List of United States Army aircraft battalions

This is a list of United States Army aircraft battalions. The aviation battalions in the US Army are generally attached to divisions, corps and armies and mostly consist of helicopters, both attack and reconnaissance. The helicopter battalions are often grouped into aviation brigades. There are also a few fixed-wing aircraft battalions, consisting of training aircraft, Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail operational aircraft, and Beechcraft C-12 Huron / Cessna UC-35 transports for VIP personnel.

Cavalry Regiments

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Cavalry units Squadron CAB Division Location Notes
6th Cavalry 1st Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron Combat Aviation Brigade 1st Infantry Division Marshall Army Airfield, Fort Riley, Kansas "The Fighting Sixth"
2nd Squadron 25th Combat Aviation Brigade 25th Infantry Division Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii "Lightning Horse"
4th Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron 16th Combat Aviation Brigade N/A Gray Army Airfield, Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington "Seek and Destroy"
6th Squadron Combat Aviation Brigade 10th Mountain Division Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield, Fort Drum, New York "Six Shooters"
17th Cavalry 1st Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron Combat Aviation Brigade 82nd Airborne Division Simmons Army Airfield, Fort Liberty, North Carolina
2nd Squadron Combat Aviation Brigade 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Campbell Army Airfield, Fort Campbell, Kentucky "Out Front"
3rd Squadron 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade 3rd Infantry Division Hunter Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, Georgia
5th Squadron Combat Aviation Brigade 2nd Infantry Division Desiderio Army Airfield, Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea "Talon"
6th Squadron 16th Combat Aviation Brigade N/A Ladd Army Airfield, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
7th Squadron 1st Air Cavalry Brigade 1st Cavalry Division Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport, Fort Cavazos, Texas "PaleHorse"

Aviation Regiments

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  • CAB = Combat Aviation Brigade

001-100

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Regiment Units Base Notes
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (General Support)
3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
Fort Riley, Kansas
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
3rd Battalion (General Support)
4th Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
Fort Carson, Colorado
K-16 Air Base, South Korea
Camp Humphreys, South Korea
Camp Humphreys, South Korea
CAB, 2nd Infantry Division
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)[1]
2nd Battalion (General Support)
4th Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
Hunter Army Airfield Savannah, Georgia CAB, 3rd Infantry Division
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (General Support)
3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
4th Battalion
Fort Carson, Colorado CAB, 4th Infantry Division
1st Battalion Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson, Louisiana UH-72A,[2] UH-60
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
3rd Battalion (General Support)
Fort Drum, New York CAB, 10th Mountain Division
1st Battalion, Air Traffic Services Command Fort Novosel, Alabama
1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade Fort Novosel, Alabama
1st Battalion, 110th Aviation Brigade Fort Novosel, Alabama
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
3rd Battalion (General Support)
Wheeler Field, Hawaii CAB, 25th Infantry Division
1st Battalion (General Support)
6th Battalion
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
3rd Battalion (General Support)[3]
Fort Liberty, North Carolina CAB, 82nd Airborne Division

100-200

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Regiment Units Base Notes
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
4th Battalion
5th Battalion
6th Battalion
7th Battalion
8th Battalion
Fort Campbell, Ky.
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion (General Support)
PA ARNG (Attack)
PA, WV ARNG (GSAB)
1st Battalion Peoria, IL IL ARNG, MO ARNG[citation needed]
1st Battalion (Airfield Operations)
1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
1st Battalion (General Support)
2nd Battalion (Airfield Operations)
FL ARNG[4]
1st Battalion [citation needed]
1st Battalion, West Coast, c.1987[5]
4th Battalion
1st Battalion was seemingly attached to 7th Infantry Division at the time of the United States invasion of Panama
[citation needed]
1st Battalion Lucius D. Clay Kaserne C-12U[6]
UC-35A1[7]
1st Battalion (General Support)
3rd Battalion (General Support)
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (Airfield Operations)
1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
2nd Battalion (General Support)
Buckley Space Force Base CO ARNG[8]
1st Battalion (General Support)
1st Battalion
3rd Battalion (Security & Support)
1st Battalion
3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)[9]
1st Battalion
1st Battalion[10]
2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion (General Support)[11]
1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (Security & Support)
5th Battalion
1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
3rd Battalion
7th Battalion (General Support)
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
5th Battalion (General Support)
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion
4th Battalion
1st Battalion (General Support)[12] Washington ARNG
1st Battalion (General Support)
1st Battalion (General Support)
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
1st Battalion (General Support)

200-300

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Regiment Units Base Notes
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (General Support)[13]
1st Battalion (General Support)[14]
3d Battalion

