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Aeromedical 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...
Learn MoreMission Accomplished, More to Achieve
Rotary Wing / By COL Al M. Niles Jr.: In January 2020, Team Chinook will successfully pass another milestone: the U.S. Army will take delivery of its last Remanufactured CH-47F Block I Chinook helicopter. This is a culminating event of what is considered one of the Army’s most successful acquisition programs. The CH-47F traces its origins to the 1997 Improved Cargo Helicopter program, a service-life extension program for the CH-47D. The program achieved its First Unit Equipped (FUE) in July 2007 with fielding to the 7th Battalion, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, KY. Over the...
Learn MoreNowhere to Go For the Army Unmanned Aircraft System Operator
Reserve Component Aviation / By CW2 Jonathan Olson: Winning matters, and people are my number one priority… We win through our people, and people will drive success in our readiness, modernization and reform priorities. We must take care of our people…” – General James McConville, 40th Army Chief of Staff It’s easy to see the evolution of military forces across the timeline of technological advancement. A conversation often sidelined by technology is the human element, the training, the chess match of keeping talent within an organization. SGT Mills, SGT Soule and PFC Brandsoy, unmanned aircraft crewmembers in Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 173rd...
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