فرع الطيران التابع لجيش الولايات المتحدة
The United States Army Aviation Branch, a branch in its own right only since 12 April 1983 but flying since the artillery spotter Cubs of 1942, runs the largest helicopter fleet in the world from Fort Rucker, Alabama — and between 2024 and 2026 it cancelled its next scout helicopter, began retiring older Apaches and Gray Eagles, and bet its future on the MV-75 Cheyenne II tiltrotor and on drones.
The Army Aviation story: Cubs for the gunners, the helicopter war in Vietnam and the scout that never came
1942–1950: Cubs for the gunners
When the Army Air Forces went their own way, the ground army kept something small for itself. On 6 June 1942 the Secretary of War ordered organic air observation for the field artillery: light aircraft owned by the gunners and flown by soldiers, not airmen. The aircraft were mostly Piper L-4 Grasshoppers, a militarised Cub of which 5,413 were built for US forces, together with Taylorcraft L-2s and Aeronca L-3s. They first went into action in North Africa in November 1942 and then spotted for the guns from Sicily to Germany and across the Pacific. The best-known of them, Major Charles Carpenter’s L-4H "Rosie the Rocketer", carried bazookas and was credited with tanks and armoured cars. It was an improvised air arm, but it established the principle that the branch still lives by: the commander on the ground should own the aircraft he depends on.
1950–1965: Korea, the helicopter and the fight with the Air Force
The Key West Agreement of March 1948 let the Army keep aviation only for reconnaissance and medical evacuation, and the Pace–Finletter memorandum of 1952 built on it. Korea showed what a small helicopter could do: the Bell H-13 Sioux, ordered in 1948, flew casualties strapped to its skids and earned the nickname "Angel of Mercy", while the Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, 418 ordered in 1950, took over from the Cub. The Army began training warrant officer pilots, moved its Aviation School from crowded Fort Sill to Camp Rucker in Alabama from August 1954, and created the Army Aviation Center there on 1 February 1955. The argument with the Air Force over who flew what never really stopped; it would shape Army aircraft for the next 30 years, and some would say ever since.
1962–1973: Vietnam, the helicopter war
In 1962 the Army was told to think bigger. The Howze Board, convened that spring, reported on 20 August 1962 that an air assault division needed 459 aircraft instead of the usual hundred or so; the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) proved it from February 1963, and in 1965 the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) took the concept to Vietnam. The Bell UH-1 Huey, which had gone to Vietnam with the 57th Medical Detachment in March 1962, became the symbol of the war, joined by the AH-1 Cobra in 1967, the CH-47 Chinook, the OH-6 Cayuse and the OH-58 Kiowa. The cost was enormous. The Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association counts 5,607 helicopters lost and 4,877 pilots and crew killed across all services, most of them Army. In 1966 the Johnson–McConnell agreement settled one quarrel: the Army gave up its Caribou transports and kept its helicopters.
1972–1993: Apache, Black Hawk and a branch of its own
The post-Vietnam Army rebuilt its aviation around the Soviet tank threat. The over-ambitious Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne, opposed by the Air Force as an intrusion into close air support, was killed in August 1972, and the Advanced Attack Helicopter that replaced it became the AH-64 Apache, in service from April 1986. The UH-60 Black Hawk replaced the Huey from June 1979, the CH-47D appeared in 1982, and after the failure of the Iran hostage rescue the Army formed what became the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. On 12 April 1983 the Secretary of the Army approved Aviation as a separate branch, the birthday the branch still celebrates. Desert Storm in 1991 vindicated the investment: 101st Airborne Division Apaches fired some of the first shots of the war, and 277 AH-64s took part in the ground war. Mogadishu in October 1993, where two Black Hawks were shot down, showed the other side.
2001–2021: twenty years of rotary-wing war, and the programmes that died
Afghanistan and Iraq turned Army aviation into the workhorse of two long counter-insurgencies. Chinooks carried troops into the Hindu Kush, Black Hawks flew medical evacuation, and Kiowa Warriors and Apaches escorted convoys. The price was high: on 24 March 2003 an Apache deep attack near Karbala left 31 aircraft damaged and one shot down, more than 35 Kiowas were lost with 35 pilots, and on 6 August 2011 the shooting down of the Chinook Extortion 17 killed 30 Americans, the worst single loss of the Afghan war. At home the Army kept cancelling its future. The RAH-66 Comanche died in February 2004 after about $6.9 billion, the ARH-70 scout in October 2008, and the Kiowa Warrior was retired in 2017 without a replacement, its scouting role passed to Apaches teamed with Shadow drones.
