History of Flight School in the U.S. Army

If you are interested in attending flight school, in the U.S. Army, please visit the
Fort Rucker web site at www-rucker.army.mil.
You will find all the information you need to prepare yourself for an exciting life in aviation in the U.S. Army.

This web site does not have any direct connection to the US Army  or any other Government Agency or Department.  Use this link to Fort Rucker, Alabama information concerning  aviation careers and Warrant Officer Training.  Please - If you have any questions concerning the U.S. Army you may email them (since the Army departments email changes this link will give you contact information at Fort Rucker, Alabama)  If you send us an email that should be addressed to the U.S. Army  we will forward your email to the US Army.

www.armyflightschool.org website introduction

The armyflightschool.org website shares many of the experiences of those who attended or received flight training from the U.S. Army beginning in 1952 until now.   The Viet Nam era, 60’s and 70’s, flight training is shown in detail.  The flight training during Viet Nam was the largest undertaking accomplished by the U.S. Army.  Hopefully we will never see another need of this magnitude again.

We do not claim that this is the way it was for every one trained by the Army, but we do try to show how things were in general for most of those who attended flight school with the U.S. Army.

This brief synopsis is only a simple outline of the events of history for the flight training conducted by the U.S. Army.  You will find more complete and accurate information by visiting the following websites:

Fort Rucker Alabama - http://www-rucker.army.mil/
U.S. Army Aviation Museum – Fort Rucker Alabama - http://www.armyavnmuseum.org/
Fort Sill Oklahoma - http://sill-www.army.mil/
Fort Stewart Georgia - http://www.stewart.army.mil/
Fort Wolters chapter of VHPA- http://www.fwcvhpa.org/fw/fw.htm
Camp Gary, Gary Air Force base - http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/qcg2.html
Viet Nam Helicopter Pilots Association – http://www.vhpa.org
Flight Class Photos for Officers and Warrant Officers - http://www.vhpa.org/products.htm#fltclpic
                 Warrant Officers       http://www.vhpadata.org/wocpics/classpics.htm
                 Officers                       http://www.vhpadata.org/orwacpics/classpics2.htm

This website may have contradictory information.  The viewpoints expressed are of the authors as listed and how they remembered their experiences.  We will attempt to show all events as accurately as possible.  We invite any information which would improve this site. We welcome experiences of any aviator, flight crew member, and anyone who went through training or served at one of the flight schools as Flight or Ground Instructors, TAC officers and any other Troop Command personnel to include tower personnel, fire truck crews, maintenance crews and etc.

Army Aviation’s greatest success is the accomplishment of the mission by the hard working people who gave their time, experiences and sometimes lives to it.  Many dedicated Officers, Warrant Officers, enlisted and civilian personnel has given and continues to give their expertise to the accomplishment of the Army Aviation mission to the overall goal of the U.S. Army and the United States.  To these many we say THANK YOU.

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