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U.S. Army Otter Caribou Association
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About The Army Otter-Caribou Association
The ARMY OTTER - CARIBOU ASSOCIATION is a nonprofit Veterans Organization consisting of aircrew members and support personnel who flew or maintained these two magnificent and unique aircraft. Both aircraft were built by DeHaviland of Canada, a company well known for its design and development of short take off and landing,) aircraft for the "Bush" pilots of Alaska and the Yukon Territory.
The Otter and the Caribou were the first fixed wing Army aircraft to be deployed as aviation units to South Vietnam. The year was 1962, three years prior to the use of US ground forces. The mission in those early years was to support our Special Forces personnel who were scattered throughout the Republic of South Vietnam as training advisors to the South Vietnamese Army and Civilian Militias. Our aircraft often provided the sole source of contact, supplies and mail for these brave "Green Berets." In 1999 the General Membership approved allowing those members of the 1st Aviation Company who remained with the company after it lost the Caribous in 1966 and acquired a classified mission utilizing P2V aircraft, to become regular members of the association.
Because of their design, the Otter and Caribou aircraft had the ability to operate from extremely short unimproved landing sites which were not within the capability of US Air Force C-123 and C-130's. The reputation of providing support to what had been previously inaccessible locations continued to spread and the demand continued to grow until by 1966 there were two Otter Companies and six Caribou companies operating in Vietnam.
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