CMK F35202 AH-1 Cobra pilots-post 1980 2fig.

United States Armed Forces ) are currently the most powerful and strongest troops in the world, with an active staff of approximately 1.36 million people and a budget of $ 686 billion in 2018. One of their most important components is the ground army, i.e. the United States Army, in which 476,000 soldiers in the line served in 2017. Helicopters in these armed forces have been playing a huge role since the 1950s, when they were successfully used in the Korean War (1950-1953). In the 1980s, their role grew even more with the introduction of a new doctrine of war, commonly known as Air-Land-Battle 2000, which later became the basis for the development of the FOFA (Follow on Forces Attack) doctrine adopted by NATO in the mid-1980s. Of the twentieth century. This doctrine assumed adding to each American division a strong helicopter detachment responsible not only for transport, but also for combating enemy armor. Currently, each American division has an Aviation Brigade Combat Team in its structure. Currently, her tasks include carrying out reconnaissance missions, providing support to the land forces, transport and MEDEVAC. Its structure is currently as follows: command company, reconnaissance sub-unit (24 AH-64 E Apache helicopters and 12 RQ-7 Shadow drones), combat reconnaissance unit (24 AH-64 E Apache helicopters), support group (30 UH -60 Black Hawk), General Support Group (8 UH-60, 12 CH-47 F and 12 HH-60M helicopters).