Logistical Support of Airmobile Operations information
for USAASC
ACTIV
For date 621106
USAASC was a US Army unit
ACTIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Location, Tan Son Nhut
Description: The following is the fourteenth installment (an extract) from the US Army Aviation System Command, March 1971 publication titled: "Logistical Support of Airmobile Operations, Republic of Vietnam, 1961-1971"
Because of the ever-changing nature of the conflict in RVN, the Army Concept Team in Vietnam (ACTIV) was established on 6 November 1962. ACTIV was dedicated to applying, testing and evaluating innovative methods to win the conflict. It evaluated projects in three areas; namely, Army aviation, ground combat and logistics/electronics. Its project were generated from many sources. A principal source of material evaluation was USARV's program for Expediting Non-Standard and Urgent Requirements for Equipment (ENSURE). A sampling of ACTIV's many projects include airborne "people sniffers", bullet detectors, footprintless shoes, airmobile artillery platforms, target acquisition and combat surveillence, and evaluations of AH-1G (Huey Cobra), LOH (Light Observation Helicopter), YO-3 (Quiet Airplane), and CH-54 (Flying Crane) aircraft.(16)
The source for this information was 34 GS Grp CD prepared by George G. Reese Jr. contains scan copies of the manual
Additional information is available on CD-ROM.
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