Pacific Stars and Stripes information
for 1 AVN BDE
For date 680620
1 AVN BDE was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Bien Hoa Province, III Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Long Binh
Description: 20Jun68-Copter Tactics Working
LONG BINH, Vietnam (Special) - Col. Eugene M. Lynch, deputy aviation officer of the 1st Aviation Brigade says the Army has "barely scratched the surface" in its use of close air support for ground units. His remark set the tone of a quarterly Army Aviation Flight Standardization & Instrument Examiner Conference held here. More than 70 aviators attended, representing units throughout Vietnam. The colonel said tremendous potential exists for the use of helicopters in support of ground units. That potential is becoming increasingly apparent as Army aviators continue to chalk up victories against the enemy. Investigations into increasing the capabilities of both the aircraft and the pilots as well as research aimed at more and better weapons systems are in the works, he said. But for the present, the colonel cautioned a mature recognition by aviators of pilot-aircraft capabilities and limitations. He said this would greatly reduce the number of accidents and increase the effectiveness of U.S. Army aviation.
Comments: COL Lynch, Eugene M.; 1 AVN BDE XO; ;
The source for this information was 6806PSS.AVN supplied by Les Hines 3/97
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