Bird Dog BTRY E 82 ARTY (AVN) Patch Global Response The "LS MF DS ND"

The "LS MF DS ND" text is the kind of inside shorthand that only the crews themselves fully understand — a hallmark of the unit's aggressive operational identity

Army's light observation aircraft—L-4 Piper Cubs and L-5 Stinson Sentinels—earned the nickname "Grasshoppers" for their ability to land and take off from impossibly small fields

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Bird Dog BTRY E 82 ARTY (AVN) Patch Global Response The "LS MF DS ND"Bird Dog BTRY E 82 ARTY (AVN) Patch Spotting targets from above the Bird Dogs of Battery E. Battery E, 82nd Artillery (Aviation) operated under the "Bird Dog" call sign during the Vietnam War, a name drawn from the legendary Cessna O 1 Bird Dog observation aircraft that defined aerial scouting in the conflict. Based out of Phuoc Vinh, Battery E flew observation and fire direction missions, locating enemy positions and calling in artillery strikes with