sustainment capability. That capability must be designed to support an agile, adaptive, and modernized expeditionary aviation force capable of winning during Large Scale Combat Operations across multiple domains. Future aviation maintenance operations require dispersed execution in austere environments,...
Learn MoreSummit On-Time, On-Target for April!
President’s Cockpit / MG Tim Crosby, U.S. Army Retired: It’s a new year and new opportunities are ahead as we look forward to holding our first AAAA Annual Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit in two years! April 3-5, 2022 at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN are the dates. Hard to believe we are barely over 60 days away by the time you read this. Chief of Staff, GEN Jim McConville will be our keynote speaker on Monday and we have a packed agenda with everything from our Branch leadership led by MG Dave Francis, to simulation, Warrant Officer and...
Learn MoreFuture Vertical Lift Program Critical to Achieving Strategic Objectives
Branch Chief’s Corner / By MG David J. Francis: : The Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program is a critical component of a much larger endeavor to meet the challenges of the future operational environment. The design and development of our FARA and FLRAA platforms ensure the Army, as part of the joint force, can rapidly converge effects at the time and place of our choosing across all domains to present multiple dilemmas to our adversaries. Army formations, operating as part of the Joint Force, will focus on the penetration and dis-integration of enemy anti-access and area denial systems, then exploit...
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