command patchHT-8 Eightballers // Training Air Wing Five

Command Philosophy

Safely train student military aviators and world class officers in the fundamentals of rotary wing aviation to prepare them for advanced training to become warfighters.


"Plans are nothing, but planning is everything." - Dwight Eisenhower


COMPETENCE

  • Know what is written.
  • Evaluate the risk.
  • Engage diversity of thought.

CHARACTER

  • Make good decisions.
  • Trust and Integrity. Is it your risk to take?
  • Do your best. Invest your time with purpose.

CREWS

  • You never fly alone.
  • Communicate. In and out of the cockpit. Up and down the CoC . Timely, relevant, and accurate.
  • Engage diversity of thought.
  • Mentor. Unconditional. Professional and personal.

Earn your number. Write your story. Continue the legacy. Why?
CAPABILITY. LETHAL CAPABILITY.

P.C. O'Neill • Commanding Officer • Eightball #62 • Aviator #27920

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