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The unit later also acquired nine Cessna and Beechcraft King Air fixed-wing aircraft. [7] In line with typical CIA practices, these helicopters and aircraft were not included in the official register of U.S. Army aircraft and were instead registered as belonging to a company called Aviation Tech Services. [5]
a. The Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, agrees to relinquish all claims for CV-2 and CV-7 aircraft and for future fixed-wing aircraft designed for tactical airlift. These assets now in the Army inventory will be transferred to the Air Force. (CSA and CSAF agree that this does not apply to the administrative mission support fixed wing aircraft.) b.
The surveillance radar scans in all directions to pick up targets, then the targeting radar looks only in a certain segment to guide weapons to it. Its detection capability seeks to equal 4–5 fixed-wing aircraft, and is designed to operate at 15–20 percent of the cost of fixed-wing aircraft. [7] [8] The tethered cables relay data and ...
The Korean War provided new challenges and opportunities for Army Aviation. Organic Army Aviation had acquired its first helicopters, thirteen Bell H-13 Sioux, in 1947, shortly before the U.S. Air Force became independent of the Army. In Korea, the Army employed the Cessna O-1 Bird Dog and other improved fixed wing planes, but also helicopters ...
Also transferred to the Army and lacking adequate facilities at Fort Rucker, Army Aviation continued primary fixed-wing training at Camp Gary until 1959 and primary rotary-wing training at Fort Wolters until 1973. The pioneer African American flying instructor Milton Crenchaw taught at then-Camp Rucker from 1954 to 1966.
Capped at $197 million, the contract requires CACI International (CACI) to offer 24/7 surveillance and reconnaissance support to U.S. and NATO forces deployed abroad.
In 1992 Davison Aviation Command was reorganized as the Operational Support Airlift Command, with responsibilities for fixed-wing Army aircraft support throughout the United States. Additionally, they provide rotary-wing (helicopter) support to Army leadership and distinguished officials in the National Capital Region.
2nd Battalion (Fixed Wing) [1] Headquarters and Headquarters Company [2] Company A (-) flying a C-12 at Army Aviation Support Facility, Quonset State Airport [3] former Det.23 OSACOM Detachment 1 flying a C-26, at Army Aviation Support Facility at Raleigh Durham,