Army Special Operations To Stand Up New Aviation Subordinate Command

/ December 17, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Officials at Army Special Operations Command are in the midst of lining up resources and personnel to support the creation of an aviation command, which could be in place by fiscal year 2013, according to the senior Army officer coordinating the effort . As envisioned, a one-star general will head up the new USASOC Aviation Command, which will employ roughly 140 billets, Col. Steve Mathias told Inside the Pentagon after a Dec. 10 Army Aviation Association of America conference in...

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