Company B = King Air
1st Battalion[15]
[citation needed]
1st Battalion (Security & Support)[16]
2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)[17]
2nd Battalion (General Support)
3rd Battalion
1st Battalion[18]
2nd Battalion
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
8th Battalion[19]
2nd Battalion (General Support)[20]
3rd Battalion (General Support)
1st Battalion (Airfield Operations)
2nd Battalion
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)[21]

300-

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Regiment Units Base Notes
1st Battalion (Security & Support)
1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
2nd Battalion (General Support)[22]
4th Battalion[23]
2nd Battalion

Aviation Battalions

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Battalion Units Base Years active Notes
1st Aviation Battalion
A Company: Champagne Flight (UH-1D) Fort Riley
Vietnam
1965-70 [24](Divisional)
4th Aviation Battalion
Fort Lewis
Vietnam
1966-70 (Divisional)
9th Aviation Battalion
A Company (UH-1D/H) (1968)
B Company (UH-1D/H, AH-1G & OH-6A) (1968)
Fort Riley
Vietnam
1967-69 [25](Divisional)
10th Aviation Battalion
48th Aviation Company (1968)
92nd Aviation Company (1968)
192nd Aviation Company (1968)
155th Aviation Company (1968)
243rd Aviation Company (1968)
281st Aviation Company (1968)
Fort Benning
Vietnam
1965-72 (Combat) (1968)[26]
11th Aviation Battalion
128th Aviation Company (1968)
162nd Aviation Company (1968)
173rd Aviation Company (1968)
213th Aviation Company (1968)
163rd Aviation Company (1971)[27]
Fort Benning
Phu Loi
(Combat) (1968)[26]
13th Aviation Battalion
114th Aviation Company (1964)(1968)
121st Aviation Company (1964)(1968)
Company A, 502nd Aviation Battalion (1964)
175th Aviation Company (1968)
336th Aviation Company (1968)
271st Aviation Company (1968)
Can Tho
Soc Trang
Binh Thuy Air Base
1964-72 [28] (Combat) (1968)[26]
14th Aviation Battalion
71st Aviation Company (1968)
174th Aviation Company (1968)
176th Aviation Company (1968)
178th Aviation Company (1968)
132nd Aviation Company (1968)
Fort Benning
Nha Trang
Qui Nhon
Chu Lai
1964-71 (Combat) (1968)[26]
25th Aviation Battalion
A Company (UH-1D) Schofield Barracks 1966-70 [29](Divisional)
117th Aviation Company (1964)
119th Aviation Company (1964)
57th Aviation Company (1968)
119th Aviation Company (1968)
170th Aviation Company (1968)
179th Aviation Company (1968)
189th Aviation Company (1968)
355th Aviation Company (1968)
361st Aviation Company (1968)
Pleiku Air Base 1969-72 [28] (Combat) (1968)[26]
58th Aviation Battalion
Long Binh
Tan Son Nhut
1968-69 (Airfield Operations Command)
101st Aviation Battalion
A Company (UH-1D) Fort Campbell 1967-72 [30](Divisional)
123rd Aviation Battalion
Chu Lai 1967-71 (Divisional)
145th Aviation Battalion
68th Aviation Company (1964)(1968)
118th Aviation Company (1964)(1968)
120th Aviation Company (1964)
Company A, 501st Aviation Battalion (1964)
190th Aviation Company (1968)
334th Aviation Company (1968)
135th Aviation Company (1968)
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Bien Hoa
Long Binh
1963-72 [28] (Combat) (1968)[26]
158th Aviation Battalion
Fort Carson
Vietnam
1969-71 (Assault Helicopter)
159th Aviation Battalion
Vietnam 1968-72 (Assault Helicopter)
210th Aviation Battalion
25th Aviation Company (1968)
54th Aviation Company (1968)
73rd Aviation Company (1968)
74th Aviation Company (1968)
120th Aviation Company (1968)
184th Aviation Company (1968)
Fort Bragg
Tan Son Nhut
Long Thanh
1967-71 (Combat) (1968)[26]
212th Aviation Battalion
21st Aviation Company (1968)
131st Aviation Company (1968)
220th Aviation Company (1968)
245th Aviation Company (1968)
282nd Aviation Company (1968)
Fort Campbell
Da Nang
1967-71 (Combat) (1968)[26]
214th Aviation Battalion
191st Aviation Company (1968)
240th Aviation Company (1968)
117th Aviation Company (1968)
195th Aviation Company (1968)
(Combat) (1968)[26]
222nd Aviation Battalion
147th Aviation Company (1968)
273rd Aviation Company (1968)
205th Aviation Company (1968)
(Combat Support) (1968)[26]
223rd Aviation Battalion
18th Aviation Company (1968)
183rd Aviation Company (1968)
185th Aviation Company (1968)
203rd Aviation Company (1968)
219th Aviation Company (1968)
225th Aviation Company (1968)
Qui Nhon
Dong Ha
1966-72 (Combat Support) (1968)[26]
227th Aviation Battalion
A Company (UH-1D/H) (1964)
B Company (UH-1D/H) (1964)
C Company (UH-1D/H) (1964)
D Company (UH-1B/AH-1G) (1964)
Fort Benning
Phuoc Vinh
1965-71 (Assault Helicopter) (1964).[31]
228th Aviation Battalion
A Company (CH-47A & OH-13/OH-6A) (1965)
B Company (CH-47A & OH-13/OH-6A) (1965)
C Company (CH-47A & OH-13/OH-6A) (1965)
Fort Benning
Camp Radcliff[27]
Da Nang
1965-71 (Assault Support Helicopter) (1965).[31]
229th Aviation Battalion
A Company (UH-1D/H) (1964)
B Company (UH-1D/H) (1964)
C Company (UH-1D/H) (1964)
D Company (UH-1B/AH-1G) (1964)
Fort Benning 1965-72 (Assault Helicopter) (1964).[31]
268th Aviation Battalion
61st Aviation Company (1968)
129th Aviation Company (1968)
134th Aviation Company (1968)
180th Aviation Company (1968)
335th Aviation Company (1968)
196th Aviation Company (1968)
Fort Hood
Phu Hiep
Tuy Hoa
1967-72 (Combat) (1968)[26]
269th Aviation Battalion
116th Aviation Company (1968)
187th Aviation Company (1968)
242nd Aviation Company (1968)
Fort Bragg
Cu Chi
1967-71 (Combat) (1968)[26]
307th Aviation Battalion
199th Aviation Company (1968)
221st Aviation Company (1968)
235th Aviation Company (1968)
244th Aviation Company (1968)
Can Tho 1967-71 (Combat) (1968)[26]
308th Aviation Battalion
Bien Hoa
Phu Bai
1967-68 (Combat)
501st Aviation Battalion
A Company (UH-1B) Bien Hoa 1965- [32]
502nd Aviation Battalion
[28]
2916th Aviation Battalion
Alpha Aviation Company
Bravo Aviation Company
Charlie Medical Aviation Company
Bravo-229 Aviation Company
Fort Irwin [33]
I Corps Aviation Battalion
Vietnam 1966
Capital Aviation Battalion
Saigon 1966-67 (Provisional)
Delta Aviation Battalion
Vietnam 1963-64 (Provisional)

