List of United States Army aircraft battalions
Encyclopedia
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 helicopter
s, both attack and reconnaissance
. The helicopter battalions are most often grouped into aviation brigades. There are also a few fixed wing aircraft battalions, consisting of training aircraft and RC-12 Guardrail operational aircraft.
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
are generally attached to divisions, corps and armies and mostly consist of helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
s, both attack and reconnaissance
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....
. The helicopter battalions are most often grouped into aviation brigades. There are also a few fixed wing aircraft battalions, consisting of training aircraft and RC-12 Guardrail operational aircraft.
Armored Cavalry
2nd Armored Cavalry
- 4th Squadron
- 3rd Armored Cavalry
- 4th Squadron16th Combat Aviation Brigade (United States)The 16th Combat Aviation Brigade is a Combat Aviation Brigade of the United States Army. It is subordinate to I Corps and based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord .The 16th Combat Aviation Brigade currently consists of the following units:...
- 4th Squadron
Cavalry
- 6th Cavalry
- 1st Squadron (385th Aviation Brigade)
- 2nd Squadron (11th Aviation Brigade)
- 3rd Squadron (385th Aviation Brigade) (Redesignated as 4th Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade)
- 5th Squadron (12th Aviation Brigade) (Inactive)
- 6th Squadron (11th Aviation Brigade)
- 7th Squadron (244th Theater Brigade) (Redesignated as 1st Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment)
Aviation
- 1st Aviation1st Aviation Regiment (United States)The 1st Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.-Distinctive Unit Insignia:* DescriptionA silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per nebuly Argent and Azure in base a mullet of 11 points of the first and in...
- 1st Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
- 2nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
- 3rd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
- 2nd Aviation2nd Aviation Regiment (United States)The 2nd Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.-Distinctive Unit Insignia:* DescriptionA Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per chevron Azure and Argent a pair of wings conjoined in lure counterchanged.*...
- 1st Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado
- 2nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, K-16 Air Base, South Korea
- 3nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Humphrey's, South Korea
- 4nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Humphrey's, South Korea
- 3rd Aviation3rd Aviation Regiment (United States)The 3rd Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army. It operates the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.-Current structure:* 1st Battalion 3rd Aviation Regiment * 2nd Battalion 3rd Aviation Regiment...
- 1st Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
- 2nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
- 4th Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
- 4th Aviation4th Aviation Regiment (United States)The 4th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1957.-Lineage:Constituted 1 April 1957 in the Regular Army as the 4th Aviation Company, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, WashingtonReorganized and redesignated 1 October...
- 1st Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
- 2nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
- 3rd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
- 4th Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
- 10th Aviation10th Aviation Regiment (United States)-Lineage:The regiment was constituted on 21 August 1965 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 10th Aviation Battalion, and was activated on 23 August 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia...
- 1st Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York
- 2nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York
- 3rd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York
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 Aviation25th Aviation Regiment (United States)The 25th Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.-Lineage:Constituted 1 February 1957 in the Regular Army as the 25th Aviation Company, assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii...
- 2nd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Wheeler Field, Hawaii
- 3rd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Wheeler Field, Hawaii
- 3rd Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Wheeler Field, Hawaii
- 52nd Aviation52nd Aviation Regiment (United States)The 52nd Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.-Lineage:Constituted 31 May 1940 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 204th Quartermaster BattalionActivated 10 June 1942 at Compton, California...
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 6th Battalion
- 82nd Aviation82nd Aviation Regiment (United States)The 82nd Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.-Lineage:Constituted 1 September 1957 in the Regular Army as the 82nd Aviation Company, assigned to the 82d Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina...
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 101st Aviation101st Aviation Regiment (United States)The 101st Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.-Lineage:Constituted 7 December 1950 in the Regular Army as the 4th Light Aviation SectionActivated 19 December 1950 in KoreaInactivated 5 November 1954 in Korea...
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 5th Battalion
- 6th Battalion
- 7th Battalion
- 9th Battalion
- 104th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 106th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 108th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 111th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 114th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 123rd Aviation
- 4th Battalion
- 126th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 130th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 131st Aviation
- 1st Battalion1st Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment (United States)The 1st Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment is an Army helicopter battalion that deployed to Iraq in September 2006 as a subordinate unit of Task Force Mustang to be a part of the US military Operation Iraqi Freedom. The battalion currently flies UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft...
- 1st Battalion
- 135th Aviation
- 2nd Battalion2d Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (United States)The 2nd Battalion 135th Aviation Regiment is an Army helicopter battalion which deployed to Iraq in September 2006 through August 2007 as part of Task Force Mustang, Operation Iraqi Freedom. The battalion flies the UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-47 Chinook and the OH-58 Kiowa...
- 3rd Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 137th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 140th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 142nd Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 147th Aviation
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 149th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 150th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 151st Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 155th Aviation
- 5th Battalion
- 158th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 158th Aviation
- 5th Battalion
- 7th Battalion
- 159th Aviation
- 5th Battalion
160th Special Operations Aviation160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is a special operations unit of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for general purpose forces and Special Operations Forces. Its missions have included attack, assault, and reconnaissance, and are usually conducted at...
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 160th Aviation Battalion (101st Airborne Division101st Airborne Division (United States)The 101st Airborne Division—the "Screaming Eagles"—is a U.S. Army modular light infantry division trained for air assault operations. During World War II, it was renowned for its role in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, in Normandy, France, Operation Market Garden, the...
)- D Company
- E Company
- 169th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 171st Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 183rd Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 185th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 211th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 218th Aviation
- 2nd Battalion
- 224th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 227th Aviation
- 1st Battalion1st Battalion, 227th Aviation RegimentThe 1st Battalion 227th Aviation Regiment is an attack helicopter battalion that is a sub unit of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade , the aviation brigade for the 1st Cavalry Division. The battalion is an AH-64D Apache task force based out of Fort Hood, Texas...
- 2nd Battalion
- 1st Battalion
- 228th Aviation Regiment
- 2nd Battalion
- 229th Aviation Regiment
- 1st Battalion1st Battalion, 229th Aviation RegimentThe 1st Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, nicknamed the "Tigersharks", was an Attack Helicopter Battalion operating AH-64 Apaches attack and OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopters. It was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina from 1992 having moved from Fort Hood, Texas after graduation from the Apache...
- 3rd Battalion
- 8th Battalion
- 1st Battalion
- 238th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 285th Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 501st Aviation
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
External references
- 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.