Indonesian Army Aviation Command

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Indonesian Army Aviation Center
Pusat Penerbangan Angkatan Darat
Indonesian Army Aviation logo.png
Insignia of the Indonesian Army Aviation Center
Founded14 November 1959
CountryFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Branch Insignia of the Indonesian Army.svg Indonesian Army
Type Army aviation
RoleCombat support
SizeFive squadrons
Part of Central Executive Agencies
Garrison/HQ Semarang, Central Java
Motto(s)Wira Amur
("the Flying Soldiers")
Website http://puspenerbad-tniad.mil.id/
Commanders
Commanding General Army AviationFlag of a Indonesian Army mayor jenderal.png Maj. Gen. Bueng Wardadi
Insignia
Roundel Roundel of Indonesia - Army Aviation.svg Roundel of Indonesia - Army Aviation - Low Visibility.svg
Fin flash Flag of Indonesia.svg

The Indonesian Army Aviation Center (Indonesian : Pusat Penerbangan Angkatan Darat) abbreviated Puspenerbad or simply Penerbad is the Army aviation unit of the Indonesian Army which has a means to support the combat mobility of the troops and also transport Infantrymen for Air assault operations. Penerbad is considered as an integral part mainly in cases of Air assault operations parallel to other Armament Corps of the Indonesian Army. Other additional tasks conducted by the unit can be implemented to support non-combat operations such as Search and rescue, Disaster relief, etc.

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History

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Indonesian Army DHC-2 Beaver at Kemayoran Airport
Indonesian Army - MBB (IPTN) NBO-105CB-4 Indonesian Army - MBB (IPTN) NBO-105CB-4.jpg
Indonesian Army - MBB (IPTN) NBO-105CB-4
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Indonesian Army Aviation helicopters training in Natuna Island, Riau Islands

The Indonesian army aviation was born in 1959 when the doctrine of Heliborne Troops or Air Mobile was being developed in various countries. In Sarawak, the British SAS launched an air assault operation with Westland Wessex helicopter containing 16 personnel. During the Vietnam War, the United States Army operated in the form of Air Cavalry by the 1st Cavalry Division and Sky Soldiers by the 173rd Airborne Brigade using UH-1N Huey, UH-1 Iroquois and CH-47 Chinook helicopters supported by AH-1S attack helicopter Cobra and CH-54 Flying Crane. In Algeria, the French Army conducted a similar operation earlier with the Alouette III.

When the Chief of Staff of the Army made a Decree on the establishment of the Army Aviation Detachment (Indonesian : Detasemen Penerbad) on November 14, 1959 with the task of taking care of all activities concerning the field of organic army aviation, at that time Detasemen Penerbad did not have any aircraft at all. At that time the news was heard that Dr. A.K. Gani's DHC-2 Mk I Beaver plane which was being overhauled in Singapore will be sold, then the army immediately bought it.

As a follow up, some officers including Captain Binjamin Hadi, Captain Burhan Ali and Captain Sukartono were sent to the United States to attend an aviator training at the US Army Aviation School in Fort Rucker, Alabama in 1959 followed by a second batch in 1962 consisting of Lieutenant Colonel Juono, Captain Dolf Latumahina, Captain Sudewo, Captain Daud Natawiyoga, 1st Lt T.M.F. Worang and several other officers. It bore fruit when the Detachment later acquired two Cessna L-19 aircraft in the framework of the US Military Assistant Program in 1964, followed on by 15 Soviet-made Mil Mi-4 medium and 1 Mil Mi-6 heavy multipurpose helicopters, together with 2 American made Aero Commander 680FL utility aircraft in 1965. These purchases made Indonesia the one of the pioneer countries in Southeast Asia to have a strong army aviation force, and thus, the Detachment was transformed via Decision Kep/853/VII/1963 of the Chief of Staff of the Army on 22 July 1963 into the Army Aviation Service (Dispenerbad), which adopted its current name on 15 January 1966 (name readopted on 26 May 2000). [1]

Mission

The mission of Indonesian Army Aviation is to find, fix, and destroy the enemy through fire and maneuver; and to provide combat, combat support and combat service support in coordinated operations as an integral member of the combined arms team. On the modern battlefield, Indonesian Army Aviation, unlike the other members of the combined arms team, has the organic flexibility, versatility, and assets to fulfill a variety of maneuver, CS, CSS, roles and functions. These cover the spectrum of combined arms operations. Aviation can accomplish each of these roles—within the limits of finite assets and capabilities—during offensive or defensive operations and also for joint, combined, contingency, or special operations, as well as in civil-military operations such as disaster relief.

As a Central Executive Agency of the Army with greater importance, its Commander and Deputy Commander, filled up by officers of Major General and Brigadier General rank, respectively, are appointed and relieved from their positions by the Chief of Staff of the Army. Training is imparted to all enlistees and graduate officers assigned at the Army Aviation Corps Training school in Semarang, where they receive specialized training in helicopter warfare.

Squadrons

Puspenerbad currently has five squadrons and one training center, which are:

Airbases

  1. Army Airbase Ahmad Yani, at Semarang
  2. Army Airbase Pondok Cabe, at South Tangerang
  3. Army Airbase Gatot Subroto, at Way Kanan Regency, Lampung

Equipment

AircraftOriginRoleVersionsIn serviceNote
Aircraft
Beechcraft Premier I Flag of the United States.svg  United States VIP transportPremier I1 [2] [3]
CASA C-212 Aviocar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Maritime Patrol & Tactical TransportNC-212-2006 [2] Manufactured under license by Indonesian Aerospace
Britten-Norman Islander Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom UtilityBN-2A-27R1 [2]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-35 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Attack helicopterMi-35P [4] 7 [2]
Boeing AH-64 Apache Flag of the United States.svg  United States Attack helicopterAH-64E8 [2] [5]
Mil Mi-17 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia UtilityMi-17V-5 [6] 9 [2]
MBB Bo 105 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Utility/Assault gunshipNBO-105 [7] 12 [2] Manufactured under license by Indonesian Aerospace
Bell 412 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Utility/Assault gunshipBell 412

Bell 412SP


Bell 412EP

56 [2] Manufactured under license by Indonesian Aerospace [8]
Eurocopter Fennec Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Light attack helicopterAS550

AS555

6 (single-engine) [9]

6 (twin-engine)

Eurocopter EC120 Colibri Flag of France.svg  France Trainer helicopterEC120B2 [2]
Hughes 300 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Light utility/Trainer helicopterHughes 300C21 [2]

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