Before the Army had rotors, it had hydrogen. On this day in 1918, the 2nd Balloon Company—the very first American balloon unit to reach the front lines—was deep in preparation in France, marking the beginning of U.S. Army Aviation's combat presence in Europe. While these early observers from the 2nd Balloon Company were learning to direct artillery from wicker baskets at the training center in Cuperly, France, a strange coincidence was happening back in San Diego: On this exact day—January 23, 1

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It’s Friday! 🍻And we’re extra excited because Santa will be visitng the Army Flying Museum tomorrow! He'll be having his photo taken with lots of lucky children in our Scout helicopter, which looks much like this one😍 The Museum is only open to Santa's Flying Visit ticket holders on Saturday 6 December 🎅 We're OPEN as usual on Sunday 7 December. Happy #FlyDayFriday 🚁 See you soon! #HistoricArmyAircraft #ScoutHelicopter #WestlandScout #Helicopter #Helicopters #avgeek #aviation #avgeeks #aviat

Flying into the Army Flying Museum when you realise what's going on this weekend! 🪖Living History Saturday with The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum Outreach team in the Museum tomorrow, Saturday 29 November (included with admission) 🛍️ 10% off in our shop this Sunday, 30 November, to celebrate Museum Shop Sunday (use the code: AFMShopSun25 if shopping online) Here's a Chinook flying over our car park last month. We've loads of aviation themed goodies in our shop, even some featuring the

POV: You visit the Apache Café on a misty morning in January ☕️🍰 Here’s what last week looked like … and there was plenty of action from the visiting Junos too! (Watch this space 👀) Enjoy a brew, tasty bites, and some truly fabulous sights 🤩 Happy #FlyDayFriday 🚁 See you at the Army Flying Museum soon! #ApacheHelicopter #AttackHelicopter #Gunship #Helicopter #helicopters #ArmyAirCorps #Aircraft #ArmyAviation #Flyarmy #avgeek #aviation #avgeeks #aviationgeeks #aviationgeek #aviationlovers #he