Aviation Digest Winter 2026 Edition

Table of Contents

A UAS operator participates in the first U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Drone Warfighter Competition, Grafenwoehr, Germany, 2025. U.S. Army photo by SSG Dylan Bailey.

• Army Aviation and Transforming with a Vision
  By MG Clair A. Gill
• Building Trust in the Urban Battlefield: Training the Modern Attack Aviator
  By CPT Anthony J. DiNallo
• Innovate or Die: Our Fight to Stay Relevant
  By MAJ Zachary D. Daker and MAJ Patrick J. Shaver, Jr.
• The Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Program: Building Readiness for the MV-75
  By CW3 Joshua D. Baker
• Optimizing the Ammunition Process: Bridging Tactical Gaps Toward a Data-Centric Army
  By CW2 Dennis L. Puccini, Jr., and SSG Devante J. Mckenzie
• From Tradition to Transformation: Army Training in Metamorphosis
  By Dr. Ruth A. Busby, Mr. Dietrek G. Louis, and Dr. Keith A. Stampley
• Cartridge-Actuated Device and Propellant-Actuated Device Accountability
  By 1LT Letherio R. Jones, Jr.
• Targeted and Exposed: Why Command Post Survivability Demands a Paradigm Shift
  By SFC Samuel K. Karoki.
• Forging Aviation Maintainer Warfighters: The Best Squad Competition in Advanced Individual Training
  By CPT Cameron D. Torres
• Aviation TAA Survivability in the Multi-Domain Fight (Reprint)
  By CPT Michael Leinen and CPT Joshua Cox
• The Bulldog Initiative: Next-Level Downed Aircraft Recovery Training
  By CPT Christopher M. Vitols
• Modular Reorganization of the Aviation Support Battalion
  By MAJ Bryan J Welch
• Sustainment Forces and Survivability in Large-Scale Combat Operations
  By CPT Peter P. Cho and CPT Reed T. Marshall
• The Forgotten Mission-Essential Task: Reprioritizing Army Aviation's Battle Damage Assessment, Repair, and Recovery in Contested Environments
  By CPT Caleb M Kifer
• Turning Pages: D.B. Cooper and Flight 305
  By Robert H. Edwards, Ph.D, and Reviewed by COL Jayson A. Altieri, United States Army (Ret.)