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Students of the Fort Hood Air Assault School attach a sling load to a UH-60 Blackhawk during testing for class 02-14, Nov. 14, 2013. Air Assault School qualifies Soldiers to conduct airmobile and air assault helicopter operations, to include aircraft...
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Students of the Fort Hood Air Assault School brace against the prop wash of a UH-60 Blackhawk as they prepare to attach a sling load during testing for class 02-14, Nov. 14, 2013. Air Assault School qualifies Soldiers to conduct airmobile and air ass...
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Students of the Fort Hood Air Assault School wait for a UH-60 Blackhawk to clear the landing zone after it disengaged from a sling load they attached to it during testing for class 02-14, Nov. 14, 2013. Air Assault School qualifies Soldiers to conduc...
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Students of the Fort Hood Air Assault School sprint clear of the landing zone after they attached a sling load to a UH-60 Blackhawk during testing for class 02-14, Nov. 14, 2013. Air Assault School qualifies Soldiers to conduct airmobile and air assa...
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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared Weingarden, from Dyersburg Tenn., and Staff Sgt. Keith Collins, from Gatesville, Texas, who are both instructors at the Fort Hood Air Assault School, watch a UH-60 Blackhawk belonging to Co. B, 1st Bn., 227th Aviation R...
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U.S. Army Sgt. Chad Moxness, an instructor at the Fort Hood Air Assault School from Dale City, Va., communicates with the pilots of two UH-60 Blackhawks belonging to Co. B, 1st Bn., 227th Aviation Reg., 1st Air Cav. Bde., 1st Cavalry Division, during...
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Two UH-60 Blackhawks belonging to Co. B, 3rd Bn., 227th Aviation Reg., 1st Air Cav. Bde., 1st Cavalry Division maneuver in the landing zone of the Fort Hood Air Assault School during sling load testing, Sept. 14, 2013. Air Assault School qualifies So...
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A student of the Fort Hood Air Assault School class 02-14 gives hand signals to a UH-60 Blackhawk during sling load testing, Nov. 14, 2013. Air Assault School qualifies Soldiers to conduct airmobile and air assault helicopter operations, to include a...
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Students of the Fort Hood Air Assault School class 02-14 eat lunch under the obstacle course climbing tower after being tested in sling load operations, Nov. 14, 2013. Air Assault School qualifies Soldiers to conduct airmobile and air assault helicop...
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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 aircraft orientation, sling load operations, proper rappelling techniques and fast-rope techniques. The school itself is 10 days of rigorous, fast paced training. The high standards of the school require the student to take part in a 12-mile march with rucksack in under three hours on the morning of graduation to be awarded their wings. Every iteration of the Fort Hood Air Assault School begins with 132 students, and ends with an average of 80 graduates.
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