The 171st Aviation Regiment is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.
| 171st Aviation Regiment | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms | |
| Active | 1995 - present |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Army Aviation Branch |
| Type | Aviation |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Utility helicopter | UH-60L Black Hawk |
The regiment was constituted 8 June 1995 as the 171st Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System and allotted to the Army National Guard of Georgia and Florida.[1] It was organized on 1 September 1996, to consist of the 1st Battalion with headquarters at Winder, Georgia.
On 3 March 2001, a Short C-23B+ Sherpa (Shorts 360), 93-1336, of Det. 1, H Company, 171st Aviation Regiment, Florida Army National Guard, based at Lakeland Linder International Airport, crashed during heavy rainstorms around 1100 hrs. in Unadilla, Georgia. All 21 people on board were killed. The aircraft was en route from Hurlburt Field, Florida to NAS Oceana, Virginia with a Virginia Beach-based USAF RED HORSE engineer detachment on board who had been training at Hurlburt.[2]
Structure
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- 1st Battalion (General Support) at General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA (GA ARNG)[3]
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- Detachment 1 at Wheeler Army Airfield, HI (HI ARNG)
- Detachment 2 at Rochester, NY from the 642d Aviation Support Battalion (NY ARNG)[4]
- Detachment 5 at E. J. Garn Aviation Complex - Utah Army National Guard, South Valley Regional Airport, West Jordan, UT (UT ARNG)
- Company A (UH-60L) at General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (GA ARNG)[5][3]
- Company B (UH-60) at Wheeler Army Airfield, HI (HI ARNG)[6]
- Iraq 2004-2005[7]
- Company C at New Mexico Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility #1 (UH-60), Santa Fe Municipal Airport (NM ARNG)[8]
- Detachment 1 at Minnesota Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility #2, St. Cloud Regional Airport, MN (MN ARNG)[9]
- Detachment 2 at E. J. Garn Aviation Complex - Utah Army National Guard, South Valley Regional Airport, West Jordan, UT (UT ARNG)
- Detachment ? New York Army National Guard "Genny Dustoff"
- Company D
- Company E
- Company F (UH-60)[10]
- Company H (UH-60) Robins Air Force Base, GA (GA ARNG)[12]
- Detachment 1 at Florida Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility #2, Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport (FL ARNG)[13]
- Detachment 2 at Army Aviation Support Facility, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (TX ARNG)
- Detachment 3 at Boone National Guard Center, Frankfort, KY (KY ARNG)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
References
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edit- ^ "Welcome to 171st AVIATION REGIMENT". www.military.com. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ Allport, Dave (May 2001). "Air Forces Monthly (May 2001)". Air Forces Monthly (158). Stamford, Lincs.: 77.
- ^ a b c d "2017 Georgia Department of Defense Annual Report". Georgia National Guard. 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "New York Military Facility Locator". New York State - Division of Military and Naval Affairs. 23 December 2016.
- ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2018. p. 16.
- ^ "1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment".
- ^ Bernstein 2005, p. 85.
- ^ "New Mexico National Guard Responds to the Dog Head Fire". DVIDS. 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment". Minnesota National Guard. 20 December 2016.
- ^ "South Carolina National Guard members rescue injured hiker". South Carolina National Guard. 25 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016.
- ^ "SC National Guard recovers helicopter". South Carolina National Guard. 25 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ^ "Company H, 171st Aviation Regiment".
- ^ "Brooksville Armory".
Bibliography
edit- Bernstein, J (2005). AH-64 Apache Units Of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84176-848-0.