Most of the US Army’s planes were spun off into the Air Force in 1947, but it continues to operate a handful of fixed-wing aircraft for logistics and ISR purposes. The US Army is synonymous with ...

Detachment 17 Operational Support Airlift, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade's C-26 Metroliner is staged at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in 2012. (Defense Department photo) During his three-plus decades ...