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Apache Helicopter Traffic Pattern Training Flight". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  2. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2020. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Ride Along". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ "83rd Troop Command". Florida National Guard. 18 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Pentagon List of Dead".
  6. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2016. p. 95.
  7. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. November 2016. p. 94.
  8. ^ "2-135th Ground Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB)". Colorado National Guard. 18 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Maine Aviation Regiment Always Ready". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Northern Strike 15". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Medevac". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  12. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2016. p. 56.
  13. ^ "General Lengyel Afghanistan Troop Visit". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Phase Maintenance Inspection". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Toys for Tots brings in holiday cheer". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Soldiers Pose in Front of a UH-72 Lakota Helicopter". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Air Cav Troopers deliver gifts to students". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  18. ^ "1-228 AVN conducts expeditionary Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  19. ^ "2/24 Brings Steel Rain". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  20. ^ "40th CAB Soldiers in action in Iraq". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  21. ^ "Task Force Redhawk hones response and recovery skills during Operation Poseidon". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  22. ^ "Network Integration Evaluation 15.2". DVIDS. 15 December 2016.
  23. ^ "Aviation transfer of authority ceremony". DVIDS. 27 December 2016.
  24. ^ Dunstan 1988, p. 66.
  25. ^ Dunstan 1988, p. 39.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Dunstan 1988, p. 38.
  27. ^ a b Dunstan 1988, p. 75.
  28. ^ a b c d Dunstan 1988, p. 33.
  29. ^ Dunstan 1988, p. 55.
  30. ^ Dunstan 1988, p. 59.
  31. ^ a b c Dunstan 1988, p. 36.
  32. ^ Dunstan 1988, p. 88.
  33. ^ "Raptor Engagement". Army Aviation Magazine. Army Aviation Magazine.

Bibliography

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