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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 ...
ARMS – Aviation Resource Management System (USAF) ARNG – Army National Guard (U.S. Army) ARS – Air Refueling Store; ART – Alarm Response Team (USAF) ARVN – Army Of The Republic Of (South) Viet Nam (U.S. Military) ASA – Ammunition Supply Activity; ASAP – Army Substance Abuse Program (U.S. Military) ASAP – As Soon As Possible
The failure of the Aircraft Production Board (after October 1, 1917, the Aircraft Board) and the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps to meet aircraft production goals for the establishment of an adequate air combat force in France by the summer of 1918 forced the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to overhaul the bureaucratic structure of military aviation.
The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence is the United States Army Aviation Branch's headquarters, and its training and development center, located at Fort Novosel, Alabama. The Aviation Center of Excellence coordinates and deploys aviation operations and trains aviation officers in a variety of topics, including classroom navigation ...
The battalion is a unit of The Army Aviation Brigade (TAAB) under the Military District of Washington (MDW). Its primary mission is to provide executive transport, aeromedical evacuation, and operational aviation support to senior government officials, including the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and other senior military ...
A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.
The United States Army Aviation Technology Office (ATO), known as Flight Concepts Division (FCD) before 2017, [1] is a component of the United States Army that provides discreet, sometimes clandestine helicopter aviation support primarily to Joint Special Operations Command. [2]
According to The New York Times, the Army has started to "wikify" certain field manuals, allowing any authorized user to update the manuals. [4] This process, specifically using the MediaWiki arm of the military's professional networking application, milSuite, was recognized by the White House as an Open Government Initiative in 2010.