110th Aviation Brigade (United States)

The 110th Aviation Brigade is an aviation brigade of the United States Army conducting all flight training under the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama. It consists of a Headquarters, an academics section, a night vision device section, four subordinate battalions, and an Army Reserve Augmentation Brigade Headquarters:

  • 1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment
  • 1st Battalion, 14th Aviation Regiment, Hanchey Army Heliport (AH-64D/E)
  • 1st Battalion, 212th Aviation Regiment, Lowe Army Heliport and Shell Army Heliport (UH-60A/L/M & OH-58C)
  • 1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation Regiment, Cairns Army Airfield and Knox Army Heliport (CH-47D/F & Mi-17)

110th Aviation Brigade
110th Aviation Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia: On an ultramarine blue shield 3 inches (7.62 cm) in height by 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) in width overall with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) golden orange border, a golden orange spearhead surmounting a white vol in chief and issuing from a four-blade white propeller shaded gray, in base. [1]
Active2005 - Present
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnited States Army
TypeAviation brigade
RoleAviation
SizeBrigade
Nickname(s)"Warriors"
Motto(s)"WILL DO"
ColorsBlue and Orange
March1776 Overture
Commanders
Current
commander		COL Chad Chasteen Aug 17 - Present
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
Identification
symbol		110th Aviation Brigade distinctive unit insignia: A silver color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height overall consisting of a blue shakefork reversed, the three arms of equal length and couped, the vertical arm between two silver wings of five feathers each the tips of feathers inward and surmounted by a golden orange arrowhead, a silver scroll in base passing over the throat of the arrowhead and over and back of the ends of the two lower arms of the shakefork, and bearing the motto "WILL DO" in blue letters.[1]

History

The 10th Aviation Group was activated on 30 June 1965 and evolved from the 10th Air Transport Brigade (Test). It supported the 11th Airborne Division (Air Assault). When the 11th was disbanded, the 10th remained at Fort Benning, Ga., to provide all aspects of training for Aviation companies preparing to deploy to Vietnam. The 10th Aviation Group was inactivated and redesignated back to the 10th Aviation Group in 2004. On 1 March 2005, the 10th Aviation Group was redesignated as the 110th Aviation Brigade. The Aviation Training Brigade at Fort Rucker assumed this unit designation and lineage on the same day. The mission of the 110th is to provide the Army and allied forces with professionally trained Aviators and non-rated crew members through planning, coordinating, and executing formal flight instruction at the undergraduate and graduate level.[2]

The brigade also provides crash rescue and air ambulance support to USAACE and surrounding communities and serves as the Department of the Army Night Vision Device Training and Operations Staff Agency.[2]

1st Battalion, 11th Aviation Regiment

The 1-11th Aviation Regiment, reassigned to 110th Aviation Brigade in October 2010, provides air traffic services for all aviation training for U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence—including the operation of the Army’s largest Radar Approach Control.[2]

1st Battalion, 14th Aviation Regiment

The 1-14th Aviation Regiment at Hanchey Army Heliport trains Aviators in the Boeing AH-64D/E Apache[2]

1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation Regiment

The 1-223rd Aviation Regiment at Cairns Army Airfield and Knox AHP trains Aviators and flight engineers in the Boeing CH-47D/F Chinook aircraft, primary and instrument evaluations, and all Beechcraft C-12 Huron fixed-wing qualification courses.[2]

C Company, 1-223rd Aviation Regiment (formerly 3-210th Aviation Regiment), conducts training in the Mil Mi-17 (NATO reporting name: Hip) helicopters.[2]

1st Battalion, 212th Aviation Regiment

The 1-212th Aviation Regiment at Lowe AHP and Shell AHP trains Aviators in the Sikorsky UH-60A/L/M Black Hawk aircraft and provides evaluation flights for the Initial Entry Rotary Wing students' basic combat skills phases of training. B Company, 1-212th Aviation Regiment (formerly the 2-210th Helicopter School Battalion), trains Spanish students in the UH-60 and Bell OH-58C Kiowa aircraft at Lowe and Shell AHPs.[2]

Lineage

Constituted 30 June 1965 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Aviation Group Activated 1 July 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia[3]:51

Inactivated 15 May 1970 at Fort Benning, Georgia[3]:51

Activated 15 October 1991 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina[3]:51

Redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 229th Aviation Group[3]:51

Inactivated 15 September 2004 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Aviation Group Redesignated 1 March 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 110th Aviation Brigade[3]:51

Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Decorations

Commanders
Officer start end
COL Haspard R. Murphy Oct 84 Apr 87
COL Clinton B. Boyd Apr 87 Sep 89
COL James C. Hardister Sep 89 Aug 91
COL Thomas M. Roy Aug 91 Aug 93
COL Edward H. Littlejohn Aug 93 Aug 95
COL Michael T. Mulvenon Aug 95 Aug 97
COL R. Lee Gore Aug 97 Aug 99
COL Terry M. Peck Aug 99 Jul 01
COL Michael A. Zonfrelli Jul 01 Jul 03
COL Steven P. Semmens Jul 03 Jul 05
COL Daniel S. Stewart Jul 05 Jul 07
COL Terrance J. Dolan Jul 07 Jul 09
COL Russel E. Stinger Jul 09 Jul 11
COL Kevin J.Christensen Jul 11 Aug 13
COL Jason A. Altieri Aug 13 Jul 15
COL Kelly E. Hines Jul 15 Aug 17

References
  1. "110th Aviation Brigade". U.S. Army - The Institute Of Heraldry. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
  2. "110th Aviation Brigade". U.S. Army. 14 March 2020.
  3. Lundy, James (2014). Aviation Digest July - September 2014 (PDF). U.S. Army. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014.
  4. 17 U.S.C. § 101

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