2024–2026: FARA cancelled, the Transformation Initiative and the Potomac
On 8 February 2024 the Army cancelled the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft after spending at least $2 billion, with Gen. Randy George citing cheap drones over Ukraine; the Shadow and Raven fleets were to go as well. A year later, on 29 January 2025, a Black Hawk of the 12th Aviation Battalion collided with an airliner over the Potomac, killing 67 people; the NTSB blamed above all the FAA’s helicopter route, but made eight recommendations to the Army. The Army Transformation Initiative of May 2025 went further: AH-64Ds and Gray Eagles were cut, procurement of both stopped, and one air cavalry squadron per active aviation brigade reduced, while the MV-75 tiltrotor, named Cheyenne II in April 2026, was to be fielded. The Night Stalkers flew the raid that captured Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026. Whether drones can replace the scout helicopter the Army never managed to buy remains the open question.
The United States Army Aviation Branch in numbers
خدمة
- الاسم الرسمي
- فرع الطيران التابع لجيش الولايات المتحدةThe Aviation Branch of the US Army; English is the only official language used. The current English Wikipedia article title is the same
- تأسست
- 12 April 1983Branch approved by the Secretary of the Army on 12 April 1983, the date celebrated as the branch birthday. Organic Army aviation dates from 6 June 1942
- جزء من
- United States ArmyA basic branch of the Army, alongside infantry, armor and the others. The Army’s Signal Corps and Air Corps flying of 1907–1947 is the lineage of the US Air Force
- Home of the branch
- Fort Rucker, AlabamaU.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence (AVCOE). Fort Novosel from April 2023 to June 2025
- Commanding general
- Maj. Gen. Phillip C. BakerCommanding General, AVCOE and Fort Rucker, per the official leadership page; start date not published
- عمليات الطيران الخاصة
- 160th SOAR (Airborne)The Night Stalkers, formed after the 1980 Iran rescue failure; headquarters Fort Campbell, Kentucky
قوة
- Crewed aircraft
- About 4,400Wikipedia’s US Army infobox gives 4,406 crewed aircraft; no official 2026 total was found. Independent type counts disagree by several hundred
- طائرات الهليكوبتر الهجومية
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- AH-64D/E Apache — 824
- AH-6M Little Bird — part of 47 AH/MH-6M (160th SOAR)
FlightGlobal (2024) via Wikipedia. AH-64D retirement ordered in 2025; the AH-1 Cobra left the Army in 2001 and the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior in 2017
- Utility and cargo helicopters
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- UH-60/HH-60/MH-60 Black Hawk — about 1,565–2,298
- UH-72A/B Lakota — 475 (457 A, 18 B)
- CH-47F Chinook — 465
- MH-47G Chinook — 71
Black Hawk totals differ: 2,298 (FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia) against about 1,565 when the UH-60, MH-60 and EH-60 rows of Wikipedia’s other list are added; Lakota and Chinook counts are at January 2025
- طائرة ثابتة الجناح
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- C-12 Huron — 95
- UC-35 Citation — 28
Light transport and VIP jets; the RC-12 Guardrail signals intelligence fleet was retired on 11 December 2025
- Large drones
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- MQ-1C Gray Eagle — 75 listed, 204 built
- RQ-7B Shadow — about 500 at January 2025, being retired
Gray Eagle procurement ended in 2025; the Shadow fleet is being divested after the February 2024 decision
- الأفراد
- No official headcount for the branch was found; the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association estimates about 40,000 helicopter pilots served in Vietnam alone
بنية تحتية
- مركز التدريب
- Fort Rucker, about 63,000 acresCairns Army Airfield plus the Hanchey, Knox, Lowe, Shell and Echo army heliports; the 1st, 110th and 128th Aviation Brigades train there
- Combat aviation brigades
- 10 active, 8 Army National GuardPlus theatre aviation commands in the Guard and Army Reserve. Counts from Wikipedia’s structure of about 2018; the 2025 cuts to air cavalry squadrons were not yet reflected
- عمليات الطيران الخاصة
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- Fort Campbell, Kentucky — HQ, 1st and 2nd Battalions
- Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia — 3rd Battalion
- Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington — 4th Battalion
160th SOAR battalion locations as given by Wikipedia
- Washington, DC
- 12th Aviation Battalion, Davison AAFAt Fort Belvoir, Virginia; its UH-60L was the helicopter in the Potomac collision of 29 January 2025
- Civilian-run primary training
- Pilot programme at Marianna, FloridaTeam CTI teaches FAA Part 141 helicopter licences on the TH-66 Sage (Robinson R66) before military training
- Next aircraft
- MV-75 Cheyenne IIBell tiltrotor chosen in December 2022, designated MV-75 on 14 May 2025 and named on 15 April 2026; first unit planned for 2031 as of 2024
How the United States Army Aviation Branch is organised
A basic branch of the US Army, like the infantry and armor, with its home at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and its flying units in the combat aviation brigades of the divisions and corps. About 4,400 crewed aircraft by Wikipedia’s count, the largest helicopter fleet in the world: 824 AH-64 Apaches, Black Hawks counted at between about 1,565 and 2,298, 465 CH-47F Chinooks and 475 UH-72 Lakotas. The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment flies the special operations helicopters. The Signal Corps and Air Corps flying of 1907–1947 is the lineage of the US Air Force and is not counted here.
