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This was a tradition for years and was codified into army regulation in 1969 with AR 70-28: "Army aircraft were specifically categorized as requiring 'Indian terms and names of American Indian tribes and chiefs.' Names to choose from were provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs."
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The AH-1 was the first U.S. Army helicopter not named for a Native American people since the practice began with the H-13 Sioux and continued with the UH-1 Iroquois, AH-56 Cheyenne, OH-58 Kiowa, and later helicopters. [12]
Named after the Native American war leader Black Hawk, the UH-60A entered service with the U.S. Army in 1979, to replace the Bell UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport helicopter. This was followed by the fielding of electronic warfare and special operations variants of the Black Hawk. Improved UH-60L and UH-60M utility variants have ...
The official U.S. Army designation Iroquois (Army helicopters are traditionally given Native American names) was almost never used in practice. [ 4 ] Fourteen of the original order of UH-1As were designated as TH-1A which were used for crew training and a single aircraft was redesignated XH-1A for grenade launcher testing in 1960.
Native Americans serve in the military at one of the highest rates of all demographics, second only to Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, according to a report from the Department of ...
The United States Army Aviation Branch is the aviation branch of the United States Army and the administrative organization that is responsible for doctrine, manning and configuration for all army aviation units. This branch was formerly considered to be one of the combat arms branches, but is today included within the "Maneuver, Fires and ...
Honor Flight Kern County, with help from the Bakersfield American Indian Health Project, has worked for years on organizing California's first Honor Flight made up of all Native American military ...