Army Aircraft Icing
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Table 4. Commanders' ratings (by location) of mission impact due to forecasted
icing in the mission flight path.
% of
No. of
moderate % of high
moderate No. of high
% of low
No. of low
ratings
ratings
ratings
ratings
ratings
Location
ratings
Belgium
1
0
0
100
0
0
Germany
4
4
42
29
29
6
Korea*
3
2
29
42
29
2
Fort Drum, NY
1
2
0
33
67
0
Fort Campbell, KY
1
0
75
25
0
3
Fort Wainwright, AK
0
1
0
0
100
0
Fort Belvoir, VA
0
1
0
0
100
0
Fort Eustis, VA
1
0
0
100
0
0
USAR
Fort Sheridan, IL
1
0
50
50
0
1
National Guard
Indiana
0
1
0
0
100
0
Minnesota
0
0
100
0
0
1
* Two returned questionnaires from HQ, 17th Aviation Brigade, Seoul, Korea.
Note: The total number of ratings per location corresponds to the number of commanders'
questionnaires returned from each location.
The following commanders rated forecasted icing conditions as a moderate
or high impact on mission accomplishment and also provided comments to
support their ratings. The commander of the 11th Aviation Regiment of the 11th
Aviation Brigade at Illesheim, Germany, rated forecasted icing conditions'
impact as moderate, noting that operational deployments are affected. The
commander of the 1-501st Aviation Regiment (Attack) of the 1st Armored
Division, stationed in Hanau, Germany, noted that accurate forecasting is
essential, and that in the mountainous terrain of the Balkans (where deployed)
that is "sometimes a more difficult task." He rated forecasted icing condition
impact as moderate. The commander of the 2-52nd Avn Regt (Camp Humphreys,
Korea) of the 17th Aviation Brigade rated forecasted icing as moderate impact,
noting that icing in IFR conditions in clouds is quite common. "Altitude icing"
was also cited by the commander of the 1-222nd Avn Regt at Fort Eustis,
Virginia; he rated the impact of forecasted icing as moderate, noting that his
pilots always fly IFR and that altitude icing can impair missions. Forecasted icing
conditions affect the HQ, US EUCOM Flight Detachment, based in Stuttgart,
Germany, in that C-12F models are limited to 12,500 pounds during icing
conditions. The commander rated this as a high impact on mission accomplish-
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