By Mr. Archie C. Kinnebrew Jr., Test Officer, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky — Screaming Eagle Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division completed testing a modernized version of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter during the recent exercise, Operation Lethal Eagle (OLE). Mr. James Adams, with U.S. Army Operational Test Command’s […]
CH-47 Chinook helicopter
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 […]
