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Fort Hood Air Assault School conducts sling load testing

The Fort Hood Air Assault School conducted sling load testing of class 02-14 Nov. 14, 2013. Air Assault School qualifies Soldiers to conduct airmobile and air assault helicopter operations, to include ...
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Path to wings: Cadet faces trials during Air Assault sling load phase

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- As a military child, Cadet Jeff Garner traveled constantly throughout his military childhood. Every time his military Family moved, he and his siblings would have to go through ...
The Aviationist

Bell V-280 Valor Tilt-Rotor Prototype Receives Tactical Data Link And Performs Sling Load Tests

The Bell V-280 Valor Next Generation Tilt Rotor Aircraft has been involved in the testing of a new Tactical Data Link and external cargo loads. The first prototype of the V-280 Valor, registration ...
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Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant demos single-engine, sling-load and slalom flight

The Sikorsky-Boeing team behind the SB-1 Defiant demonstrator is pressing on with additional flight tests, five months after submitting to the US Army a proposal for the Future Long Range Air Assault ...