Johnson-McConnell agreement of 1966

The Johnson-McConnell agreement of 1966 was an agreement signed on 6 April 1966 between General Harold K. Johnson, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and General John P. McConnell, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, settling a long-running dispute between the two services over which branch would operate which categories of aircraft. Under its terms the Army gave up its fixed-wing tactical airlift aircraft, including the CV-2 Caribou and CV-7 Buffalo, while the Air Force gave up most claims to the helicopters used in direct support of Army ground operations. The agreement drew mixed reactions on both sides, with some Army officers feeling they had traded a proven capability for an uncertain promise, and some Air Force officers unhappy at inheriting aircraft the service had originally opposed acquiring. After the Vietnam War, the Air Force moved the transferred aircraft to its reserve components and later cancelled follow-on transport programs built on them. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/