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A UH-60M of 12th Aviation Battalion in front of the Pentagon during the 2023 Army Ten-Miler. In addition to its headquarters company, the 12th Aviation Battalion comprises three helicopter companies (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie), a maintenance company (Delta), and an airfield service/base operation/air traffic control company (Echo). [5] [6]
Memorial Wall at Camp Bastion, 2014 2 PARA bedspaces during 2011. Camp Shorabak was known as Camp Bastion until 2014. It was a tactical landing zone set up by two air traffic controllers from the Royal Air Force's Tactical Air Traffic Control Unit.
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.
1st Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment (Currently under the operational control, or OPCON, of Task Force Kandahar) 2nd Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment; 3rd Squadron 61st Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Battalion 77th Field Artillery Regiment (2-77th FAR) 704th Brigade Support Battalion (704th BSB) 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (4th BSTB)
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.
August 6: A US CH-47 Chinook helicopter being flown by the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment was shot down by an RPG killing 30 American and eight Afghan soldiers. Some of the casualties were from The US Navy's SEAL Team Six [90] [91]
Its role of support for the presidential helicopter ended in 1976 when that responsibility was transferred entirely to the U.S. Marine Corps. [3] The 12th Aviation Battalion (part of The Army Aviation Brigade, TAAB) now operates Davison AAF and the Pentagon helicopter pad. The battalion's 18 UH-60 Blackhawks, including four VH-60 models ("Gold ...
After the Stage IV transition of authority to ISAF, the status of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade/Task Force Falcon, which handles all the helicopter combat aviation duties in Afghanistan, was uncertain, along with the exact status of Combined Task Force Sword, the engineer task force, and the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force.