Photo by Michelle Miller | Program Executive Office, Aviation | 11.17.2021
Kevin Belden, third from left, receives the Materiel Readiness Award for an individual during the Army Aviation Association of America’s Joseph P. Cribbins symposium. Looking on, from left, are retired Maj. Gen. Tim Crosby, president of the Army Aviation Association of America; Lt. Gen. Thomas Todd, deputy commander for acquisition and systems management, Army Futures Command; and Maj. Gen.......
Photo by Michelle Miller | Program Executive Office, Aviation | 11.17.2021
Stan Oliver, third from left, owner of DigiFlight Inc., and John Haeme, fourth from left, project lead/AH-64 Standardization Instructor Pilot, accept the Materiel Readiness Award on behalf of the Apache New Equipment Training team during the Army Aviation Association of America’s Joseph P. Cribbins symposium Nov.16. Looking on, from left, are retired Maj. Gen. Tim Crosby, president of AAAA;......
Photo by Sofia Bledsoe | Program Executive Office, Aviation | 07.15.2012
Army National Guard soldiers from the 1-149th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion stand in formation. The retirement of the last A model Apache was commemorated on Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, July 15, in Houston, Texas. The unit was the last and the longest to have had the A model Apache in their fleet....
Photo by Sofia Bledsoe | Program Executive Office, Aviation | 07.15.2012
Col. Shane Openshaw (right), Project Manager for Apache Attack Helicopters accepts the logbook and keys of Apache aircraft 451 from Lt. Col. Derrek Hryhorchuk, 1-149th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion commander during a ceremony to commemorate the ‘retirement’ of the last A model, July 15, in Houston, Texas....
Photo by Sofia Bledsoe | Program Executive Office, Aviation | 07.14.2012
Capt. Stacy James Rostorfer, 1-149th Bravo Company commander points to areas underneath the aircraft that suffered ballistic damage during combat in the Ramadi area in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 1-149th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion was recently nominated for the Valorous Unit Award. Four of its aviators had been recognized for their heroism and extraordinary achievements with the......
Photo by Sofia Bledsoe | Program Executive Office, Aviation | 07.14.2012
Chief Warrant Officer Five Jim Sandberg, 1-149th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion standardization officer, holds a photo of himself as a young pilot. Sandberg was one of the first to have flown the A model Apache and is now in the process of obtaining his certification as an instructor pilot of the AH-64D Apache Longbow....
