Army aviation

Army aviation

U.S. soldiers in OH-58D Kiowa and AH-64 Apache helicopters conduct a combat air patrol in Iraq
Soldiers rapelling from a JGSDF UH-1H in 2007
A Defender surveillance aircraft, of the British Army Air Corps
CH-53G helicopter of the German Army Aviators Corps during Operation Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq
French Army Light Aviation Eurocopter Cougar in Afghanistan
Indian Army HAL Dhruv helicopter deploying US troops during joint exercise

An army aviation unit is an aviation-related unit of a nation's army, often described as an air corps. These units are generally separate from a nation's dedicated air force, and usually comprise helicopters and light support fixed-wing aircraft.

Tasks

The tasks of each army's aviation units are defined slightly different, depending on nationality. Some general characteristics, however, apply to all army aviation units regardless of provenience:

Equipment

In order to fulfill their manifold tasks, army aviation mostly uses helicopters. These helicopters can be classified into the following types:


List of national army aviation components

See also

References

    Further reading

    External links

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