Brooks, D. (2020). Schooling their own. National Guard, 74(5), 18-19.Guard Apache units were having difficulty getting seats at the aviation schoolhouse, so they offered to help teach a team of Army National Guard soldiers recently completed a year-long mission that gained little attention but will have a big impact on the Guard's AH-64 Apache attack helicopter community.
Gourley, S. R. (2015). Aviation Restructuring Initiative Proceeds Amid Concerns. Army Magazine, 65(7), 53–55.The article focuses on the U.S. Army's Aviation Restructuring Initiative (ARI)) approved by Chief of Staff of the Army in October 2013 with an aim to rebalance Army combat aviation capabilities with cost savings. It presents views of Major General Michael D. Lundy, who outlines some of the ARI milestones during the Army Aviation Association of America 2015 meeting in March 2015 such as ongoing conversion of four combat aviation brigades and fielding of 11 Shadow unmanned aircraft systems.
Association of the U.S. army: Army has no problem recruiting pilots. (2019, Sep 10). Targeted News ServiceThe Army aviation director says a little time and more resources will resolve a pilot shortfall.
Short about 700 pilots for at least two years, the Army is not having any problems recruiting new aviators but needs to increase training capacity to get them ready, said Brig. Gen. Michael McCurry, who was assigned as aviation director earlier this year in the office of the deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and training
Army and navy academy to launch four-year aviation course in 2018-19. (2018, May 03). PR NewswireCiting the growing shortage of pilots over the next few years, the Army and Navy Academy is launching a four-year aviation training program in the 2018-19 school year, designed to stimulate interest in an aviation career on the part of high-school age Cadets and prepare them to pursue further training after graduating.
Rep. McSally continues to spearhead bipartisan initiative to suspend transfer of apache helicopters out of arizona. (2018, Jan 31). Targeted News Service"I have been engaged on this issue since I was first elected to Congress in 2015. I've worked closely with top Army leaders expressing my strong concern about the national pilot shortage and the Army's abilities to provide and grow critical attack aviation capability for current and future operations. The letter I am spearheading today is a follow up to a proposal I sent to Army leadership last December offering an alternative interim solution that would retain the capability of over 500 qualified attack pilots and maintainers at minimal cost.
Bland, W., Washabaugh Jr., D. L., & Adams, M. (2017). ARMY AVIATION: Quantifying the Peacetime and Wartime MAINTENANCE MAN-HOUR GAPS. Defense Acquisition Research Journal: A Publication of the Defense Acquisition University, 24(2), 246–264Within Army aviation, a recurring problem is too many maintenance man-hour (MMH) requirements and too few MMH available. This gap is driven by several reasons, among them an inadequate number of soldier maintainers, inefficient use of assigned soldier maintainers, and political pressures to reduce the number of soldiers deployed to combat zones. For years, contractors have augmented the Army aviation maintenance force; Army aviation leadership is working to find the right balance between when it uses soldiers versus contractors to service its fleet of aircraft. No standardized process is now in place for quantifying the MMH gap. This article describes the development of an MMH Gap Calculator, a tool to quantify the gap in Army aviation. It also describes how the authors validated the tool, assesses the current and future aviation MMH gap, and provides a number of conclusions and recommendations. The MMH gap is real and requires contractor support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Winkie, D. (2023). 'A Gamble': US Army preps for force structure cuts, 'reform' of special operations forces. 38(7), 28-30
The U.S. Army is preparing to ax some units and restructure others.
