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3 unusual facts about United States Army Aviation Branch


Bell Huey family

:11 Seat utility transport helicopter; the civil certified model was based at the military model 204, known by the US Army as the UH-1B.

Marine expeditionary unit

When the United States Army integrates with Air Force assets, it typically is at the theater or corps level, with a general commanding, while at the division level it will integrate with Army aviation, which can be organized as organic at the battalion level.

Scaled Composites ARES

In 1981, the U.S. Army Aviators Jim Kreutz and Milo Burroughs requested that a study be undertaken for a Low Cost Battlefield Attack Aircraft (LCBAA), as there was a lack of adequate number of Close Air Support aircraft to support the U.S. Army operations.



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