U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence
The home of the Aviation Branch, a basic branch of the Army since 12 April 1983, commanded by Maj. Gen. Phillip C. Baker according to the Fort Rucker leadership page, which does not give the date he took over; Wikipedia still lists his predecessor, Maj. Gen. Clair A. Gill, who took command on 26 July 2024. The post was Fort Novosel from April 2023 to June 2025.
Combat aviation brigades
Ten active and eight Army National Guard brigades by Wikipedia’s count of about 2018, flying AH-64 Apaches, UH-60 Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinooks; the 101st at Fort Campbell, the 1st Cavalry Division’s at Fort Hood, the 82nd at Fort Bragg, the 3rd Infantry Division’s at Hunter Army Airfield and the 25th at Wheeler in Hawaii. Wikipedia reports that one air cavalry squadron per active brigade was to be reduced under the Army Transformation Initiative of May 2025.
2nd and 12th Combat Aviation Brigades
The 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade at Camp Humphreys in South Korea, where rotational heavy attack reconnaissance squadrons also serve, and the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade under V Corps at Katterbach in Bavaria, with an attack helicopter battalion; the 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment runs the Army’s flying at Wiesbaden.
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
Formed after the failed Iran rescue of 1980 and established as the 160th Aviation Battalion on 16 October 1981, it flies MH-47G Chinooks, MH-60M Black Hawks and AH-6M and MH-6M Little Birds, with its headquarters and two battalions at Fort Campbell, the 3rd at Hunter and the 4th at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Its helicopters flew the raid that captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on 3 January 2026.
1st, 110th and 128th Aviation Brigades
The training brigades of the Aviation Center of Excellence, where nearly every Army pilot learns to fly: initial training on the UH-72 Lakota, advanced training on the AH-64E, UH-60 and CH-47, from Cairns Army Airfield and five army heliports. A civilian-run pilot programme at Marianna, Florida, teaches FAA helicopter licences on the TH-66 Sage before military training, as HeliHub reported in March 2025.
12th Aviation Battalion
The Army’s helicopter unit for the capital region, at Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir; its UH-60L collided with American Eagle Flight 5342 over the Potomac on 29 January 2025, killing 67, and the NTSB, ruling on 27 January 2026, placed the main blame on the FAA’s helicopter route and air traffic practice and made recommendations to the Army.
Gray Eagle and Shadow units
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle, in service since 2009 with one company per active division, 75 listed and 204 built, and the RQ-7B Shadow, about 500 in January 2025. The Army decided in February 2024 to divest every Shadow and Raven and said in 2025 it would stop buying the Gray Eagle; the RC-12 Guardrail signals intelligence aircraft were retired on 11 December 2025.
What the United States Army Aviation Branch flies today
كل نوع متاح برسوم، ويرتبط بصفحته في كتاب الوحوش إن وجدت. تشير الأرقام إلى الطائرات المسجلة، وليس الطائرات المتاحة في يوم معين.
| يكتب | دور | في الخدمة | منذ | الوحدات | ملحوظات | |
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| Boeing AH-64D/E Apacheفي الخدمة | مروحية هجومية | 824 | 1986 | 824 AH-64D/E per FlightGlobal 2024 as cited by Wikipedia. Over 2,700 Apaches of all kinds had been delivered worldwide by March 2024. | ||
| Sikorsky UH-60A/L/M, HH-60M and MH-60L/M Black Hawkفي الخدمة | Utility, medevac and special operations helicopter | 1979 | 1,565–2,298. FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia gives 2,298 with 181 on order; Wikipedia’s list of active aircraft gives 1,443 UH-60A/L/M, 58 MH-60K/L and 64 EH-60A.
