 Army aviators began shaping the battlefield use of aircraft from the dawn of powered flight. Army officers such as Frank Lom and Benjamin Filoi learned to fly with the Wright brothers, immediately grasping the potential of the machines. These early pioneers formed the initial Army doctrine for the use of aircraft. Today, modern aviators perform a multitude of complex missions, from air to ground operations that synchronize the employment of ground forces with aviation maneuver and fires to seize, retain and exploit the initiative to piloting unmanned aerial vehicles from remote locations. Army aviation must remain lethal, survivable and adaptable in order to provide the necessary combat power to the ground commander during large-scale combat operations. Army aviation serves above the best.