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On 1 July 1968, at Camp Eagle in the Republic of Vietnam, the 160th Aviation Group was constituted with elements of the 2d Squadron, 17th Cavalry; the 101st Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter); the 158th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter); and the 159th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter). Less than a year later, on 25 June 1969 ...
3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) Fort Riley, Kansas: 2nd Aviation. ... Vietnam: 1968-72 (Assault Helicopter) 210th Aviation Battalion. 25th Aviation Company (1968)
Thus all ARNG aviation brigades consist of 1x attack reconnaissance battalion (24 AH-64 Apache), 1x security and support battalion (24 UH-72 Lakota), 1x assault helicopter battalion (30 UH-60 Black Hawk), 1x general support aviation battalion (8 UH-60, 12 CH-47 Chinook and 15 HH-60M), 1x UAV company (12 MQ-1C Gray Eagle), and 1x aviation ...
UH-1 in revetment, 13 July 1968. The base was located approximately 5 km east of Highway 1 and 7 km southeast of Tuy Hoa Air Base. [1] The base was used by the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division comprising: 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry [2] 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry [2]: 139 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry [2]: 141 from October 1966 to June 1967.
The unit was transferred as a whole to Fort Campbell, KY in July/August 1991 and became the 2d Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (part of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)). In April 1991, the Brigade deployed to Northern Iraq and Southwest Turkey to support the Kurdish refugees and prevent further Iraqi aggression in the region.
Company B, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion [2]: 54 A detachment of 15th Medical Battalion with UH-1D Huey. [9] 2nd Battalion, 17th Artillery (September 1965 – February 1970) [10] 3rd Battalion, 18th Artillery (October 1965 – April 1967) [10]: 101 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery (September 1965 – 1968) [10]: 101
Extraction of troops after an airmobile assault during the Vietnam War. Troops dismounting a UH-1 during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army CH-21 helicopter transports arrived in South Vietnam on 11 December 1961. Air assault operations using Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops began 12 days later in Operation Chopper.
The 192nd Assault Helicopter Company was based here from October 1967 to January 1971. [2]: 122 The 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry was based here from February 1968 to December 1969 giving the base its alternative name of Currahee Base Camp. [2]: 159 The 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry was based here from October 1969 to December 1970. [2]: 151