By U.S. Army Operational Testing Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD, Texas — A small group of military and civilian employees met in a III Corps Headquarters storage room on Oct. 1, 1969, launching a unique equipment test organization that has now spanned 50 years. Those humble beginnings of the Army’s only independent operational tester […]
1st Cavalry Division
1st Cav. Div. to celebrate 98th birthday
1st Cav. Div. to celebrate 98th birthday FORT HOOD, Texas — Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division are scheduled to hold a ceremonial cake cutting for the division’s 98th birthday on Sept. 13 at 9 a.m. at the 1st Cavalry Division museum. Media are invited to attend. Media wishing to attend should RSVP to Master […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: First Team Troopers return from deployment to Afghanistan
MEDIA ADVISORY: First Team Troopers return from deployment to Afghanistan FORT HOOD, Texas — Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division headquarters will be welcomed home during a ceremony scheduled for Friday, Aug. 30 at 12:15 a.m. on Cooper Field. This first flight of Soldiers is returning from a deployment to Train Advise Assist Command-South […]
Ft. Hood Black Hawk aviation crews test new Army aircraft survivability system
By Sgt. 1st Class Leonel Rubio, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama – The latest countermeasures designed to improve Army aircraft survivability were tested here by helicopter aircrews based out of FORT HOOD, Texas. Soldiers from the 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment […]
Pilots, ground troops combine to test new Apache helicopter upgrades
By Capt. Christina Smith, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD, Texas — During the largest Aviation test of 2019, Apache and Unmanned Aerial System pilots joined combat ground forces to test an upgraded Apache helicopter version. The complex operational test of the AH64E Version 6 Apache helicopter upgraded improved target acquisition […]
Army conducts operational test of Joint Air to Ground Missile in Florida
By Capt. Christina Smith, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida — Air Cavalry Brigade Soldiers from FORT HOOD, Texas became the first to fire the Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) during operational testing along the Florida Gulf Coast shores here. Before traveling to Florida, the 1st Battalion, […]