أكثرThe 160th SOAR has 72 MH-60L/M. |
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| بوينغ CH-47F شينوكفي الخدمة | طائرة هليكوبتر لنقل الأحمال الثقيلة | 465 | 1962 | 465 CH-47F at January 2025 per Wikipedia; FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia gives 510 CH-47D/F. | ||
| بوينغ MH-47G شينوكفي الخدمة | Special operations heavy helicopter | 71 | 71 with the 160th SOAR per Wikipedia. | |||
| Boeing (MD Helicopters) AH-6M and MH-6M Little Birdفي الخدمة | Special operations light attack and assault helicopter | 47 | 47 per Wikipedia and FlightGlobal 2024. | |||
| Airbus UH-72A/B Lakotaفي الخدمة | طائرة هليكوبتر خفيفة متعددة الأغراض والتدريب | 475 | 2006 | 457 UH-72A and 18 UH-72B at January 2025 per Wikipedia; FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia gives 391 with 30 on order. | ||
| General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagleفي الخدمة | طائرة بدون طيار متوسطة الارتفاع وطويلة المدى | 75 | 2009 | 75 per Wikipedia’s list; 204 built. The 160th SOAR has 12. | ||
| AAI (Textron) RQ-7B Shadowفي الخدمة | طائرة تكتيكية بدون طيار | 2002 | About 500 RQ-7B at January 2025 per Wikipedia; divestment under way and no final retirement date found. | |||
| Beechcraft C-12 Huronفي الخدمة | النقل الخفيف | 95 | 95 per FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia. | |||
| سيسنا يو سي-35 سايتيشنفي الخدمة | Executive jet transport | 28 | 28 per FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia; 27 in Wikipedia’s list. |
عند الطلب
| يكتب | تم الطلب | التسليم الأول | ملحوظات | |
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| بيل إم في-75 شايان 2عند الطلب | Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, chosen on 5 December 2022; designated MV-75 on 14 May 2025 and named Cheyenne II on 15 April 2026.
أكثرThe Army says it flies twice as fast and twice as far as the current fleet. First unit equipped was planned for 2031 as of 2024; the Transformation Initiative of May 2025 put it among the systems to be fielded, but no total buy or acceleration date was confirmed on an official page. |
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| سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 إم بلاك هوكعند الطلب | 181 | 181 on order per FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia. In February 2024 the Army chose new UH-60Ms for the National Guard instead of upgrading UH-60Ls to UH-60V. | ||
| بوينغ AH-64E أباتشيعند الطلب | 15 | 15 on order per FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia. After the 30 April 2025 directive the Army said it would stop procuring AH-64s, so this figure may be overtaken. | ||
| Airbus UH-72 Lakotaعند الطلب | 30 | 30 on order per FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia; 18 UH-72Bs had been delivered by January 2025. |
Every type the United States Army Aviation Branch has retired
10 types, from the Piper L-4 Grasshopper (O-59) to the Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail. تمثل الأرقام القصوى عدد الطائرات التي تم استلامها على مدار فترة الخدمة بأكملها، وليس قوة الأسطول في أي تاريخ محدد.
| يكتب | دور | قمة | تم تقديمه | تم استبداله بـ | ملحوظات | |
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| Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail | Signals intelligence aircraft | 73 | 1983–2025 | HADES (Bombardier Global 6500) | 73 per FlightGlobal 2024 via Wikipedia before retirement. | |
| Bell OH-58A/C/D Kiowa and Kiowa Warrior | Scout and light attack helicopter | 1969–2017 | AH-64 teamed with RQ-7 Shadow | 2,325 OH-58 built for all users. | ||
| بيل يو إتش-1 إيروكوا (هوي) | طائرة هليكوبتر متعددة الأغراض وطائرة إخلاء طبي | 1959–2016 | مروحية يو إتش-60 بلاك هوك | About 7,000 served in Vietnam; VHPA records 6,994 Huey tail numbers, almost all Army. | ||
| بيل AH-1G/F/S كوبرا | مروحية هجومية | 1,116 | 1967–2001 | AH-64 أباتشي | 1,116 AH-1G built for the Army 1967–73; later modernised versions not counted here. | |
| Grumman OV-1 Mohawk | Battlefield surveillance aircraft | 1959–1996 | RC-12, EO-5C, E-8 Joint STARS | About 380 built. | ||
| سيسنا إل-19/أو-1 بيرد دوغ | طائرات الاتصال والمراقبة | 418 | 1950–1974 | OH-58 Kiowa, OV-10 (Air Force) | 418 in the first 1950 order; about 3,431 built for all users. | |
| Hughes OH-6A Cayuse | مروحية مراقبة خفيفة | 1966– | OH-58 Kiowa | |||
| بيل إتش-13 سيوكس | Light helicopter and medevac | 1948– | OH-6 Cayuse | At least 2,407 Bell 47/H-13 built for all users. | ||
| Piper L-4 Grasshopper (O-59) | مراقبة المدفعية والتنسيق | 5,413 | 1942– | L-19 Bird Dog | 5,413 L-4s for US forces, including 250 for the Navy. | |
| Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe | Heavy-lift crane helicopter | شينوك CH-47 |
Where the Army Aviation Branch flies from
الدبابيس السوداء تمثل القواعد النشطة، أما الدبابيس المجوفة فتمثل المطارات التي تم إغلاقها. Fort Rucker, renamed Fort Novosel in 2023 and Fort Rucker again in 2025, trains nearly every Army pilot, and Fort Campbell is the home of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and the Night Stalkers’ headquarters. The divisional brigades fly from army airfields at Fort Hood, Fort Bragg, Hunter and Wheeler, and abroad from Camp Humphreys in South Korea and Katterbach and Wiesbaden in Germany; Fort Wolters, the primary helicopter school, closed in 1973. Entries with no published aerodrome data carry no pin.
