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Adapting to Ensure Future Success
President’s Cockpit / By MG Jeff Schloesser: Army Aviation is an agile and flexible combat capability, and we here at AAAA must be equally adaptable to support our Army Aviation Total Force enterprise, our members, and our great industry partners. Maintenance doesn’t stop! Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade set up the U.S. Army latest rapid-deployment AN/MSQ-135 Mobile Tower System (MOTS) that will quickly establish Air Traffic Control (ATC) operations worldwide in all-weather conditions, night or day, for military and civilian aircraft. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Sarah D Sangster) In a time of global...
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AAAA Family Forum / By Janelle L. Bradford, Ed.D.: The he sun rises and sets across the Mojave Desert, as UH-72 Lakotas, UH-60 Blackhawks and MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAVs dot the sky, completing missions across the majestic and wild expanse. Spouses from the 2916th Aviation Battalion gather for a January social. Raptor gatherings serve as a valuable opportunity to welcome new spouses to the unit and Fort Irwin community. /PHOTO BY JENNY SANTOS Fort Irwin, CA is home to approximate-ly 25,000 Soldiers, civilians, contractors and family members who support the mission of the National Training Center (NTC). NTC receives an...
Learn MoreAeromedical Considerations for Deployment to AFRICOM
Ask the Flight Surgeon / By CPT(P) Christopher Grace, M.D.: Q: I am a CH-47 flight engineer that will deploy as part of a medical relief mission to Africa. I have heard a lot about people getting sick when they travel to this region. What do I need to know before I leave? FS: Assignment to the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) poses a unique set of medical concerns for military members with aviators being no exception. All aviators should discuss the preventative medicine require-ments for travel to USAFRICOM and their aeromedical impact with their aeromedical provider. Requirements Operation United...
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Branch Chief’s Corner / By MG David J. Francis: It’s amazing is amazing what you can accomplish is if you do not care who gets the credit. – – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States UH-60 Black Hawks from 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment take off after dropping soldiers at the landing zone during exercise Arctic Anvil October 6th, 2019 at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center./ MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY SGT SHAWN KEETON I would like to start by thanking MG Todd Hunt for the spectacular job he has done in his tenure as the...
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President’s Cockpit / MG Jeff Schloesser, U.S. Army Retired: Army Aviation is a Total Enterprise, as Army Aviation Center of Excellence commander and Aviation Branch Chief, MG Dave Francis makes clear in this issue’s lead off article. As he writes: “The Reserve and Guard (Compos 2 and 3) comprise 51% of Army Aviation’s fleet, and there is no operational or physical way that the Active Duty forces (Compo 1) could fight and win a Large Scale Combat Operation on their own.” SGT Johnathan Kessel, an aviation component repairer (right) and SPC James Chaffins, an aviation electrician both with the Kentucky Army National...
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