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[]

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
	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 Bragg, 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
	6th Squadron	16th Combat Aviation Brigade	N/A	Ladd Army Airfield, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
	7th Squadron	1st Air Cavalry Brigade	1st Cavalry Division	Hood Army Airfield, Fort Hood, Texas	"PaleHorse"

Aviation Regiments[]

CAB = Combat Aviation Brigade

001-100[]

Regiment	Units	Base	Notes
1st Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (General Support) 3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)	Fort Riley, Kansas
2nd Aviation	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
3rd Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)^[1] 2nd Battalion (General Support) 4th Battalion (Assault Helicopter)	Hunter Army Airfield Savannah, Georgia	CAB, 3rd Infantry Division
4th Aviation	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]
10th Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) 3rd Battalion (General Support)	Fort Drum, New York	CAB, 10th Mountain Division
11th Aviation (Training)	1st Battalion, Air Traffic Services Command	Fort Rucker, Alabama
13th Aviation (Training)	1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade	Fort Rucker, Alabama
14th Aviation (Training)	1st Battalion, 110th Aviation Brigade	Fort Rucker, Alabama
25th Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter) 3rd Battalion (General Support)	Wheeler Field, Hawaii	CAB, 25th Infantry Division
52nd Aviation	1st Battalion (General Support) 6th Battalion
82nd Aviation	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
101st Aviation	1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 4th Battalion 5th Battalion 6th Battalion 7th Battalion 8th Battalion	Fort Campbell, Ky.
104th Aviation	1st Battalion 2nd Battalion (General Support)		PA ARNG (Attack) PA, WV ARNG (GSAB)
106th Aviation	1st Battalion	Peoria, IL	IL ARNG, MO ARNG^{[citation needed]}
107th Aviation	1st Battalion (Airfield Operations)
108th Aviation	1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
111th Aviation	1st Battalion (General Support) 2nd Battalion (Airfield Operations)		FL ARNG^[4]
	1st Battalion		^{[citation needed]}
123rd Aviation	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]
126th Aviation	1st Battalion (General Support) 3rd Battalion (General Support)
130th Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (Airfield Operations)
131st Aviation	1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
135th Aviation	1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter) 2nd Battalion (General Support)	Buckley Space Force Base	CO ARNG^[8]
137th Aviation	1st Battalion (General Support)
140th Aviation	1st Battalion 3rd Battalion (Security & Support)
142nd Aviation	1st Battalion 3rd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)^[9]
145th Aviation	1st Battalion
147th Aviation	1st Battalion^[10] 2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
149th Aviation	1st Battalion 2nd Battalion (General Support)^[11]
150th Aviation	1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
151st Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (Security & Support)
	5th Battalion
158th Aviation	1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter) 3rd Battalion 7th Battalion (General Support)
159th Aviation	1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 5th Battalion (General Support)
160th Special Operations Aviation	1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 4th Battalion
168th Aviation	1st Battalion (General Support)^[12]		Washington ARNG
169th Aviation	1st Battalion (General Support)
171st Aviation	1st Battalion (General Support)
183rd Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)
185th Aviation	1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
189th Aviation	1st Battalion (General Support)

200-300[]

Regiment	Units	Notes
210th Aviation
212th Aviation
211th Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (General Support)^[13]
214th Aviation	1st Battalion (General Support)^[14] 3d Battalion	Company B = King Air
222nd Aviation	1st Battalion^[15]
223rd Aviation		^{[citation needed]}
224th Aviation	1st Battalion (Security & Support)^[16] 2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)
227th Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance)^[17] 2nd Battalion (General Support) 3rd Battalion
228th Aviation	1st Battalion^[18] 2nd Battalion
229th Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 8th Battalion^[19]
238th Aviation	2nd Battalion (General Support)^[20] 3rd Battalion (General Support)
245th Aviation	1st Battalion (Airfield Operations) 2nd Battalion
285th Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (Assault Helicopter)^[21]

300-[]

Regiment	Units	Base	Notes
376th Aviation	1st Battalion (Security & Support)
501st Aviation	1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance) 2nd Battalion (General Support)^[22] 4th Battalion^[23]
641st Aviation	2nd Battalion

Aviation Battalions[]