الولايات المتحدة
3 of the 9 bases above sit outside the United States, so the world map has to pull back until the home airfields cannot be told apart. The same pins again, without the overseas bases.
| قاعدة | منظمة الطيران المدني الدولي (ICAO) | حالة | المدرج | الوحدات والطائرات |
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| Campbell ArmyFort Campbellكنتاكي وتينيسي | خوب | نشيط | 05/233330 مترًا18/361372 مترًا |
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| Desiderio ArmyCamp HumphreysGyeonggi Province (Pyeongtaek), South Korea | نشيط |
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| Fort RuckerCairns Armyألاباما | كوزر | نشيط | 18/361532 مترًا06/241386 مترًا |
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| Hunter Armyجورجيا | KSVN | نشيط | 10/283,467 m |
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| Katterbach ArmyKatterbach Kaserne, AnsbachBavaria, Germany | نشيط |
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| Robert Gray ArmyFort Hoodتكساس | KGRK | نشيط | 15/333047 مترًاالأسفلت والخرسانة |
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| Simmons ArmyFort Braggولاية كارولاينا الشمالية | KFBG | نشيط | 10/281256 متراً |
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| Wheeler Armyهاواي | PHHI | نشيط | 06/241,709 m |
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| جيش فيسبادنLucius D. Clay KaserneHessen, Germany | إيتو | نشيط | 07/252155 مترًا |
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| Fort WoltersU.S. Army Primary Helicopter Centerتكساس | أُغلق عام 1973 |
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لا توجد قاعدة جوية مطابقة لهذا البحث.
Who is stationed where in the United States Army Aviation Branch
الوحدات الجوية حسب القاعدة، والوحدات الحالية أولاً. Army aviation is organised in combat aviation brigades named for their divisions — the 101st, the 82nd, the 1st Cavalry Division’s — with numbered battalions of an aviation regiment under each; the 82nd’s also has a cavalry squadron, the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry. Air Force, Coast Guard and German units on Army airfields are marked as not Army. Where a brigade’s aircraft rest on Wikipedia’s standard brigade structure rather than a published list, the entry says so.
- اللواء الجوي 110لواء تدريب الطيران · نشط
- إيرباص يو إتش-72 لاكوتا،, بوينغ AH-64E أباتشي, سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 بلاك هوك, بوينغ CH-47 شينوك
- اللواء الأول للطيرانلواء التدريب · نشط
- السرب التدريبي الجوي الثالث والعشرون (القوات الجوية الأمريكية)سرب تدريب على طائرات الهليكوبتر · أخرى
- بيل تي إتش-1 إتش هيوي
- مدرسة طيران الجيش الأمريكي1954–
- اللواء 101 للطيران القتاليCombat aviation brigade · active
- سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 إم بلاك هوك, بوينغ CH-47F شينوك, بوينغ AH-64D أباتشي
- الفوج 160 للطيران العملياتي الخاص (المحمول جواً): المقر الرئيسي، الكتيبة الأولى والثانيةNight Stalkers · Special operations aviation regiment · active
- سيكورسكي إم إتش-60 إم بلاك هوك وإم إتش-60 إم دي إيه بي, بوينغ MH-47G شينوك, بوينغ (MD) MH-6M و AH-6M ليتل بيرد
- اللواء 159 للطيران القتالي
- قاعدة كامبل الجوية (القوات الجوية الأمريكية)1947–1959
- 1st Cavalry Division Combat Aviation BrigadeCombat aviation brigade · active
- Boeing AH-64 Apache, سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 بلاك هوك, بوينغ CH-47 شينوك
- 82nd Combat Aviation BrigadeCombat aviation brigade · active
- Boeing AH-64 Apache, سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 بلاك هوك, بوينغ CH-47 شينوك
- 18th Aviation Brigadeلواء الطيران · نشط
- U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command detachmentsSpecial operations aviation · active
- 3rd Infantry Division Combat Aviation BrigadeCombat aviation brigade · active
- Boeing AH-64 Apache, سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 بلاك هوك, بوينغ CH-47 شينوك
- 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)Night Stalkers · Special operations aviation battalion · active
- Sikorsky MH-60M Black Hawk, بوينغ MH-47G شينوك
- Coast Guard Air Station SavannahCoast Guard air station · other
- Hunter Air Force Base (Strategic Air Command)1950–1963
- Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Boeing B-47 Stratojet
- 25th Combat Aviation BrigadeCombat aviation brigade · active
- Boeing AH-64 Apache, سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 بلاك هوك, بوينغ CH-47 شينوك
- 15th Pursuit Group (US Army Air Forces)
- Curtiss P-36 Hawk, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
- 2nd Combat Aviation BrigadeCombat aviation brigade · active
- Boeing AH-64 Apache, سيكورسكي يو إتش-60 بلاك هوك, بوينغ CH-47 شينوك
- 3rd Military Intelligence BattalionAerial intelligence battalion · active
- 12th Combat Aviation BrigadeCombat aviation brigade · active
- Boeing AH-64 Apache
- Luftwaffe bomber and fighter units (Fliegerhorst Ansbach)1938–1945
- 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation RegimentAviation battalion · active
- 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion (Guardrail)
- Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail
لا توجد وحدة مطابقة لهذا البحث.
