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CONVERSATION WITH AIR FORCE ON HELICOPTER TRAINING

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
Library of Congress [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
LOC-HAK-503-4-4-4
Release Decision: 
RIFLIM
Original Classification: 
T
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
January 11, 2017
Document Release Date: 
July 28, 2010
Sequence Number: 
4
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
March 16, 1971
Content Type: 
MEMO
File: 
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C T s-'~'11c-- 4~3~~3~ No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/28 : LOC-HAK-503-4-4-4 16 March 1971 TOP SECRETiSENSITIV~ MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Subj: Conversatipn with Air Force on Helicopter Training. A very sketchy briefing was received on the traixai~xg given in Vietnam. It mainly consisted of on.th~job training with Army helicopters. The program is divided into two phases: Phase 1 -consists of 50 hours of transition flying to convert H34 pilots to fly HUIS. Phase IZ -Consisted pf assimilating Vietnamese pilots .straight from 210 hours pf training from, CONUS and having them fly with Army pilots until they become proficiexit. ______Meeting at l$30 with SGEN ~. H. WATKINS, USAF, Chief of Air Force Advisory Group, to get a better briefing an this subject. ARMY review completed. ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY USAF review completed. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/28 : LOC-HAK-503-4-4-4
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