‘Come In Low’: Army Aviation Modifies Training To Prepare For Rivals Like Russia, China
"We're going to be flying in lower flight profiles than we have over the last 20 years in counterinsurgency operations and so, even today, we are changing the way we train Army aviators," said Maj. Gen. David Francis.
By Andrew Eversden on October 14, 2021 at 9:25 AM
AUSA: Even with the fielding of the Army’s future vertical lift capabilities years away, the service is adjusting how it trains its aviators to prepare them for new tactics, techniques and procedures for future wars.
For the last 20 years of counter-terrorism operations, Army rotorcraft have operated higher altitudes in battle. But the future battlefield, the Army will fly in the lower tier of airspace to avoid the anti-access/area denial capabilities of advanced adversaries like China and Russia, according to Maj. Gen. David Francis, commander of the Army Aviation Center of Excellence.
“We’re going to be flying in lower flight profiles than we have over the last 20 years in counterinsurgency operations and so, even today, we are changing the way we train Army aviators,” Francis said Wednesday at a Defense News event at the annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference. “We’re changing the way that we develop our leaders to be able to operate in that environment.”
https://breakingdefense.com/2021/10/come-in-low-army-aviation-modifies-training-to-prepare-for-rivals-like-russia-china/