United States Army Aviation Branch milestones, 1914 to today
6 June: the Secretary of War orders organic air observation for the field artillery, the birth of Army aviation. November: first combat, in North Africa.
11–14 March: the Key West Agreement lets the Army keep aircraft for reconnaissance and medical evacuation. The Army orders its first H-13 helicopters.
Korean War; contract for 418 L-19 Bird Dogs, delivered from December.
1 February: the Army Aviation Center is established at Camp Rucker, which becomes Fort Rucker in October.
March: UH-1s of the 57th Medical Detachment arrive in Vietnam. 20 August: the Howze Board reports in favour of air assault divisions, tested by the 11th Air Assault Division from 1963; in 1965 the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) goes to Vietnam.
Johnson–McConnell agreement: the Army gives up its Caribou transports and keeps its helicopters.
9 August: the AH-56 Cheyenne is terminated; the Advanced Attack Helicopter programme follows on 17 August.
June: the UH-60A Black Hawk enters service with the 101st.
16 October: the 160th Aviation Battalion, later the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, is established.
12 April: Aviation becomes a branch of the Army. October: Black Hawks in combat over Grenada.
April: the AH-64 Apache enters Army service.
17 January: Apaches of the 101st fire some of the first shots of Desert Storm.
3–4 October: two Black Hawks are shot down in Mogadishu.
23 February: the RAH-66 Comanche is cancelled after about $6.9 billion.
January: the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior fires for the last time before retirement.
8 February: FARA cancelled; Shadow and Raven to be divested. 26 July: Maj. Gen. Clair Gill takes command at Fort Novosel.
29 January: Potomac collision, 67 killed. 30 April–May: Army Transformation Initiative. 14 May: MV-75 designated. June: Fort Novosel becomes Fort Rucker again. 11 December: RC-12 Guardrail retired.
3 January: 160th SOAR flies the Maduro raid in Caracas. 27 January: NTSB rules on the Potomac collision. 15 April: MV-75 named Cheyenne II.
كل حرب خاضها فرع طيران الجيش
الطلعات الجوية والخسائر حيثما يسمح السجل بذلك، وفراغ تام حيثما لا يسمح بذلك.
- الحرب العالمية الثانية 1942–1945 Spotted for artillery, flew liaison, reconnaissance, courier and casualty missions in light aircraft
- الحرب الكورية 1950–1953 Medical evacuation, observation, liaison and, from 1951, helicopter transport
- حرب فيتنام 1962–1973 Air assault, medical evacuation, gunship and attack, heavy lift, observation and surveillance
- عملية الغضب العاجل 1983 Air assault and special operations helicopter lift
- عملية الفرصة الأولى 1987–1988 Night patrol and escort against Iranian mining and small boats, flying from ships and barges
Who built the United States Army Aviation Branch fleet
كل شركة تقف وراء الطائرات الموجودة في هذه الصفحة لها صفحتها الخاصة: القصة، وكل نوع قامت ببنائه، والأرقام، والقوات الجوية الأخرى التي تستخدمها.
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Everything MiGFlug’s magazine has published on the United States Army Aviation Branch and the aircraft it flies. يتم تحديث هذه القائمة تلقائيًا - تظهر قصص Afterburner الجديدة هنا تلقائيًا.
