Army Flight School, March '89

Video takes a look at U.S. Army's IERW (Initial Entry Rotary Wing) Training starting with daily briefing and table talk with IPs (Instructor Pilots). From the classroom, training continues in the UH-1 (Huey) helicopter.

[@Ror4JC]

Thanks for this! Great memories! Class 87-15, graduated March 88. Thirty eight years now, still flying and loving it. But it all started with the Army. Miss it.

[@scottmonroe6522]

88-16 AH-1, I was just leaving Rucker when this was taken. 9000 hours later and still flying!

[@overknight1655]

Proud graduate of the USAAVNC, Ft. Rucker. IERW UH-1 Track 1992. Compliments of the Jamaica Defence Force - Air Wing. Great memories.

[@KevinSmith-us4hr]

Great memories for me! WOCS 91-02 and Flight Class 91-10 Grey Flight ' 8 balls.' Tracked UH-60A halfway through IERW. *Several in our class snuck out one night and painted the GIANT 8-ball on the abandoned bridge south of Lowe AHP that some of you saw in 1991. It became 'ACP 8-ball' for a while after that.

[@cletus2199]

Not much has changed. My flight commander says almost the exact same script every morning. 23-008 in the lakotas!

[@atkrwc]

Great Video. Blast from the past. WOCS 89-11, Flight Class 89-16 Royal Blue! Hooah

[@huskyaonecee7568]

How long was all of the flight training back then.... from wocs through advanced? thanks

[@atkrwc]

@@huskyaonecee7568 If I remember correctly, it was about 14ish months total. Went through WOCS, had a three week break before starting Flight School. I went through AH-1 Cobra transition and that was one month longer than the other tracks. Kind of a bummer because we were WOCs until finishing flight school and did not get our bars until graduation. My understanding that things have changed including how flight school is organized.

[@huskyaonecee7568]

@@atkrwc Thanks for the reply.. My son is looking at WOFT.. what do you know about how things are now? Thanks!

[@atkrwc]

@@huskyaonecee7568 I wish I could help you more with current information. I have been retired from the Army for a while now. I will tell you that going to flight school was a real career advancement and no regrets. Good luck for your son.

[@thedevilyousay9246]

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, “Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Claytonian shore!”

[@d.m.3645]

They still had those old TVs in 2004/05. Had a lot of dust on them though.

[@davidy1940]

Class 88-15 , first multitrack class.

[@davidchapman2446]

Recognize some of those guys. Scout track, class 89-3.

[@chazdvl]

Is that Mr Holt!?!?!?!?

[@planeandsimplexplained]

I was 86-41 IERW Royal Blue

[@dwaynebenson7948]

86-08 RED HATS 29 Aug 86

[@joebobrahn]

Class of 91-22 Yellow Hat Graduated 8May 92 OH-58 Scout track. 33 years and 14,000 hours later and still doing it!

[@johnharrington4963]

I was 89-23. Purple Predators. Scout Track.

[@jimmarotta5596]

Light Blue 86-12, miss the weekends at La Vela and Spinnakers in PC, Destin fishing and all the great lifelong friends. Many have passed away, too many.

[@lukegambrill902]

Is that Joe Rollo giving the brief?

[@chazdvl]

I think so...or Mr Holt

[@chazdvl]

Same guy that was there in 1993/94

[@markweiss4327]

That was my primary class. I see my stick buddy, John Williams in the first row, far left…we used to call him “big head” cuz he had a huge freaking head. Steve Tucker was called upon, got the answer wrong….a good guy who later became a real creep. Had some great talent in that class…lots of great memories. Wow, what a find on KZbin.