Aviation

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25th Aviation 25th Aviation Regiment
“Lele Makou No Na Puali”
(“We Fly For The Troops”)		 1 February 1957 Constituted 1 February 1957 as the 25th Aviation Company assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The company was equipped with both fixed wing light observation aircraft and helicopters and performed general aviation support for the division. On 12 August 1963 the 25th Aviation Battalion was activated with the 25th Aviation Company reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 25th Aviation Battalion. Companies A and B were also constituted and activated. The 25th Aviation Battalion arrived in Vietnam on 30 April 1966. Company A transferred to Vietnam less personnel and equipment. Upon arrival Company A was organized, manned and equipped with UH-1 helicopters using the assets of the 175th Aviation Company arriving from Fort Benning. The 175th was then inactivated on 5 May 66. The 25th Aviation Battalion was based at Cu Chi. Company A (Little Bears) served as an assault helicopter company and Company B (Diamond Head) served as an attack/support helicopter company. The battalion participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving two Valorous Unit Awards and two Meritorious Unit Commendations. In addition Company B received a Presidential Unit Citation. In 1969 the battalion received the Outstanding Aviation Unit Award. The award, established by the Army Aviation Association of America, is given on an annual basis to recognize the best aviation unit in the active Army. The 25th Aviation Battalion received the award for the period 31 March 68-31 March 69 primarily in recognition of a 70 percent increase in flying hours with a 28 percent reduction in accidents in support of the combat operations of the 25th Division. The 25th Aviation Battalion departed Vietnam on 7 December 1970 for Schofield Barracks. On 17 June 1979 Company C, 25th Aviation Battalion was activated. As part of the reorganization of the 25th Division to a light infantry configuration the 25th Aviation Battalion was briefly inactivated from 15 October 1985 to16 January 1986. On 16 May 1988, the 25th Aviation Battalion was redesignated as the 25th Aviation Regiment, a parent regiment under the Army’s Regimental System. Company A was redesignated as HHC 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation and remained assigned to the 25th Division. Company B was redesignated as HHC, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation, Company C was redesignated as HHC, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation and the 25th Aviation Battalion’s HHC was redesignated as Company D, 25th Aviation. Both the 2nd and 3rd Battalions and Company D were reassigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, NY. The 2nd Battalion served in Somalia with the 10th Division, receiving a Valorous Unit Award. The 3rd Battalion served in Haiti in Operation Restore Hope, receiving a Joint Meritorious Unit Award. To replace these units, Company F (UH 60), Company G (UH1) and Company H (Aviation Maintenance) were activated on 16 May 1988 and assigned to the 25th Division. On 15 September 1990 Companies F and G were inactivated. On 16 September 1990 Company D was redesignated as HHC, 4th Battalion, 25th Aviation. The 4th Battalion was assigned to the 25th Division and activated at Wheeler Army Airfield. On 15 March 1996 the 4th Battalion and Company H were inactivated. The 2nd Battalion and HHC 3rd Battalion which was redesignated as Company C (Aviation Maintenance), 25th Aviation were reassigned from the 10th Mountain Division to the 25th Division. The 1st Battalion (Attack) served in Iraq from January 2004-January 2005. The battalion was based at Camp Taji and supported security and stability operations in and around Baghdad flying more then 6,000 combat missions. For its service in Iraq the 1st Battalion (Attack) was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. The 2nd Battalion (Assault) served in Afghanistan as Task Force Diamondhead from May 2004-2005 and was based at Kandahar Air Field. The battalion had operational control of five additional aviation companies. The task force flew in the excess of 26,000 hours in support of security and stability operations in Regional Command South. For its service in Afghanistan the 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. Company C of the 2nd Battalion and Company C (Aviation Maintenance), 25th Aviation Regiment operated with Task Force Pirate charged with aviation support to Regional Command North. On 16 November 2005 Company C (Aviation Maintenance) 25th Aviation Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as HHC, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment (organic battalion elements constituted), assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and activated at Wheeler Army Airfield as a general support aviation battalion. In addition to the HHC the battalion is composed of a command aviation company, a CH47 helicopter heavy lift company, a medevac company, an aviation support company, a forward support company and an air traffic services company. On 16 August 2006 the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation was inactivated. The 2nd Battalion (Assault) and the 3rd Battalion (General Support) served with the Combat Aviation Brigade in Iraq from August 2006-October 2007 in support of Multinational Division-North in Kirkuk, earning Meritorious Unit Commendations and participation credit for the Iraqi Resolution and the Iraqi Surge campaign phases. Both battalions returned to Iraq in August 2009 with the CAB for a one year deployment. Operating as battalion task forces in support of U.S. Division North and Iraqi Security Forces, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were each awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation and participation credit for the Iraqi Sovereignty campaign phase. On 16 April 2014 the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment was reactivated as an Apache attack helicopter battalion at Fort Carson Colorado. The battalion is assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. Read more about them.