Everything people ask about the United States Army Aviation Branch
ما هو فرع الطيران التابع لجيش الولايات المتحدة؟
هل الطيران التابع للجيش الأمريكي هو نفسه القوات الجوية التابعة للجيش الأمريكي؟
ما هي أنواع المروحيات التي يستخدمها الجيش الأمريكي؟
لماذا ألغى الجيش قانون تسجيل الوكلاء الأجانب (FARA)؟
ما الذي أحدثته مبادرة التحول العسكري في مجال طيران الجيش؟
ما هي طائرة MV-75 شايان 2؟
هل مقر طيران الجيش هو فورت نوفوسيل أم فورت روكر؟
ماذا حدث في حادث التصادم الجوي في بوتوماك؟
What was the Army’s first attack helicopter?
How many helicopters did the US lose in Vietnam?
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كل نوع له صفحة في كتاب الوحوش، في الخدمة أولاً، ثم حسب السنة التي غادر فيها الأسطول.
كل حقيقة، تم التحقق منها
- الجيش الأمريكي: طيران الجيشبيان المهمة ("العثور على أي عدو وتحديد موقعه وتدميره من خلال النيران والمناورة")؛ الطيران فرع أساسي في عام 1983؛ القوات الجوية للجيش في الحرب العالمية الثانية مع 2.4 مليون فرد و80 ألف طائرة.
- الجيش الأمريكي: فورت روكر، مقر طيران الجيشالمنشأة التي تُسمى الآن فورت روكر؛ تبلغ مساحتها حوالي 63000 فدان في ولاية ألاباما؛ وقد تم تصنيفها كمركز امتياز طيران الجيش الأمريكي في عام 2008.
- U.S. Army Fort Rucker: LeadershipMaj. Gen. Phillip C. Baker, Commanding General, AVCOE and Fort Rucker; Brig. Gen. Kenneth C. Cole, deputy commanding general; CW5 Robert S. Slider, Chief Warrant Officer of the Aviation Branch; Command Sgt. Maj. Ruben A. Davila. Page modified 28 August 2026.
- U.S. Army Fort Rucker: Commanding General biographyBaker commissioned into the Aviation Branch in 1996 (Auburn University); previously Future Capability Director for Army Aviation. No assumption-of-command date given.
- تاريخ حصن روكر التابع للجيش الأمريكي:تم افتتاح المعسكر في 1 مايو 1942؛ انتقلت مدرسة طيران الجيش من فورت سيل اعتبارًا من أغسطس 1954، والدفعة الأولى في أكتوبر 1954؛ تم إنشاء مركز طيران الجيش في 1 فبراير 1955؛ فورت روكر دائم في أكتوبر 1955؛ عيد ميلاد الفرع في 12 أبريل 1983؛ فورت نوفوسيل في أبريل 2023؛ العودة إلى فورت روكر في يونيو 2025، تكريمًا لطيار الحرب العالمية الأولى الكابتن إدوارد ف. روكر.
- شبكة سي بي إس الإخبارية: ترامب يعيد تسمية القواعد العسكرية (10 يونيو 2025)تم الإعلان في 10 يونيو 2025 في فورت براغ عن استعادة سبعة أسماء، من بينها فورت روكر؛ ووزير الجيش دانيال دريسكول سيتخذ إجراءً فورياً.
- U.S. Army: U.S. Army names next generation assault aircraft Cheyenne II (15 April 2026)MV-75 named Cheyenne II at the Quad-A conference in Nashville; twice the speed and range of the current fleet; first entirely new Army platform since the 1980s; Maj. Gen. Clair Gill quoted as Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Maneuver Air.
- FlightGlobal: US Army designates next-generation Bell tiltrotor as MV-75Designation announced 14 May 2025 at the Quad-A conference in Nashville; cruise speed at least 280 kt.
- Defense News: US Army spent billions on a new helicopter that now will never fly (8 February 2024)FARA cancelled; at least $2 billion spent and $5 billion more requested over five years; entire Shadow and Raven fleets to go; UH-60V fielding to the Guard halted in favour of UH-60M; Improved Turbine Engine procurement delayed. Quotes from Gen. Randy George and Doug Bush.
- Secretary of Defense: Army Transformation and Acquisition Reform memorandum (30 April 2025)The PDF returned HTTP 403 to the research fetch; its wording ("cancel or scale back ineffective or redundant programs, including manned aircraft, excess ground vehicles (e.g., HMMWV), and outdated UAVs") is taken as quoted by Wikipedia’s Gray Eagle article.
- Defense Daily: Hegseth directs Army to scrap ‘outdated’ systems; cuts include JLTVs, AH-64Ds, Gray EaglesHeadline and lead only (paywall): the April 2025 directive includes AH-64D Apaches and Gray Eagle drones among the cuts.
- HeliHub: Robinson R66 becomes TH-66 Sage for historic US Army contract (8 March 2025)U.S. Army FAA Part 141 Helicopter Flight School Pilot Program at Marianna, Florida, run by Team CTI (Crew Training International and Helicopter Institute) with the TH-66 Sage.
