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Reserve Unit at the Forefront of Readiness
By CPT Carlo Aragoncillo: Recently back from a deployment to the Southwest Asia Area of Operations in support of Operations Spartan Shield and Inherent Resolve, the 8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment (8-229th AHB) based out of Fort Knox, Kentucky, is keeping readiness at the forefront. Aircrews from the 8-229th AHB stationed at Fort Knox, KY perform Fast Rope Insertion (FRIES) with Naval Special Warfare operators at a military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) site on Ft. Knox. / U.S. ARMY RESERVE PHOTO BY CW3 STEPHEN LACOMBE Within months of coming back home in early 2020, Aviation flight crews and assets...
Learn MoreWhat is a Digital Twin?
AMCOM Command Sergeant Major / By CSM Mike Dove: In the fall of 2019, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) in conjunction with the Program Executive Office Aviation, the Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team and the Systems Readiness Directorate of the Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center teamed together to commission a study on the operational availability and materiel availability for future vertical lift systems with Wichita State University (WSU). National Institute for Aviation Research personnel use high fidelity scanners during the reverse engineering of the UH-60L./ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AVIATION RESEARCH, WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY A...
Learn MoreSurvivability: A Combined Arms Discussion
Branch Chief’s Corner / By MG David J. Francis: Current and emerging threat capabilities provide our adversaries stand off from U.S. and coalition forces, which sets the basis for U.S. Army and Joint Force discussions on Multi-Domain Operations. 12th Combat Aviation Brigade staff members brief battle plans during a combined arms rehearsal for Saber Junction 20, Aug. 5, at Hohenfels, Germany./ U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY MAJ ROBERT FELLINGHAM Our consensus on how we will fight across all domains, drives the U.S. Army modernization strategy to give us the ability to penetrate, dis-integrate the Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS) and Integrated...
Learn MoreSustainment and Ensuring Army Survivability
President’s Cockpit / By MG Jeff Schloesser, U.S. Army Retired: As a young combat engineer and later as an Army Aviator, I dwelled in a world focused on tactics, maneuver, and taking the fight to the enemy. Maintenance and sustainment were important to me, but it was often somebody else’s problem. Dr. F. Harold “Hal” Kushner VP Member & Family Wellness / AAPI FILE PHOTO What a rude awakening I got as a new battalion commander. Sustainment was MY responsibility, and I had lots to learn! Later as a brigade and division commander at war, I found myself often consumed...
Learn MoreRestore the Traditions of Army Aviation
By LTC M. Lee Chase: The United States Army Primary Helicopter School at Fort Wolters, Texas, instituted colored class hats in 1957. Restoring this tradition to Army Aviation would directly improve morale and camaraderie, with promise to enhance recruitment and retention as we negotiate continuous deployments, variable priorities in the Army Budget, and COVID-19. Is Army Aviation exceptional? Yes. My personal book collection includes “DUSTOFF,” the autobiography of retired CW4 Michael J. Novosel, who earned the Medal of Honor for his heroism flying UH-1 Huey MEDEVAC missions during the Vietnam War; “A Hundred Feet Over Hell,” which illustrates the valor...
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