Regiment	Units	Base	Years active	Notes
1st Aviation Battalion	A Company: Champagne Flight (UH-1D)			^[24]
9th Aviation Battalion	A Company (UH-1D/H) (1968) B Company (UH-1D/H, AH-1G & OH-6A) (1968)			^[25]
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)			(Combat Aviation Battalion) (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]			(Combat Aviation Battalion) (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)	Binh Thuy Air Base	1964-	^[28] (Combat Aviation Battalion) (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)			(Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)^[26]
25th Aviation Battalion	A Company (UH-1D)			^[29]
52nd Aviation Battalion	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]
101st Aviation Battalion	A Company (UH-1D)			^[30]
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	1964-	^[28] (Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)^[26]
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)			(Combat Aviation Battalion) (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)			(Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)^[26]
214th Aviation Battalion	191st Aviation Company (1968) 240th Aviation Company (1968) 117th Aviation Company (1968) 195th Aviation Company (1968)			(Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)^[26]
222nd Aviation Battalion	147th Aviation Company (1968) 273rd Aviation Company (1968) 205th Aviation Company (1968)			(Combat Support Aviation Battalion) (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)			(Combat Support Aviation Battalion) (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)			(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)	Camp Radcliff^[27]	1965-	(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)			(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)			(Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)^[26]
269th Aviation Battalion	116th Aviation Company (1968) 187th Aviation Company (1968) 242nd Aviation Company (1968)			(Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)^[26]
307th Aviation Battalion	199th Aviation Company (1968) 221st Aviation Company (1968) 235th Aviation Company (1968) 244th Aviation Company (1968)			(Combat Aviation Battalion) (1968)^[26]
501st Aviation Battalion	A Company (UH-1B)	Bien Hoa	1965-	^[32]
502nd Aviation Battalion				^[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.
^ "Pentagon List of Dead".
^ 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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Dunstan 1988, p. 38.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Dunstan 1988, p. 75.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Dunstan 1988, p. 33.
^ Dunstan 1988, p. 55.
^ Dunstan 1988, p. 59.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 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.

[1] "Apache Helicopter Traffic Pattern Training Flight". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[AFMSEPT20-13-2] AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2020. p. 13.

[3] "Ride Along". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[4] "83rd Troop Command". Florida National Guard. December 18, 2016.

[5] "Pentagon List of Dead".

[AFMOCT16-95-6] AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2016. p. 95.

[AFMNOV16-94-7] AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. November 2016. p. 94.

[8] "2-135th Ground Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB)". Colorado National Guard. December 18, 2016.

[9] "Maine Aviation Regiment Always Ready". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[10] "Northern Strike 15". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[11] "Medevac". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[AFMMAR16-56-12] AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2016. p. 56.

[13] "General Lengyel Afghanistan Troop Visit". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[14] "Phase Maintenance Inspection". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[15] "Toys for Tots brings in holiday cheer". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[16] "Soldiers Pose in Front of a UH-72 Lakota Helicopter". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[17] "Air Cav Troopers deliver gifts to students". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[18] "1-228 AVN conducts expeditionary Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[19] "2/24 Brings Steel Rain". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[20] "40th CAB Soldiers in action in Iraq". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[21] "Task Force Redhawk hones response and recovery skills during Operation Poseidon". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[22] "Network Integration Evaluation 15.2". DVIDS. December 15, 2016.

[23] "Aviation transfer of authority ceremony". DVIDS. December 27, 2016.

[FOOTNOTEDunstan198866-24] Dunstan 1988, p. 66.

[FOOTNOTEDunstan198839-25] Dunstan 1988, p. 39.

[FOOTNOTEDunstan198838-26] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Dunstan 1988, p. 38.

[FOOTNOTEDunstan198875-27] Jump up to: ^a ^b Dunstan 1988, p. 75.

[FOOTNOTEDunstan198833-28] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Dunstan 1988, p. 33.

[FOOTNOTEDunstan198855-29] Dunstan 1988, p. 55.

[FOOTNOTEDunstan198859-30] Dunstan 1988, p. 59.

[FOOTNOTEDunstan198836-31] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Dunstan 1988, p. 36.

[FOOTNOTEDunstan198888-32] Dunstan 1988, p. 88.

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