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The regiment was constituted on 1 February 1967 as the 214th Aviation Battalion, a Regular Army unit based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.It fought in the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1972, receiving the Meritorious Unit Commendation for its actions in 1967 and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm five times, in addition to the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal.
A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.
Upon its return in March 1973, the 12th Aviation Group became a major subordinate command of the XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. [2] In November 1979, the 12th Aviation Group deployed to Lindsey Air Station, Wiesbaden, Germany as a major subordinate command of the V Corps, providing command and control of aviation units throughout the V Corps area of operation.
PA, WV ARNG (GSAB) 106th Aviation. 1st Battalion ... 1963-64 (Provisional) ... Army Lineage Series - Aviation, Center of Military History Publication 60-12-1 ...
In 1987 G Company 1st Aviation fielded the initial OH-58D equipped platoon in Europe as part of the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division. G Company later swapped out the UH-1 Quick-fix with upgraded UH-60 versions. G Company became part of Task Force Phoenix (composed of two J series TOE companies). The other, H Company, was a lift company ...
The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade is the Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. [1] It was first organized in July 1968 as an aviation group and stands as the most decorated aviation unit in the United States Army. [citation needed] It was redesignated an aviation brigade in 1986.
AH-64 Apache Units of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84176-848-0. Francis Bernard Heitman (1965). Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army. Genealogical Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8063-1401-3. William K. Emerson (1996). Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and ...
On 25 February 1991, with the onset of Operation Desert Storm, the brigade conducted a raid as a part of the 1st Cavalry Division's deception plan to throw Iraqi forces off guard. The units of the brigade would serve as the vanguard of the division's movement north to cut off a retreating Iraqi Republican Guard division at Basra .