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History of Naval Aviation Ordnance (2918 words) |
 | An aviation designation for Gunner's Mates who had qualified as aviation armament and munitions technicians, and were attached to an aviation activity, were so identified by appropriate entries in their service records. |
| The Aviation Ordnanceman rating was established at all four petty officer grades of Chief, First, Second and Third Class on March 2, 1926 as a rating within the Aviation Branch. |
| The Aviation Ordnanceman rating was filled initially from qualified personnel serving primarily with the ratings of Gunner's Mate and Torpedoman (assigned to aviation). |
| Aviation term paper (860 words) |
| The Army Aviation School was responsible for a new manual covering the organization and operation of Army aviation transport units. |
| By June 1955 the Infantry School completed and circulated the new draft manual, FM 57-35, Army Transport Aviation Combat Operations. |
| This was a significant milestone as the difficulty of executing an air mobile operation without a proper tactical manual was apparent during an exercise in May 1954.By this time tactical air mobility also became a more common part of Army exercises. |
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