U.S. Army conducts large-scale air assault training exercise
10:05 (GMT+0000) November 13, 2019
U.S. Army 25th Combat Aviation Brigade completed the large-scale air assault training exercise, according to a recent service news release.
Air assault is the movement of ground-based military forces by vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft—such as the helicopter—to seize and hold key terrain which has not been fully secured, and to directly engage enemy forces behind enemy lines.
For air assault exercise, Soldiers waves loaded onto twenty CH-47 Chinook UH-60 Blackhawks helicopters to provided troop lift capability to air assault the Gimlets of 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division from Wheeler Army Airfield to Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on Big Island of Hawaii, Nov. 12.
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