In the 1960s, the division was known as the 11th Air Assault Division, and was responsible for the development, innovation and invention of what we know today as Air Assault operations: using aviation assets to move soldiers further, faster, making formations more lethal.
Today, that history met our present, as we welcomed the “Wings of the Arctic,” during an activation ceremony for the new Arctic Aviation Command at Fort Wainwright.
After the red and blue of the command guidon was unfurled, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hilbert, commanding general of the 11th Airborne Division, spoke to the gathered crowd, addressing the challenges of the ever-changing Arctic, and what it requires to fight and win here.
“Success here in the Arctic...
