By Sgt. 1st Class Leonel Rubio, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama – The latest countermeasures designed to improve Army aircraft survivability were tested here by helicopter aircrews based out of Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas. Soldiers from the 3rd Assault Helicopter […]
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Pilots, ground troops combine to test new Apache helicopter upgrades
By Capt. Christina Smith, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — During the largest Aviation test of 2019, Apache and Unmanned Aerial System pilots joined combat ground forces to test an upgraded Apache helicopter version. The complex operational test of the AH64E Version 6 Apache helicopter […]
Army conducts operational test of Joint Air to Ground Missile in Florida
By Capt. Christina Smith, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida — Air Cavalry Brigade Soldiers from Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas became the first to fire the Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) during operational testing along the Florida Gulf Coast shores here. Before traveling to […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: Ft. Hood pilots to test new AH64 Apache version Wednesday
WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Pilots and Soldiers with the 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, will take part in operational testing of a new version of the AH64 Apache Wednesday. Media are invited to attend testing of the new Apache version. B-Roll is provided at: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/670919/new-ah64-apache-version-operational-test-hood-army-airfield […]
Operational test of commercial airmobile crane aims to improve Army battlefield aviation maintenance
By Sgt. 1st Class Richard. A. Sosa, Rotary Division Research, Development, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The ability of Army helicopter repairers to support maintenance in remote locations may improve enormously if the airmobile Expeditionary Crane proves effective in austere environments during operational […]