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HHQ Aviation Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Combat Aviation Brigade
25th Infantry Division		 16 October 1985 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division was constituted and activated on 16 October 1985 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The Aviation Brigade controls the aviation assets of the 25th Infantry Division. Since 1996 and until 16 November 2005, the Brigade consisted of the 3rd Squadron (Air), 4th Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Battalion (Attack), 25th Aviation Regiment, the 2nd Battalion (Assault), 25th Aviation Regiment, Company C (Aviation Maintenance), 25th Aviation Regiment and Company G (Air Traffic Services), 58th Aviation Regiment. The Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company served a one year tour of duty in Afghanistan from April 2004 to April 2005 as Task Force Wings consisting of two aviation battalion task forces, Diamondhead and Pirate, two Marine helicopter squadrons and four separate Army aviation companies. Its mission was to furnish aviation support to Combined/Joint Task Force 76 for all security and stability operations throughout Afghanistan. In doing so, JTF Wings flew over 80,000 combat hours. For its service in Afghanistan Headquarters and Headquarters Company was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. On 16 November 2005 the brigade was reorganized and redesignated as the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division consisting of the 6th Squadron (Recon/Attack) 17th Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Battalion (Recon/Attack), 2nd Battalion (Assault) and 3rd Battalion (General Aviation Support), 25th Aviation Regiment, 209th Support Battalion (Aviation). On 6 June 2006 the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation was inactivated and replaced by the 2nd Squadron (Recon/Attack), 6th Cavalry Regiment. On 30 June, 2006 the 6-17 Cavalry, while remaining assigned to the CAB, was transferred to Fort Wainwright, Alaska. From August 2006-October 2007 the Combat Aviation Brigade served a fifteen month tour of duty in Iraq. The brigade was based in Kirkuk at Contingency Operating Base Speicher and Forward Operating Base Warrior. The brigade flew over 200,000 hours in combat and support operations for Task Force Lightning. For its exemplary service the Combat Aviation Brigade was awarded a second Meritorious Unit Commendation and credit for the Iraq National Resolution campaign. From August 2009 to August 2010, the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division deployed to Iraq for a twelve month tour. The 25th CAB operated out of Contingency Operating Base Speicher located at the former Iraqi airbase outside the northern city of Tikrit in support of U. S. Division-North and Iraqi Security Forces. As Task Force Wings, it provided command and control over six aviation battalion task forces and an aviation support battalion. These elements conducted full spectrum aviation combat and support missions, flying over 141,000 mission hours. The CAB earned participation credit for the Iraqi Sovereignty campaign phase. In January 2012 the CAB began a twelve month deployment to Afghanistan. It is based at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan where it provides full spectrum aviation support to Regional Command South of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). On 16 January 2013 the Combat Aviation Brigade officially ended its twelve month deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan and returned to Wheeler Army Airfield. For its service, the CAB received participation credit for the Afghanistan Transition campaign.
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53rd Aviation 53rd Aviation Battalion
“Support Everywhere”		 16 October 1985 Constituted and activated on 25 August 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53rd Aviation Battalion at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The battalion primarily served as the controlling headquarters for non-aviation branch support units assigned to the Aviation Center. The battalion was inactivated at Fort Rucker on 2 April 1972. In 1985 Department of the Army in anticipation of second aviation battalion being assigned to the 25th Division allotted the 53rd designation to the 25th Infantry Division. The activation of a second aviation battalion was then put on hold pending final decisions on the composition of the light division organization. But through an administrative error at an intermediate headquarters orders were issued on 16 October 1985 inactivating the 25th Aviation Battalion and activating the 53rd Aviation Battalion. The error was corrected on 15 January 1986 with the inactivation of the 53rd and the reactivation of the 25th Aviation Battalion.
