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Welcome to this Spring’s double-issue of Rotor Review! This issue is packed with great content that serves as a fitting lead-in to this year’s Symposium. Each year, the NHA Symposium offers many events that provide an in-depth snapshot of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard rotary wing community. I am confident this double-issue will peak your interest in some of these events on the Symposium’s agenda. For starters, LT Jason Aldridge and LT Bryan Criger, from HSC-6, provide great insight into the challenges and successes of the first helicopter detachment on board an Independence class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The Symposium’s LCS Panel will continue the discussion of how the helicopter community is and will continue to integrate with the LCSs in the fleet. Maj Ryan Schiller puts the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II on display as he writes about the lethality, precision, and cost-effectiveness of this relatively new weapon system. The article is sure to excite its readers for this year’s lethality-focused Symposium. LT Ryan Yonkman from HSC-2 provides a captivating story of the fatal MH-53E crash off the coast of Virginia in January 2014. His story describes his experience from the driver’s seat of one of the SAR mission’s many rescue helicopters, and serves as a stepping stone for the Symposium’s SAR Hotwash discussion. This event will not only present lessons learned from this SAR mission’s operations cell, but it will also tell the story of other challenging and dynamic rescues our community is conducting. These three examples are just a few of the many great submissions our editorial staff received this quarter. Keep the great content flowing! I hope you enjoy this edition of Rotor Review and this year’s NHA Symposium. LT Ash Preston, USN |
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