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
Aviation Regiments
- CAB = Combat Aviation Brigade
001-100
| 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 Polk, Louisiana | UH-72A[2] | |
| 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 Rucker, Alabama | ||
| 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade | Fort Rucker, Alabama | ||
| 1st Battalion, 110th Aviation Brigade | Fort Rucker, 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 Bragg, North Carolina | CAB, 82nd Airborne Division |
100-200
| 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 | |
| 1st Battalion (Airfield Operations) | |||
| 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter) | |||
| 1st Battalion (General Support) 2nd Battalion (Airfield Operations) | FL ARNG[4] | ||
| 1st Battalion | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 Air 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
| 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] | |||
| 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-
| Regiment | Units | Base | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Battalion (Security & Support) | |||
| 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (General Support)[22] 4th Battalion[23] | |||
| 2nd Battalion |
Aviation Battalions
| Regiment | Units | Base | Years active | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Company: Champagne Flight (UH-1D) | [24] | |||
| A Company (UH-1D/H) (1968) B Company (UH-1D/H, AH-1G & OH-6A) (1968) | [25] | |||
| 48th Aviation Company (1968) 92nd Aviation Company (1968) 192nd Aviation Company (1968) 155th Aviation Company (1968) 243rd Aviation Company (1968) 281st Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| 128th Aviation Company (1968) 162nd Aviation Company (1968) 173rd Aviation Company (1968) 213th Aviation Company (1968) 163rd Aviation Company (1971)[27] | (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| 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) | Binh Thuy Air Base | 1964- | [28] (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |
| 71st Aviation Company (1968) 174th Aviation Company (1968) 176th Aviation Company (1968) 178th Aviation Company (1968) 132nd Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| A Company (UH-1D) | [29] | |||
| 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 | 1964- | [28] (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |
| A Company (UH-1D) | [30] | |||
| 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 | 1964- | [28] (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |
| 25th Aviation Company (1968) 54th Aviation Company (1968) 73rd Aviation Company (1968) 74th Aviation Company (1968) 120th Aviation Company (1968) 184th Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| 21st Aviation Company (1968) 131st Aviation Company (1968) 220th Aviation Company (1968) 245th Aviation Company (1968) 282nd Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| 191st Aviation Company (1968) 240th Aviation Company (1968) 117th Aviation Company (1968) 195th Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| 147th Aviation Company (1968) 273rd Aviation Company (1968) 205th Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Support Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| 18th Aviation Company (1968) 183rd Aviation Company (1968) 185th Aviation Company (1968) 203rd Aviation Company (1968) 219th Aviation Company (1968) 225th Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Support Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| 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) | (Assault Helicopter) (1964).[31] | |||
| 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) | Camp Radcliff[27] | 1965- | (Assault Support Helicopter) (1965).[31] | |
| 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) | (Assault Helicopter) (1964).[31] | |||
| 61st Aviation Company (1968) 129th Aviation Company (1968) 134th Aviation Company (1968) 180th Aviation Company (1968) 335th Aviation Company (1968) 196th Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| 116th Aviation Company (1968) 187th Aviation Company (1968) 242nd Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| 199th Aviation Company (1968) 221st Aviation Company (1968) 235th Aviation Company (1968) 244th Aviation Company (1968) | (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)[26] | |||
| A Company (UH-1B) | Bien Hoa | 1965- | [32] | |
| [28] |
References
Citations
- "Apache Helicopter Traffic Pattern Training Flight". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2020. p. 13.
- "Ride Along". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "83rd Troop Command". Florida National Guard. December 18, 2016.
- https://apnews.com/5913cc6b62bddf879c5b8cae304474f0
- AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2016. p. 95.
- AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. November 2016. p. 94.
- "2-135th Ground Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB)". Colorado National Guard. December 18, 2016.
- "Maine Aviation Regiment Always Ready". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "Northern Strike 15". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "Medevac". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2016. p. 56.
- "General Lengyel Afghanistan Troop Visit". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "Phase Maintenance Inspection". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "Toys for Tots brings in holiday cheer". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "Soldiers Pose in Front of a UH-72 Lakota Helicopter". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "Air Cav Troopers deliver gifts to students". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "1-228 AVN conducts expeditionary Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "2/24 Brings Steel Rain". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "40th CAB Soldiers in action in Iraq". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "Task Force Redhawk hones response and recovery skills during Operation Poseidon". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "Network Integration Evaluation 15.2". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.
- "Aviation transfer of authority ceremony". DVIDS. December 27, 2016.
- Dunstan 1988, p. 66.
- Dunstan 1988, p. 39.
- Dunstan 1988, p. 38.
- Dunstan 1988, p. 75.
- Dunstan 1988, p. 33.
- Dunstan 1988, p. 55.
- Dunstan 1988, p. 59.
- Dunstan 1988, p. 36.
- Dunstan 1988, p. 88.
Bibliography
- Dunstan, S (1988). Vietnam Choppers. UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-85045-572-3.
- Wayne M. Dzmonchyk (compiler), Army Lineage Series - Aviation, Center of Military History Publication 60-12-1, Washington DC., 1986.
External links
- Summary of Army National Guard Aviation units, last date updated unknown.
- This site provides additional information on some of the Army Guard units which as yet have no article in the above list.
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