- NTSB: Investigation DCA25MA108Board meeting 27 January 2026; probable cause the FAA’s placement of a helicopter route close to a runway approach path, failure to review routes and act on recommendations, and the system’s overreliance on visual separation; 64 killed on the airliner and three on the helicopter; recommendations A-26-41 to A-26-48 to the US Army.
- رابطة طياري المروحيات في فيتنام: الصفحة الرئيسيةخدم حوالي 40 ألف طيار مروحية في حرب فيتنام.
- رابطة طياري طائرات الهليكوبتر في فيتنام: خسائر طائرات الهليكوبتر خلال حرب فيتنام (تم التحديث في 31 ديسمبر 2018)5607 مروحية مفقودة من أصل حوالي 12000 مروحية كانت تخدم (جميع الخدمات)؛ UH-1 4422، OH-6A 964، AH-1G 303، CH-47 251، OH-58A 48؛ 2165 طيارًا و2712 من أفراد الطاقم الآخرين قُتلوا، 4877 في المجموع؛ 6994 رقم ذيل Huey، جميعها تقريبًا تابعة للجيش.
- GAO-01-401: العمليات الجوية في كوسوفو - الجيش يحل الدروس المستفادة فيما يتعلق بمروحية أباتشي (2 مارس 2001)تم تحديد 107 دروس؛ مشاكل قابلية التشغيل البيني بين أنظمة القيادة والسيطرة والاستخبارات التابعة للجيش والقوات الجوية.
- AirNav: KOZR مطار كيرنز العسكري (فورت روكر) (بيانات المطار الصادرة عن إدارة الطيران الفيدرالية كما أعيد نشرها بواسطة AirNav.com، اعتبارًا من 1 أكتوبر 2026)نقطة مرجعية 31.2757769، -85.7133511؛ ارتفاع 301 قدم؛ مدارج 18/36 (5025 × 150 قدم) و6/24 (4546 × 150 قدم)، أسفلت؛ خمسة مهابط طائرات هليكوبتر؛ الجيش الأمريكي، يلزم الحصول على إذن مسبق؛ برج متصل.
- AirNav: KHOP Campbell Army Airfield (Fort Campbell) (بيانات إدارة الطيران الفيدرالية عبر AirNav.com، سارية المفعول اعتبارًا من 1 أكتوبر 2026)نقطة مرجعية 36.6729560، -87.4918195؛ ارتفاع 571 قدمًا؛ المدرجان 5/23 (10,926 × 150 قدمًا) و18/36 (4,500 × 100 قدمًا)، أسفلت؛ مطار دخول دولي.
- AirNav: KGRK Robert Gray Army Airfield (FAA data via AirNav.com, effective 1 October 2026)Reference point 31.0672500, -97.8289167; elevation 1,015.2 ft; runway 15/33 (9,997 x 200 ft), asphalt and concrete; joint civil use with prior permission.
- AirNav: KFBG Simmons Army Airfield (FAA data via AirNav.com, effective 3 September 2026)Reference point 35.1320958, -78.9353458; elevation 243.3 ft; runway 10/28 (4,121 x 100 ft), asphalt.
- AirNav: KSVN Hunter Army Airfield (FAA data via AirNav.com, effective 1 October 2026)Reference point 32.0100203, -81.1459878; elevation 41.3 ft; runway 10/28 (11,375 x 197 ft), asphalt.
- AirNav: PHHI Wheeler Army Airfield (FAA data via AirNav.com, effective 1 October 2026)Reference point 21.4814444, -158.0378333; elevation 843.3 ft; runway 6/24 (5,608 x 100 ft), asphalt; extremely noise-sensitive area.
- الجيش الأمريكي: تاريخ فورت كامبل - قاعدة كلاركسفيلثاني منشأة لتخزين الأسلحة النووية الأمريكية تبدأ عملياتها؛ واحدة من ستة مواقع تخزين وطنية؛ 1947-1965؛ سيطرة الجيش 1969؛ حوالي ثلث الترسانة في ذروتها؛ على القائمة السوفيتية لأول عشرة أهداف (ادعاء الحامية).
- Militärisches Luftfahrthandbuch Deutschland (MIL AIP)Authority for German military ICAO codes and runways; not openly accessible, used through the existing Wiesbaden row.
- بيانات OurAirports المفتوحةReference point and elevation of the existing Wiesbaden row, reused unchanged.
تم التحقق من الأرقام بتاريخ 2026-10-01. يتم إعادة إنشاء صفحات ترتيب المعركة من مجموعة بيانات واحدة؛ إذا كان هناك رقم هنا يختلف عن صفحة كتاب الوحوش، فإن هذه الصفحة هي الأحدث من بين الصفحتين.
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