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Denied, Degraded, and Disrupted Space Operational Environment – D3SOE
Branch Chief’s Corner / By MG David J. Francis: Operating effectively in the space domain is a top Department of Defense (DOD) priority. Since Operation Desert Storm, the reliance on space-enabled equipment has expanded exponentially. Pilots from Company B, Task Force Lobos, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct pre-flight checks from the cockpit of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter April 6. / U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SGT FELIX ACEVEDO, 1ST ACB, 1ST CAV. DIV. PUBLIC AFFAIRS This equipment not only enables detailed planning and preparation for a full range of operations from dispersed and remote locations, but it is...
Learn MoreOn Course to the Summit!
President’s Cockpit / MG Jeff Schloesser, U.S. Army Retired: It is hard to believe it’s already February! We at AAAA National Headquarters and your National Executive Group are hard at work to make our Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit this April a REALITY. A UH-60 Black Hawk belonging to 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, awaits take-off during Agile Combat Employment training at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Dec. 18, 2020./ U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SSGT. RYAN LACKEY As a reminder, it is 21-23 April at the Gaylord Opryland, in Nashville, TN. I wrote last month that we are taking every...
Learn MoreExercising the Gold Book in a Decisive Action Environment
From Field / By LTC Kevin J. Consedine: The 3-82nd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade recently supported the 2-101 Brigade Combat Team (BCT) “Strike,” 159th Infantry Brigade in the first Decisive Action (DA) Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) rotation since the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a four-month moratorium on collective training, Paratroopers of 3-82 GSAB were prepared for a rotation defined by COVID-19 protocols, atrophy of skill sets, and August temperatures in Louisiana. However, after a gun raid and two battalion-sized air assaults in the opening week of force-on-force, the narrative evolved into a viability assessment of...
Learn MoreTraining for Flaw Detection Is Vital Prior To Assembly
Aviation Maintenance / Sustainment / By Della Adame:A supply chain is only as strong as the weakest link and when it comes to the rotary Aviation industry, weakness is prohibited. Notwithstanding unexpected delays in production and training due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Corpus Christi Army Depot’s (CCAD) Non-destructive Testing (NDT) program ensures that it is the strongest link in the supply chain for the U.S. Army. CCAD artisan Paul Zaklukiewicz, Non-Destructive Tester applies a concentrated fluorescent oil penetrant to the aircraft component to help detect defects under black light. / U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY DELLE ADAME, CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY...
Learn MoreModernizing the Organic Industrial Base
Aviation Maintenance/Sustainment / By Mr. Kevin Besser: The Army Vision, a transformational path to Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) 2028/2035, is distilled by the Secretary of the Army into three key priorities: People, Readiness, and Modernization. It heralds unprecedented introduction of technologically-advanced weapon systems and Warfighter capabilities, undergirded by a materiel enterprise that is critical to sustainment and repair of these systems during peacetime, surge, and large-scale contingencies. The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM), headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is operationalizing MDO 2028/2035 priorities across our diverse workforce and portfolio of Aviation and Missile weapon systems, as...
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