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On 28 July 1967, the combined facilities of Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield were re-designated the United States Army Flight Training Center. Included was the Attack Helicopter Training Department ("Cobra Hall"), the Army's first attack helicopter school whose purpose was to train pilots in the AH-1G Cobra , the world's first purpose ...
Fort Stewart is named for Brigadier General Daniel Stewart, a hero of the Revolutionary War and a political leader from Liberty County, Georgia. [9] It is the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River, covering 280,000 acres (1,100 km 2), which include parts of Liberty, Long, Bryan, Evans and Tattnall Counties.
The brigade was officially activated 15 March 1985 and designated the Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and then inactivated on 16 August 1991. It was reactivated on 16 February 1996 at Fort Stewart, Georgia as part of the reflagging of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) as the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized). [1]
As part of the Army's reduction to a ten-division force, the 24th Infantry Division was inactivated on 15 February 1996, and reflagged to become the 3rd Infantry Division. In 1996 the division was redeployed to Fort Stewart, Fort Benning, and Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. The division repeatedly demonstrated its deployability since then by ...
During the post-Cold War drawdown of US forces in Germany, the brigade's flag was transferred on 16 February 1996 to Fort Stewart as part of the reflagging of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) as the 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized). In February 1998, the Aviation Brigade deployed to Kuwait for Operation Desert Thunder and played a part ...
Hunter Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, Georgia: 5th Squadron: Combat Aviation Brigade: 2nd Infantry Division: Desiderio Army Airfield, Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea "Talon" 6th Squadron: 16th Combat Aviation Brigade: N/A: Ladd Army Airfield, Fort Wainwright, Alaska: 7th Squadron: 1st Air Cavalry Brigade: 1st Cavalry Division
Henry Post Army Airfield: Fort Sill: Oklahoma: KFSI Hunter Army Airfield: Fort Stewart: Georgia: KSVN Ladd Army Airfield: Fort Wainwright: Alaska: PAFB Laguna Army Airfield: Yuma Proving Ground: Arizona: KLGF Lawson Army Airfield: Fort Moore: Georgia: KLSF Libby Army Airfield: Fort Huachuca: Arizona: KFHU Los Alamitos Army Airfield California ...
During the Vietnam War, the airfield trained initial entry Army Fixed Wing Aviators and helicopter pilots. When the Air Force closed Hunter AFB in 1967, the Army took it over as a sub-base of Fort Stewart and established a Flight Training Center. Fort Stewart became the Army's focal point in Aviation Training and between 1967-1970, the need for ...