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None authorized 17th Aviation Company 16 October 1985 Constituted in the Regular Army as the 17th Aviation Company assigned to the Sixth Army and activated on 10 October 1958 at Fort Ord California as a fixed wing transport company equipped with the U-1A Otter. In 1964 the company was reorganized and re-equipped with the CV-2 Caribou transport aircraft and was reassigned to Fort Benning Georgia. The 17th deployed with the 1st Cavalry Division to Vietnam on 3 September 1965. Initially the 17th was based at Pleiku and then later at An Khe. The 17th Aviation Company participated in three Vietnam campaigns, receiving a Presidential Unit Citation for its gallantry in supporting units of the 1st Cavalry Division in Pleiku Province. In 1967 all Army CV-2 aircraft were transferred to the U.S. Air Force, resulting in the inactivation of the 17th Aviation Company on 1 January 1967 in Vietnam. On 1 May 1967 the 17th was reactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas as an assault helicopter company equipped with the UH-1 helicopter. The company arrived in Vietnam on 25 September 1967. It was initially assigned to the 308th Aviation Battalion and based at Long Binh. It was then transferred to Camp Eagle near Phu Bai in March 1968. The 17th, known as the Kingsmen, participated in four Vietnam campaigns receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm. The company was inactivated in Vietnam on 1 July 1968 with its personnel and equipment assigned to Company B, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. On 16 October 1985 the 17th Aviation Company was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated at Schofield Barracks. It was organized as an assault helicopter company and equipped with the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The company was inactivated on 16 May 1988. Its personnel and equipment were then assigned to Company F, 25th Aviation Regiment.
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None authorized 184th Aviation Company 16 October 1985 Constituted in the Constituted in the Regular Army and activated at Fort Sill Okalahoma on 31 July 1971 as a surveillance airplane light company equipped with the O-1 Bird Dog aircraft. The capabilities of the company included aerial surveillance, radio relay, and artillery forward observation. The 184th arrived in Vietnam on 13 August 1966 and was initially assigned to the 145th Aviation Battalion based at Bien Hoa. In June 1967 the 184th was reassigned to the 11th Aviation Battalion and based at Phu Loi. On 1 December 1968 the 184th was reorganized as a utility airplane company with greater emphasis on its surveillance mission. The company was then known as the 184th Reconnaissance Airplane Company. The company participated in twelve Vietnam campaigns receiving a Meritorious Unit Commendation, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Medal, First Class. The 184th was inactivated in Vietnam on 31 July 1971. On 16 October 1985 the 184th Aviation Company was assigned to the 25th Division and activated at Schofield Barracks. It was organized as an assault helicopter company and equipped with the UH-1 helicopter. The company was inactivated on 16 May 1988. Its personnel and equipment were then assigned to Company G, 25th Aviation Regiment.
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58th Aviation 58th Aviation Regiment
“Safe Orderly Expeditious”		 16 September 1994 Constituted on 22 January 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 58th Aviation Battalion. Activated in Vietnam on 1 March 1968 as an airfield operations command battalion. The battalion was stationed in the Saigon area and consisted of the 5th Command and Control Detachment, the 125th Aviation Company (Air Traffic Control) and the 16th Signal Company. The battalion received campaign participation credit for four Vietnam campaigns. The 58th Aviation Battalion was inactivated in Vietnam on 17 February 1969 with its organic units being transferred to the 165th Aviation Group. On 1 October 1979 the 58th Air Traffic Control Battalion (Corps) was activated and assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg. The battalion was redesignated on 16 July 1987 as the 58th Aviation Regiment, a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System. Company G, 58th Aviation Regiment was constituted and activated on 16 September 1994 at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii as an air traffic services company. Company G was inactivated at Wheeler Army Air Field on 24 February 2006 with the personnel and equipment used to activate Company F (Air Traffic Services), 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment.