1942-2017 PG.62 NETWORK l RECOGNITION l VOICE l SUPPORT November 30, 2017 Improved Gray Eagle Reinventing Aviation. Again. QTYUIOPAERONAUTICAL ARMY AVIATION Magazine 2 November 30, 2017 18 Contents November 30, 2017, Vol. 66, No. 11 TO THE FIELD 10 10 Aviation Branch Chief Update By MG William K. Gayler 14 Chief Warrant Officer of the Branch Update By CW5 Joseph B. Roland 16 Branch Command Sergeant Major Update By CSM Gregory M. Chambers 18 Reserve Component Avation Update By COL J. Ray Davis 20 Combat Readiness Center Update 28 By BG David J. Francis 22 128th Aviation Brigade Update By SSG Andrew D. Hill 24 AMRDEC Tech Talk By Michael Kane, Ph.D. 26 Ask the Flight Surgeon By CPT Laura Ball, DO SPECIAL FOCUS — Unmanned Aircraft Systems 32 28 OSD Areas of Emphasis for the Evolution of Unmanned Systems By Mr. Brent Ingraham 32 Making Tactical Advancements to Enable the Warfighter By COL Courtney Cote & MAJ Marshall Gray 34 Consolidation of TCM-R/A: Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam “I Shall either Find a Way or Make One” LTC Christopher Courtland 36 UAS National Airspace (NAS) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Integration 36 By CW4 Adam D. Morton ARMY AVIATION Magazine 3 November 30, 2017 Contents November 30, 2017, Vol. 66, No. 11 SPECIAL FOCUS - Air Traffic Services 40 Constructing an Airspace Management Team for the Future Force 40 By CW3 LeBron Elder Jr., CW3 Kristal I. Hoover & CW3 Raphael E. Lopez 44 The Air Traffic Control Product Office By Mr. Patrick Layden 46 The U.S. Army Aeronautical Services Agency - We Are Working For You Even When You Don’t Realize It! By LTC Warner R. Ward, Mr. Jeff Geller & Mr. Freddie Johnson III SPECIAL FOCUS - Fixed Wing Update 48 The Fixed Wing Project Office and Army Fixed Wing Aviation 44 46 By COL Talmadge C. Sheppard and Ms. Tracey Ayres 50 “We’ll Be There”- Army Fixed-Wing In Expeditionary Support By LTC Pat Pollak & MAJ(P) Nate Russ 54 The U.S. Army’s Jet Training Detachment By COL William S. Wynn & MAJ(P) Mitchell L. Rosnick FROM THE FIELD 56 The Tie That Binds: Why the SOF Truths are Essential to the Development and Employment of Special Operations Gray 48 Eagle UAS By MAJ Seth Gulsby, 1LT Stephen Patten, CW3 Dave Phaneuf, & CW2 Raymond Balance 58 13th Luther Jones Army Aviation Sustainment Forum By Brigitte Rox 60 2017 AAAA Functional Awards DEPARTMENTS AAAA NEWS AAAA President’s Cockpit .......................................................................................................8 AAAA VP Chapter Affairs ......................................................................................................64 Chapter News ........................................................................................................................65 AAAA VP Membership ..........................................................................................................68 54 New Members ......................................................................................................................69 AAAA Family Forum ................................................................................................................70 AAAA Legislative Report ....................................................................................................... 73 AAAA Scholarship Foundation ........................................................................................... 72 ARMY AVIATION COMMUNITY NEWS Advertisers Index .....................................................................................................................74 Art’s Attic ......................................................................................................................................78 Briefings ..........................................................................................................................................6 Calendar ......................................................................................................................................66 Enlisted Aviation Soldier Spotlight ......................................................................................17 Fallen Heroes .............................................................................................................................67 Hall of Fame ................................................................................................................................79 Historical Perspective .............................................................................................................71 Industry News ............................................................................................................................74 66 People on the Move ...............................................................................................................75 Spotlight ........................................................................................................................................71 ARMY AVIATION is the official journal of the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA). 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Send address changes to AAPI, 593 Main Street, Monroe, CT 06468-2806. ARMY AVIATION Magazine 4 November 30, 2017 SUPERIORITY THROUGH PERFORMANCE ATEC T900 ATEC’S T900 DUAL-SPOOL ENGINE DELIVERS THE PERFORMANCE OUR WARFIGHTERS DESERVE AND THE VALUE OUR TAXPAYERS DEMAND. By leveraging two rotating turbine-compressor assemblies instead of just one, the T900 (formerly the HPW3000) delivers better dependability, greater fuel effi ciency, more power to grow and Learn more at lower cost over the life of the engine compared to single-spool DualSpoolRules.com designs currently in use. PROUD MAKERS A JOINT VENTURE OF OF THE DUAL SPOOL ADVANCED TURBINE ENGINE ARMY AVIATIONCOMPANY Magazine 5 November 30,T900 2017 Briefings u Late Breaking News - Announcements OH-58D Takes Final Flight aviation brigades that he hopes will provide Publisher / William R. Harris Jr. Soldiers with some relief. Ground forces across the globe still need aviation even Editor / CW4 (Ret.) Joseph L. Pisano Sr. as aviators and aircrews have simply been [email protected] overburdened given the growing demand Director of Design & Production and lack of resources. To meet the demand, Anne H. Ewing Abrams has instituted five rules for the Army’s [email protected] CABs: 1. CABs will deploy to no more than two theaters simultaneously; 2. The lowest Web Edition / Trudy Hodenfield level of a Request For Forces aviation unit is a [email protected] U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SSGT. TERESA J. CLEVELAND TERESA J. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SSGT. U.S. company task force with a field grade officer Contributing Editor / Mark Albertson John Zimmerman, Aviation Development Di- in charge; 3. The maximum number of non- [email protected] rectorate Aviation Support Facility manager, organic units assigned to a deploying battalion bows the Army’s last flyable OH-58D “Kiowa is one company with associated maintenance; Family Forum Editor / Judy Konitzer Warrior” during its final flight at Felker Army 4. Battalions will deploy with their organic [email protected] Airfield, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA, Sept. aviation maintenance company, with one- 18, 2017. Zimmerman has worked with the third aviation intermediate maintenance to Advertising Director / Robert C. Lachowski [email protected] Kiowa since 1986. A Vietnam War-era helicop- sustain their operations; 5. A CAB will have ter, the Kiowa spent 48 years in service as a no more than three combat training center Advertising Manager / Erika Burgess reconnaissance helicopter during operations rotations in a 12-month period. [email protected] including Just Cause, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. NTSB Investigates Drone/ Marketing Director / Jennifer Chittem In early 2014, the Army decided to retire the Black Hawk Collision in NY [email protected] Kiowa fleet as part of the Army’s Aviation Re- structure Initiative, ending the aircraft’s legacy. VP Business Development / Sal D. Lucci [email protected] Past Presidents Serve as MOHM Honorary Directors Circulation Department Deb Cavallaro Debbie Coley ADMINISTRATION PHOTO: FEDERAL AVIATION Elisabeth Mansson The National Transportation Safety Board is Barbara McCann investigating a September collision between Sue Stokes an Army helicopter and a drone that was il- Web Master / Mary Seymour legally flying over Staten Island, NY. According [email protected] PHOTO MOHM COURTESY to an Army statement, the drone was flying The National Medal of Honor Museum over Midland Beach on the evening of Sept. (MOHM) announced that former presidents 21 when it